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Socialize is an easy way to selectively add actionable social bookmarks to your posts.

You can add bookmarks in two places:

1. Inside the content (aligned left or right)
2. In a box below the content

The plugin was designed to make managing and adding actionable social bookmarks easier and more efficient. Instead of adding new meta keys like other plugins require, there is an additional panel in your posts admin that allows you to select which bookmarks you want to display. This is to encourage people to choose more relevant bookmarks for their posts. By only displaying the more relevant and socially successful posts, you create a form of social proof that might encourage more shares, comments and subscriptions.

You are also provided with a box at the bottom of your posts that asks readers to subscribe and comment. This text can be edited in the 'Socialize Admin Page' and on individual posts/pages. You can also selectively display social bookmarks in this box the same way you go about inserting bookmarks in content. This is a great place to ask your readers to do something, like check out one of your services or to leave a comment and subscribe.

Furthermore, you can choose to display bookmarks in the content on all pages or just on single pages. You can also choose to hide the box that displays beneath the posts by default.

New in Version 2.0

• Automatically inserts open graph data into head of site
• Can now sort buttons
• Custom post type support
• More display and placement options
• Bitly integration

Author: JonBishop