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How to enable social media sharing feature on your BuddyPress site

Posted by Antony Agnelon Jan 20, 2020Oct 23, 2020

Do you want to allow people to share the posts appearing in your BuddyPress activity stream to other social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter? 😃

You can now do that using rtMedia Social Sharing – a nifty little add-on for adding this extra functionality on your site.😎

Adding this one little feature to your site can encourage your community members to share posts they like on your site to their favorite social media platforms. This, in turn, can bring in more traffic and may also encourage connections from their network to check out your community. 📈

How to display social sharing buttons on BuddyPress posts

Time needed: 15 minutes.

Follow the below instructions to add social sharing buttons to all the posts appearing on your site’s activity stream using rtMedia.

  1. Install rtMedia

    Install the rtMedia plugin from your WordPress dashboard.install and activate rtMedia on your site

  2. Install rtMedia Social Sharing

    Get the rtMedia Social Sharing add-on and upload it manually to your website.rtmedia social sharing addon for buddypress activity

  3. Verify activation with license key

    Open the rtMedia Licenses page and enter your license key to verify your rtMedia Social Sharing add-on installation.activate rtmedia social sharing addon with license key

  4. Enable social share buttons

    Go to the rtMedia Settings page, and under Single Media View, turn on the toggle for Enable rtSocial share buttons. This will automatically install the rtSocial plugin on your site which is required for the proper functioning on this add-on.enable rt social share buttons on buddypress posts

  5. Open button management page

    To manage the social sharing settings, click on the manage rtSocial options link below it which will take you to the rtSocial Options page under your WordPress Settings.manage rtsocial options

  6. Configure social share buttons

    Over here, you can choose the placement for your social buttons, button style, and a few related options.rtsocial options

You have now enabled social media sharing on your BuddyPress powered community site. Alternatively, you can learn how to create your own social networking website like Facebook from here and more.

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Category How ToTagged BuddyPress Activity Social Share, BuddyPress Social Share Buttons, rtMedia Social Sharing

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