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Research Computing Configuration (view source)
Revision as of 13:58, 19 October 2020
, 13:58, 19 October 2020→Social Media Integration
define( 'WPMS_SMTP_PASS', 'password generated by Google' );
define( 'WPMS_SMTP_AUTOTLS', true );
====Social Media Integration====
Getting the social media icons on the menu and correctly linked up is very straight forward. Follow the [https://wordpress.org/support/article/twenty-fifteen/#add-social-icons guide for twenty-fifteen], which also works for 2020.
Getting some share buttons was more problematic, particular as my planned social media usage is somewhat atypical (Twitter, LinkedIn, and Reddit, really in reverse order), and because I don't want to pay anything.
The free version of [https://revive.social/plugins/revive-old-post/ Revive Old Posts] lets you push content to Twitter and Facebook, but they want you pay to push to LinkedIn.
The best free options seem to be:
*[https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-to-any/ AddToAny Share Buttons] - Integrates with Google Analytics
*[https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-social-icons/ Simple Social Icons] - The simplest option
*[https://wordpress.org/plugins/shared-counts/ Shared Counts] -- Counts hits (but using a 3rd party for data?)
*[https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-social-login/ WordPress Social Login] - if you want users to log in using their SM accounts (note: has a bimodal ratings distro)
*[https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/ JetPack] -- The plugin used by wordpress.com for this functionality. The free version should suffice, but this thing is a monster. It also uses an account on the wordpress.com cloud, which is a pain for those who are self-hosting.
I went with AddToAny, as it had the most installations, is entirely open-source, and offers all the functionality I need.
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