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Better Share Links shortcode

Better Share Links shortcode

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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.
  • Details

    Plugin code:
    better-share-links-shortcode
    Plugin version:
    1.0.0
    Outdated:
    Yes
    WP version:
    3.7 or higher
    PHP version:
    or higher
    Test up to WP version:
    4.1.41
    Total installations:
    0
    Last updated:
    2015-02-10
    Rating:
    Times rated:
    0
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