WPMU DEV Floating Social 1.7.5
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Floating Social is a WordPress plugin from WPMU DEV that places a share bar on your site. The bar stays fixed to the edge of the browser window while visitors scroll through a page. So when someone reads a long article, the sharing controls remain in view the entire time. There is no need for readers to scroll back up to find a share button or hunt for a static icon somewhere inside the post. The plugin works with ordinary WordPress installations and sits alongside your existing theme without requiring any custom code. You simply install it, activate it, and the bar appears. It is compact and stays to the side, so it does not cover the text or get in the way of reading. The bar moves smoothly as the page scrolls, staying quietly present until a visitor chooses to share. That is the core idea: keep sharing options visible without demanding attention.
You decide which social networks show up in the bar and the order they appear in. The plugin does not lock you into a short preset list. Essentially any network can be added, which is helpful when your audience uses a smaller community or a regional service that bigger share toolkits ignore. The bar can sit on either the left or right side of the screen. The icons are small and the bar itself takes up very little horizontal space, so it does not distract from the content. You can also adjust the appearance of the icons so they fit the visual style of your site rather than standing out awkwardly. Because the bar stays on screen for the whole visit, it keeps sharing within reach at the moment a reader finds something worth passing along. That kind of persistence matters on long pages, where a static share button at the top is easily forgotten by the time someone finishes reading.
The plugin also gives you precise control over where the floating bar appears. You can limit it to specific pages, individual posts, or entire post types. For example, you might enable it on long-form blog posts but keep it off your homepage and contact pages. You could apply it to case studies or product descriptions while leaving short news updates alone. These rules are set in the WordPress admin panel and can be changed whenever you want. There is no need to rebuild anything or touch theme files to try a different configuration. This selective display keeps the bar from becoming clutter on pages where sharing is unlikely. A site that mixes quick updates with in-depth guides can reserve the bar for the content that truly benefits from easy sharing. This level of control is harder to find in basic share button plugins, which usually force the same buttons everywhere or require extra code to exclude certain pages.
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Installing Floating Social is straightforward. You download the plugin as a standard .zip file and upload it through the WordPress admin, just like any other plugin. After activation, a settings section appears where you choose the networks, set the display rules, and adjust the icon look. There are no setup wizards, no third-party services, and no recurring fees tied to the plugin itself. It works with the content you already have, so there is no need for a page builder or custom code. Activation takes less than a minute. WPMU DEV is an established name in the WordPress space, and this plugin is a focused utility that does one thing well. It adds a persistent share option that stays out of the way and only shows where you want it. For anyone running a WordPress site who wants an uncomplicated way to keep social sharing visible without loading down pages, Floating Social delivers exactly that.
- Item type
- plugin
- Category
- Wordpress Plugins
- Version
- 1.07
- Availability
- In stock
- Delivery
- Digital
- Last updated
- August 9, 2026
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