Title: Recommend to a friend
Author: benjaminniess
Published: <strong>May 4, 2011</strong>
Last modified: April 9, 2018

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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.

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# Recommend to a friend

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/recommend-a-friend.2.2.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recommend-a-friend/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recommend-a-friend/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recommend-a-friend/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recommend-a-friend/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recommend-a-friend/)

## Description

Plugin that add a share to friends jQuery Lightbox to your pages or posts. Users
will be able to share your content using 2 ways :

 1. Writing email addresses manually
 2. Using Facebook and Twitter sharing feature

## Screenshots

[⌊Front office view⌉⌊Front office view⌉[

Front office view

[⌊Backoffice view⌉⌊Backoffice view⌉[

Backoffice view

## Installation

 1. Upload and activate the plugin
 2. Go to the Recommend a friend option page

 * Choose the feature you want to enable
 * You can auto add the button after your posts content by checking the box

 1. Add the Recommend a Friend widget or use the php function

 * $premalink is the URL you want to be shared
 * $image_url (optional) the image url used instead of the default one
 * $text_link(optional) the text you want to display instead the image (you need
   to choose between display an image or a text)

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

 1. Upload and activate the plugin
 2. Go to the Recommend a friend option page

 * Choose the feature you want to enable
 * You can auto add the button after your posts content by checking the box

 1. Add the Recommend a Friend widget or use the php function

 * $premalink is the URL you want to be shared
 * $image_url (optional) the image url used instead of the default one
 * $text_link(optional) the text you want to display instead the image (you need
   to choose between display an image or a text)

  How can I add a custom po/mo translation file

Create your po translation file from the default.po file and keep the prefix (eg.
raf-us_US.po)
 Paste the po and mo files into your wp-content/languages/plugins/
folder

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[ZERO support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zero-support-4/)󠁿

 [rlm23rainbowweb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rlm23rainbowweb/) January 20, 
2017

ZERO support

 [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recommend-a-friend/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Recommend to a friend” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ benjaminniess ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjaminniess/)
 *   [ Cocola ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cocola/)
 *   [ Amaury Balmer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/momo360modena/)
 *   [ Nicolas Juen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rahe/)

[Translate “Recommend to a friend” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/recommend-a-friend)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/recommend-a-friend/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/recommend-a-friend/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recommend-a-friend/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/recommend-a-friend/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

 * 2.2.2
    - Tested up to 4.9.5
 * 2.2.1
    - Fixed email sent to last email address only
    - Fixed success page loaded as a 404
 * 2.2
    - WARNING: REMOVED OPEN INVITER OPTION. This service no longer exists so I had
      to remove it from the plugin.
    - Added google recaptcha option to avoid spam
    - Global code refactoring + applied WordPress coding standards
 * 2.1
    - Added the ability to load a mo (translation) file from wp-content/languages/
      plugins/ folder
 * 2.0.4
    - Fix double MIME-type in email headers
 * 2.0.3
    - Add german translation thanks to Sebastian Maar
    - Add portuguese (BR) translation thanks to Alexandre Ruoso
    - Allow to load a custom CSS stylesheet in theme thanks to Emmanuel Hesry
    - Use the official wp color picker thanks to me 🙂
 * 2.0.2
    - Add nofollow tag to the form
 * 2.0.1
    - Encode URL to the RAF link
 * 2.0
    - Code refactoring
    - Fix bug with homepage link
 * 1.0.6
    - Security update thanks to http://secu.boiteaweb.fr/
    - Change plugin name Recommend a friend > Recommend to a friend
 * 1.0.4
    - Cleanup CSS
    - Add new widget image
 * 1.0.3
    - Remove font-face
    - Use wp_redirect after sending mail
 * 1.0.1
    - Change readme file
 * 1.0
    - First release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2.2**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 * Tags
 * [email](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/)[facebook](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/facebook/)
   [recommend](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recommend/)[share](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/share/)
   [widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recommend-a-friend/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  3 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recommend-a-friend/reviews/?filter=5)
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 *  [  1 3-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recommend-a-friend/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  1 2-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recommend-a-friend/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recommend-a-friend/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ benjaminniess ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/benjaminniess/)
 *   [ Cocola ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cocola/)
 *   [ Amaury Balmer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/momo360modena/)
 *   [ Nicolas Juen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rahe/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recommend-a-friend/)

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