Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent

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1. ★★★★★ chevindu

   10.0y ago

   I was looking for some select-and-share plugin like in Medium and here I have it. It would be great if the Facebook sharing widget opened in a new window but I’m not complaining. This is a free plugin after all! Thanks for your great effort.

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2. ★★★★★ toerning

   10.6y ago

   This was exactly what I was looking for. Simple and clean. Only the large social networks.

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3. ★★★★★ Mindshare Labs, Inc.

   10.7y ago

   Works great!

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4. ★★★★★ Mariela Zárate

   10.9y ago

   Thank you very much!

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5. ★★★★★ kokdemir

   10.9y ago

   great

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6. ★★★★★ afwu

   11.1y ago

   It works great and is beautifully done on mobile! Good work! i would love to be able to insert my twitter handle into the tweet so that i can get a ping when they comment/share. this way, this would be the MAIN way to let people comment, and i can reply via twitter. love to be able to turn each service on or off also. thanks!

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7. ★★★★★ mitci2315

   11.2y ago

   Works as advertised.

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8. ★★★★★ egor-belikov

   11.5y ago

   Best text selection Twitter share plugin, totally Medium-like.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.4 Finally got some time to look into the IE11 issue, made a small adaptation in the code. Thanks a lot, Alex for the helpful tips there! While we’re smashing bugs, smashed another one as well. Hope you like it! In the mean 0.4
2. — Version 0.3 Been popping out updates like there is no tomorrow 🙂 This one features LinkedIn support, so you can easily have your visitors share your content towards LinkedIn! 0.3
3. — Version 0.2 Now That’s What I Call an Update! Just when you thought you knew the Selection Sharer WordPress plugin, here comes a release that changes everything. Actually, the good stuff is the same now but there’s more of it. Here’ 0.2
4. — Version 0.1 First release 0.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-07-26 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
• Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D
• Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• Simpliest Social Share 500+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
• Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• OG — Better Share on Social Media 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (21 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/selection-sharer