MaxButtons – Create buttons vs Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements

MaxButtons is a powerful WordPress button, share button and social icon plugin. Create great looking CSS3 WordPress buttons in a minute. Easy to understand. Our button editor with live preview makes it a snap to generate awesome responsive buttons in very little time. The social share buttons and social icon features allow you to add social options to your website in minutes. MaxButtons WordPress button plugin has been going strong for over 15 years and was the first button plugin for WordPress. MaxButtons has earned over 1000 5-star reviews and over 3.5 million downloads. Here are couple of our favorites: “The best plugin of its kind” “This plugin makes creating buttons sooooo easy.” Why aren’t all plugins like this?!? MaxButtons easily solved my problem with lots of options when creating the button and a live view of what it was going to look like. It would have done the job for me there and then but being able to adjust the text AND link with shortcodes on my page made modifications a breeze. – by discgosforth “Easy, clear, and robust. I’m a programmer and can write CSS till the cows come home, but why? Just get it, install it and use it. Then, when you’re impressed, buy the pro version” Max Foundry also makes the WordPress Gallery plugin MaxGalleria and WordPress Media Folders plugin for real WordPress Media Library folders. Requirements WordPress installed PHP 7 WordPress Buttons Create WordPress Buttons Getting Social Icons on your WordPress site. Share Buttons on your WordPress site. WordPress button library and button sets can make my designers and developers more productive. MaxButtons No coding, the plugin takes care of everything Button shortcodes for ease of use, unlimited text and link combinations possible Create unlimited number of buttons Live preview window instantly updates as you customize your buttons Color picker for unlimited color combinations Works with all modern browsers, degrades gracefully for others Fully CSS3 compliant with text shadowing, box shadowing, gradients, etc. Copy an existing button to use as starting point for others See your buttons on different color backgrounds Predefined defaults make getting started super easy Works with your page builder: Beaver Builder, SiteOrigin, Elementor etc Great Gutenberg support, works out of the box. Integrates with Popup Builders to open Modals Best responsive options. Customize for each mobile device and screen size Share Buttons MaxButtons has a share buttons addon that includes 7 beautifully designed share button sets for the following social networks: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Linkedin Google+ Pinterest StumbleUpon Reddit Whatsapp Buffer Plus email and print icons. Social Icons In addition to promoting your content through MaxButtons share buttons you can also use share buttons to promote your social network profiles. Simply select a social icon or make a button, include the link to your profile and post the button shortcode on your page. Social icons are easy with MaxButtons! MaxButtons Pro Take your buttons to the next level with MaxButtons Pro! Our premium WordPress plugin for buttons, share buttons and social icons brings you the best WordPress button plugin through continuous feature updating. Upgrading to the Pro version allows you to add icons and images to your custom WordPress buttons. The Pro features allow you to do so much more! Icons and Images – Add icons and images to your buttons and customize placement and size. Multi-line text – Add a second line of text and stylize with font, size and placement. Google Fonts – We have included the entire set to help your buttons stand out with beautiful typography. Button Packs – Ready to use, value priced button sets that make any site good great. Google Analytics Event Tracking for WordPress Buttons. The best way to see you users’ interactions with buttons in Google Analytics. No coding needed. Import/Export – Useful for backing up and/or moving your buttons. Also, use any of the great free icons listed on our site. Dynamic Buttons – Use variables from WordPress or theme in your link and text Custom CSS – Built-in per button custom CSS Button Search – for easier management of large button sets. Font Awesome 5 – Largest icon collection, fastest served WPBakery Page Builder – Integrated with WPBakery Page Builder Contact Form 7 Integration Beaver Builder Integration Easy Digital Downloads Purchase and Checkout Button Integration WordPress Button Sets In addition to the Basic Buttons and free button packs included with MaxButtons Pro you can also purchase additional professionally designed, production ready button packs from the largest WordPress button library in existence. The library features more than 6,000 buttons. It is the largest WordPress button library in the known universe. WordPress button sets make designers and developers much more productive. Free Icons You can use free icons when you create your buttons with MaxButtons Pro so we’ve built one of the largest libraries to inspire you and make your buttons really stand out. Button Shortcode Click the MaxButtons page from the admin menu. Click the Add New button. Create and customize your button using the button editor. Fill out and select the options needed to build your button. Once you’re ready, click Save. A button shortcode will be generated (ex: [maxbutton id=”17″] or [maxbutton name=”My Button Name”]). Use the shortcode anywhere in your content and the button will appear. You can also pass the button text and URL as parameters in the button shortcode, giving you even greater flexibility. For example, if you want to create a set of buttons that look exactly the same, except for the text and URL, you could do something like this: [maxbutton id=”17″ text=”Search Google” url=”http://google.com”] [maxbutton name=”MaxButtons Button Name” text=”Search Yahoo” url=”http://yahoo.com”] Another parameter you can give the shortcode is window, which tells the button whether or not to open the URL in a new window (by default the button opens the URL in the current window). To do so you always give the window parameter the value “new”, shown below. Anything else will open the button URL in the current window. [maxbutton id=”17″ window=”new”] You can also use the nofollow parameter, which will add a rel=”nofollow” attribute to the button when set to true, as shown below (the default is false): [maxbutton id=”17″ nofollow=”true”] NOTE: Passing parameters to the shortcode overrides those settings saved as part of the button. Support We work hard to give timely support during the week. And we give support when we’re on during the weekend. MaxButtons. Bringing the #buttonlove!

Building new pages with Gutenberg? Explore VovaBlocks, a focused collection of native marketing and content blocks from the creator of Shortcodes Ultimate. View VovaBlocks → About Shortcodes Ultimate Shortcodes Ultimate is a WordPress shortcode plugin for adding tabs, accordions, buttons, FAQs, sliders, carousels, lightboxes, columns, boxes and other reusable content elements without coding. It is ideal for site owners who want richer content layouts and practical UI elements without switching to a full page builder. Use Shortcodes Ultimate in the Block Editor, Classic Editor, widgets and template files. Generate shortcodes visually, preview the result before inserting it, and reuse the same elements across posts, pages and existing shortcode-based content. Trusted by hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites, Shortcodes Ultimate helps you replace multiple single-purpose UI plugins with one maintained toolkit. Explore live examples What you can build With Shortcodes Ultimate, you can quickly add common WordPress content elements such as: Accordions and FAQ sections Responsive tabs CTA buttons and download buttons Boxes, notes and callouts Columns and layout helpers Sliders and carousels Lightboxes for images and custom content Post lists and dynamic content blocks Spoilers, toggles and expandable content Media embeds and visual content blocks Instead of installing a separate plugin for every small content element, Shortcodes Ultimate gives you one maintained toolkit for everyday WordPress content tasks. Works with modern and classic WordPress workflows Shortcodes Ultimate works with the Block Editor, Classic Editor, widgets and template files. You can insert shortcodes manually, use WordPress shortcode blocks or use the built-in shortcode generator to configure elements visually. This makes the plugin useful for: Site owners who want to improve content without coding Bloggers and affiliate publishers who need reusable CTA and content blocks Agencies and freelancers maintaining multiple WordPress sites Developers who want shortcode-friendly output in templates Existing sites with older content that already uses shortcodes Why use Shortcodes Ultimate? 50+ ready-to-use WordPress shortcodes Visual shortcode generator Live preview Works with the Block Editor and Classic Editor Shortcodes can be used in posts, pages, widgets and template files Responsive elements that work with your theme Built-in Custom CSS editor Developer-friendly hooks and documentation Free version available on WordPress.org Pro version available for advanced shortcodes, extra styles and premium support Why shortcodes still matter in WordPress The WordPress Block Editor is great for visual content editing, but shortcodes are still useful when you need portable, reusable content elements that work across different parts of a WordPress site. Shortcodes are especially helpful when you want to: Reuse the same content element in many posts or pages Add dynamic content inside widgets or templates Maintain older WordPress sites that already use shortcodes Work across Classic Editor and Block Editor workflows Add content elements without switching to a full page builder Keep common UI elements available through a simple text-based syntax Shortcodes Ultimate is designed for these practical workflows. It gives you a large collection of ready-made shortcodes and a visual generator, so you do not need to write shortcode syntax manually unless you want to. Free and Pro The free version of Shortcodes Ultimate includes a large collection of useful shortcodes for everyday WordPress content tasks. Shortcodes Ultimate Pro adds advanced shortcodes, additional styles, Content Slider, Pricing Table, Testimonials, Shortcode Creator, Elementor support and premium support. Compare Free and Pro Useful links Documentation Live Examples Pro features Support