Add Mashable style Share Button at the Top of Posts Pages?

[Imxproducts]

I would like to be able to add share buttons to the top of all post pages (Before the Content) similar to the share buttons and placement Mashable uses here -

http://mashable.com/2012/12/20/video-game-sandy-hook-ceasefire/

I have the Google Plus, Facebook and Twitter Buttons, how do I add then to the blog and display them.

[Susan]

There are a number of different plug-ins available for social media share buttons. Rather than just recommend one, here's a link to a number of them:

25-social-media-plugins-wordpress

[Imxproducts]

Thanks Susan but all of these plugins have there draw backs,

I would like to be able to add the code to the theme file.

Simple Hooks for this?

 

[Susan]

Tougher question 😉

Here's what I found (disclaimer - I haven't tried it myself!)

I have added social sharing buttons (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) after single posts, without a plugin. I created a file social.php with the code for each button, and then added the following to functions.php:

/** Add Social Sharing Links on Single Posts **/
add_action('genesis_after_post_content', 'include_social', 9);
function include_social() {
if ( is_single() )
require(CHILD_DIR.'/social.php');
}

You could probably tweak that a little to put it above your posts.

[Author]

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