Title: ZA Creative Social Buttons
Author: Sipho Nhlapo
Published: September 9, 2026
Last modified: September 9, 2026
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# ZA Creative Social Buttons
By [Sipho Nhlapo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sipho213/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/za-creative-social-buttons.2.0.0.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/za-creative-social-buttons/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/za-creative-social-buttons/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/za-creative-social-buttons/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/za-creative-social-buttons/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/za-creative-social-buttons/)
## Description
ZA Creative Social Buttons is a complete social sharing solution for WordPress.
It adds share buttons to your posts, pages, products and custom post types, and
includes a floating share bar, Open Graph and Twitter Card tags, share analytics,
QR codes, and UTM tracking — all in one plugin.
#### Key Features
* 50+ Social Networks including Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit,
WhatsApp, Telegram, Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky, Signal, Discord, and more
* Visual Button Designer with style presets (Classic, Modern, Glass, Corporate,
Material, Dark, Neon, Magazine, etc.)
* Multiple button styles, sizes, shapes, and themes
* Drag-and-drop network ordering
* Open Graph & Twitter Card meta tags with per-post customization
* Analytics with top posts, network breakdowns, click-through rates, and CSV export
* Display Rules for post types, taxonomies, user roles, devices, login status,
and archive/search pages
* Floating share bar with auto-hide
* Click-to-Share text selection popup
* QR code generation
* UTM tracking parameters
* WooCommerce integration: product sharing and post-purchase share prompts
* Import from ShareMyPost, AddToAny, Social Warfare, Sassy Social Share, Monarch,
and Simple Share Buttons Adder
* Diagnostics page with system health, REST API status, cron status, and plugin
conflict detection
* GDPR compliance: personal data exporter and eraser
* Multisite support
* Gutenberg blocks, Elementor widgets, and shortcodes
* WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility: keyboard navigation and ARIA labels
* Fully translatable with a .pot file included
### External Services
ZA Creative Social Buttons includes share buttons that, when a visitor clicks a
network button, open that network’s public sharing page (for example X/Twitter intent
pages, Facebook Sharer, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Telegram, WhatsApp, Threads,
Mastodon, Pocket, and others). Only when a visitor actively clicks a button is the
post title and URL sent to the selected network’s sharing endpoint, so the visitor
can complete the share in their own app or browser. Sharing pages are controlled
by each network, not by this plugin.
The exact list of networks is configurable; only the networks you enable add a share
button. The relevant platform terms of service and privacy policies apply:
* X: https://x.com/en/tos
* Meta / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
* WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy-eea
* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
* Reddit: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy
* Telegram: https://telegram.org/privacy
#### WhatsApp Sharing
When a visitor clicks the WhatsApp share button, this plugin opens the WhatsApp
share URL `https://wa.me/?text=` (the external WhatsApp web
or mobile application). At the moment of that click, the post title and the post
URL are included in the link so the visitor can choose a recipient and send the
message. No data is sent to WhatsApp before the visitor clicks the button, and this
plugin does not collect or store the recipient’s phone number, the message text,
or any WhatsApp account data. WhatsApp’s own privacy policy applies to anything
sent through their service.
* External URL used: https://wa.me/
* WhatsApp Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy-eea
* WhatsApp Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service
Because the specific networks you enable determine which platform’s sharing page
is used, please re-check your own network choices in the plugin settings. This plugin
does not phone home to any other server; by default it stores share/click analytics
locally in your own WordPress database only if you enable the Analytics feature.
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## Installation
1. Upload the `za-creative-social-buttons` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory,
or install the plugin through the WordPress admin “Plugins” screen.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
3. Use the Setup Wizard to choose your preferred networks and settings.
4. Your share buttons are ready.
## FAQ
### How do I add share buttons to my posts?
Share buttons appear automatically on posts, pages, and products after activation(
depending on your display settings). You can also place them manually with the `[
zacrsobu-buttons]` shortcode, the Gutenberg block, or the Elementor widget.
### Can I customize the button appearance?
Yes. Visit the Appearance page to choose a style preset and customize the button
style, size, shape, theme, and post types.
### Does it support Open Graph tags?
Yes. ZA Creative Social Buttons adds Open Graph and Twitter Card meta tags to your
content, with per-post customization in the post editor.
### Is WooCommerce supported?
Yes. Share buttons can appear on product pages, and there are additional post-purchase
share prompts.
### Can I import settings from other plugins?
Yes. Import from ShareMyPost, AddToAny, Social Warfare, Sassy Social Share, Monarch,
and Simple Share Buttons Adder is available on the Import/Export page.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“ZA Creative Social Buttons” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Sipho Nhlapo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sipho213/)
[Translate “ZA Creative Social Buttons” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/za-creative-social-buttons)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/za-creative-social-buttons/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/za-creative-social-buttons/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/za-creative-social-buttons/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/za-creative-social-buttons/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 2.0.0
* Renamed plugin to ZA Creative Social Buttons and updated all namespacing, assets,
and translation strings
* Replaced short `za` public-code prefixes with the distinctive `zacrsobu` prefix
* Moved PHP classes into the `Sipho213\ZACRSOBU` namespace
* Add plugin-wide input sanitization and output escaping
* Replace inline JavaScript and CSS with properly enqueued scripts and styles
* Hardened REST API permissions and parameter validation
* Add direct file access guards to all PHP files
* Add disclosure of third-party social sharing services in the readme
* Tested up to WordPress 7.1
#### 1.0.0
* Initial release
## Meta
* Version **2.0.0**
* Last updated **1 day ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.1**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Tags
* [analytics](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/analytics/)[share buttons](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/share-buttons/)
[social media](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-media/)[social sharing](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-sharing/)
[woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
* [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/za-creative-social-buttons/advanced/)
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## Contributors
* [ Sipho Nhlapo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sipho213/)
## Support
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