Title: Better Share Links shortcode
Author: peeping4dsun
Published: <strong>December 20, 2014</strong>
Last modified: February 10, 2015

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# Better Share Links shortcode

 By [peeping4dsun](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peeping4dsun/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/better-share-links-shortcode.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-share-links-shortcode/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-share-links-shortcode/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-share-links-shortcode/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-share-links-shortcode/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-share-links-shortcode/)

## Description

**Better Share Links shortcode plugin:**

 * The better way of sharing important links is to share them with their screenshot.
 * The plugin makes sharing links(URLs) more user friendly.
 * The plugin require API key from page2images.com(Read step 7 of the installation
   instructions )
 * The free account gives the user 3000 calls per month.
 * The free account works only on http URL addresses.
 * The author of this plugin is not associated in any way with the API provider.
 * The shortcode will output a standard clickable link, until a screenshot is generated.
 * Text button “Share link” within TinyMCE editor that outputs [better_share_link
   url=”|||||” ]
 * More options coming to this plugin, as an admin page, in which the webmaster 
   can include a custom CSS, enabling and disabling features, etc.

**The current template of the shortcode is** –

 * A title within H3 tag(the title is obtained via “PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser”).
 * A subtitle within H6 tag containing the URL address itself
 * The image of the screenshot
 * All of the three parts are links.

**The SEO optimized output of the shortcode contains** –

  Alt tag, title tag of the image are equal to the title of the shared URL.
  The filename of the image is the sanitized title of the URL, i.e. the whitespaces
  are replaced with dashes(-).
  The height and the width of image are set within the ‘img’ tag.
  All the outputted links are nofollow.
  
  ## Screenshots
  
  [⌊Wireframe of the plugin's template⌉⌊Wireframe of the plugin's template⌉[
  Wireframe of the plugin’s template
  [⌊Screenshot of the output⌉⌊Screenshot of the output⌉[
  Screenshot of the output
  
  ## Installation
  
   1.  Upload `better_share_links.zip` onto your local computer.
   2.  Go to your WordPress Dashboard and select **Plugins >> Add New**.
   3.  Click on the **Upload** option at the top and select the `better_share_links.
       zip file` you just downloaded.
   4.  Click on **Install**.
   5.  Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
   6.  Click on the text button ‘Share link’ inside the visual text editor(when editing
       or publishing page or post)
   7.  Sign up for the free API of page2images.com and insert it on line 78 in the 
       php file of this plugin
   8.  The button will output [better_share_link url=”||||||”]
   9.  Paste URL between any of the bars ||||||
  
  ## Reviews
  
  There are no reviews for this plugin.
  
  ## Contributors & Developers
  
  “Better Share Links shortcode” is open source software. The following people have
  contributed to this plugin.
  Contributors
   *   [ peeping4dsun ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peeping4dsun/)
  [Translate “Better Share Links shortcode” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/better-share-links-shortcode)
  
  ### Interested in development?
  
  [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-share-links-shortcode/),
  check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/better-share-links-shortcode/),
  or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-share-links-shortcode/)
  by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-share-links-shortcode/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
  
  ## Meta
  
   *  Version **1.0.0**
   *  Last updated **11 years ago**
   *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
   *  WordPress version ** 3.7 or higher **
   *  Tested up to **4.1.42**
   * Tags
   * [embed](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/embed/)[links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/links/)
     [screenshot](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/screenshot/)[shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
     [urls](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/urls/)
   *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-share-links-shortcode/advanced/)
  
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  ## Contributors
  
   *   [ peeping4dsun ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/peeping4dsun/)
  
  ## Support
  
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