Title: The Tweet Button – Simple Sharing Author: Ben Shadle Published: April 6, 2017 Last modified: July 27, 2019 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/the-tweet-button/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1631507) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/the-tweet-button/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1631514) # The Tweet Button – Simple Sharing By [Ben Shadle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benshadle/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/the-tweet-button.zip) * [Details](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/the-tweet-button/#description) * [Reviews](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/the-tweet-button/#reviews) * [Installation](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/the-tweet-button/#installation) * [Development](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/the-tweet-button/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-tweet-button/) ## Description After installing and activating the plugin, simply add a tweet_button shortcode to the content editor for a post or page. Example Shortcode: [tweet_button tweet=”The Tweet Button is super simple to set up and increases my social media exposure” size=”large” via=”wplauncher” hashtags =”thetweetbutton,tweetinghasneverbeenthiseasy”][/tweet_button] And, a Tweet button will appear in its place. Check out a working example of the The Tweet Button on a post at [Blog.WPLauncher.com](https://blog.wplauncher.com/add-twitter-tweet-button-wordpress). Click on the blue Tweet Button and see what your site visitors would see when they click on that button. #### Features * Set the size of the button * Set the text to tweet * Set the hashtags to include in the tweet * Set the URL of the tweet (default is the current page’s URL) * Attribute the tweet to a user with the via attribute #### Service Oriented We work really hard to try to make you as satisfied as possible with our The Tweet Button features. If you have a problem, you can send us a service request on our support page above. We will do our best to get to your problems as quickly as possible. If you have a feature suggestion, shoot it on over, we’d love to hear it! ## Screenshots * [[ * Adding a Tweet Button to a Post/Page * [[ * What it looks after adding a Tweet Button to a Post/Page * [[ * What your user sees after clicking on The Tweet Button ## Installation Get step by step instructions here: [Blog.WPLauncher.com/add-twitter-tweet-button-wordpress](https://blog.wplauncher.com/add-twitter-tweet-button-wordpress/) #### Manual (Non-FTP) 1. Download the plugin by clicking on that blue Download button (the-tweet-button. zip) 2. Login to your WordPress dashboard (yoursite.com/wp-admin) 3. Hover over the Plugins tab in the left sidebar and click Add New 4. Click the Upload Plugin Button at the top of the page 5. Click the Choose File button. Select the the-tweet-button.zip file from your computer( typically a download goes to your Downloads directory) 6. Click on the Activate Plugin Link. #### Manual (FTP) 1. Download the plugin (the-tweet-button.zip) 2. Unzip that file and upload the unzipped folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 3. Go to yoursite.com/wp-admin/plugins.php, find Tweet Button and click on the Activate Plugin Link. ## FAQ What are the fees associated with the tweet button plugin? None. It’s free to use and will always be free to use. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “The Tweet Button – Simple Sharing” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Ben Shadle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benshadle/) * [ WPLauncher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wplauncher/) * [ leeshadle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leeshadle/) [Translate “The Tweet Button – Simple Sharing” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/the-tweet-button) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-tweet-button/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/the-tweet-button/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/the-tweet-button/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/the-tweet-button/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * The Tweet Button shortcode with url,hashtags,via,tweet parameters ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **7 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.2.24** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-tweet-button/) * Tags * [share button](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/share-button/)[tweet button](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tweet-button/) [twitter](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/twitter/)[twitter button](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/twitter-button/) * [Advanced View](https://lin.wordpress.org/plugins/the-tweet-button/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-tweet-button/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-tweet-button/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Ben Shadle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benshadle/) * [ WPLauncher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wplauncher/) * [ leeshadle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leeshadle/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-tweet-button/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://wplauncher.com)