As of version 2.0 this plugin will be moved over to my coding site at #! code, the full link is here:

Social Media Page Plugin at #! code

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Rather than getting you to enter all of your social media profiles as URLs the plugin gets you to enter your username, and works out the rest. Some exceptions (like Facebook) require some extra information, which has been accounted for. There are over 100 different social media sites to select from so it should cover anything you happen to be a member of.

When the links are displayed on the page it will use a keyword of your choice as the text for the link.

With this plugin you can create a central base for any social media strategy.

Download

Download the Social Media Page Plugin at WordPress.org.

Instillation

To install the plugin just drop the folder social-media-page into your WordPress plugins folder (located at wp-content/plugins/). Log into WordPress and go to your Plugins section and activate the social media page plugin.

When the plugin is activated for the first time it checks to see if a table exists called wp_socialmediaprofiles. If it doesn’t then it creates it and adds lots of social media sites that will be used by the plugin.

The plugin also creates a WordPress option called smp_keyword. This option is used to store the keyword that will be used to link to the profiles entered.

Administration

The administration section for this plugin is under Settings->Social Media Page.

Social media page administration section.

Enter your keyword in the input box at the top. You can now start filling in your social media profile usernames, following the template to the right of the input box on each line. Taking StumbleUpon as an example, the template is http://{username}.stumbleupon.com/, the username tag will be replaced by whatever you enter into the username field. My StumbleUpon username is philipnorton42, so I would put this into the username box.

Social media page - entering information.

There are some sites that do things differently, and one of these is Facebook. This site has two input boxes, one for your name and your profile ID, both of which can be found out from the URL on Facebook. Just to clarify, the name field in Facebook is your name, but with spaces replaced by “_”. So my own name being Philip Norton, would be written as Philip_Norton.

Only those profiles that you fill in will be displayed on the front end of the site.

If you see a star next to a profile then this means that you should enable public viewing on those profiles before you link to them.

If you see two stars you will need to enter some information that will allow you to link to your profile with a username.

It is also possible to change the order in which the sites appear. Just click anywhere on the grey bar of the site and drag it up and down to move it into a different position.

Social media page - changing the position of two sites.

Social media page - position changed.

To remove a social media page from the list just delete the username in the box and update. Any fields with blank usernames will not be displayed.

Embed The List Into A Page/Post

After setting up the needed fields in your administration section you can display the list on any page or post by using the following tag:

<!-- social-media-page -->

With the keyword and the two sites in the previous images entered, the output would look something like this.

Social media page - page output.

The look of the list depends on the stylesheet that you have in your template. It consists of a simple unordered list wrapped in a div with the id of “smp-wrapper”.

Make sure you add this tag in HTML mode as the visual editor will convert the characters into HTML and display the tag instead of the list of social media profiles.

Comments?

If you notice any bugs or feel that this plugin can be improved in any way then let me know! Also, the list is far from complete, so if you feel that I have left any sites out then I will create an update and add those sites in.

Note that I have created this plugin in my own time so although I will try to fix any problems quickly, that might not always be the case.

Changes in version 1.3

• Added a fix for a typo in the Friendfeed profile.
• Added an option to add rel=”nofollow” to the links created by this plugin.
• Tidied up widget code to incorporate widget options from theme.

Changes to Version 1.2

• This plugin can now be used as a widget.
• Plugin output tweaked to have normal output for pages and smaller output when printing widget.
• Added option to allow blog admin to decide if credit should be given to plugin author.
• Noticed bug when updating plugin causing no images to be displayed. This was due to file permissions. Added a function that sets file permissions properly at install.

Changes to Version 1.1

• Fixed some incorrect information in some of the profile information.

Donate!

If you like this plugin then you can help with development through a donation.

I have been planning to move over to WordPress for about a week now, but as version 2.5 came out over the weekend I made a concerted effort to migrate.

So here it is.  I have carried most of my older posts over, although I didn’t think all of the posts about Blogiph made much sense on the new platform so I have taken them out.  This also means that I will be able to post a lot more than I have been in the past.