Simple X Buttons – Share, Follow, Mention & Hashtag for WordPress
Simple X Buttons adds X (Twitter) buttons to your WordPress posts and pages — the right way. Why not use X’s official embed buttons? X’s embed infrastructure (platform.twitter.com/widgets.js) has been unreliable since 2023, hitting HTTP 429 rate limits at scale and causing embeds to fail silently or load slowly. X has not committed to fixing this. This plugin takes a different approach entirely. What are X Web Intents? Web Intents are plain URLs provided by X for sharing, following, mentioning, and more. They open a lightweight native X popup — no JavaScript SDK, no third-party cookies, no external scripts loaded on page load. You click, a popup opens, done. That means: No API key required — zero setup friction No external scripts — nothing loads until the user clicks No rate limits — static URLs, no API calls GDPR-friendly — no cookies or tracking on page load Fast — the plugin CSS is ~1 KB, loaded only when a button is on the page Four button types Share — opens X compose pre-filled with the post title, permalink, hashtags, and via handle Follow — opens X’s native follow dialog for your account Mention — opens X compose pre-filled with @yourhandle so visitors can tweet at you Hashtag — opens X compose pre-filled with #yourtag; optionally pulls in the post’s own tags automatically Features Auto-insert before and/or after post content — choose which buttons and which post types per placement Per-placement button control — show Share on all posts, Follow only on certain post types, etc. Post tags as hashtags — Share and Hashtag buttons can automatically pull the post’s tags (capped at 5 to keep tweets writable) 4 Gutenberg blocks — X Share, Follow, Mention, and Hashtag blocks with live editor previews 4 Shortcodes — [sxb-share], [sxb-follow], [sxb-mention], [sxb-hashtag] Template tags — sxb_share_button() and sxb_button_bar() for theme developers Three button styles — Dark, Outline, Ghost Popup or new-tab intent window Integration Four ways to add buttons to your site: Auto-insert (recommended): Enable a placement in Settings → Simple X Buttons. Buttons appear automatically on every matching post type. Shortcode: [sxb-share], [sxb-follow handle="yourhandle"], [sxb-mention handle="yourhandle"], [sxb-hashtag tag="travel"] anywhere in content. Block: Search for “X Share Button”, “X Follow Button”, “X Mention Button”, or “X Hashtag Button” in the Gutenberg block inserter. Template tag: or in theme templates. Compatibility WordPress 5.8 or higher PHP 7.2 or higher No API key required No external JavaScript loaded on page load Works with any theme
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WP-TwitterBadge
WP-TwitterBadge is a simple plugin that allows you to display a Twitter "Follow" Badge on your site or blog. It uses the Twitter "Follow" Badge that is provided by go2web20.net. This plugin takes the hassel out of having to manually edit the details and enter it into your theme each time you change themes. I’m providing this plugin as it is since this Twitter Badge is actually written and maintained by go2web20.net. However, I will be fixing bugs that are found in the plugin and updating with updates from go2web20.net. That being said, your feedback is very important! I do not claim ownership of any part(s) of the included "badge.js" Javascript file as it belongs to go2web20.net. This javascript file is provided via this plugin as is and with no modification. WP-TwitterBadge was written with Geany – http://www.geany.org/ Features Twitter Badge displayed links to your Twitter account to invite visitors to also follow you on Twitter! Your Twitter account name can be changed or adjusted easily via the options page if you decide to change accounts. You can customize the label on the Twitter badge with four available options. You can customize the color of the Twitter badge to any possible web safe color or use transparent so your background design shows through. The color option also provides an easy color picker tool (thanks to the iColorPicker javascript tools). You can customize the side of the page that you wish to display your Twitter Badge on. You can customize how far down the page your Twitter Badge should appear.
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