I found a neat plugin today, thanks to Ann Smarty for mentioning this on Google Plus. This plugin by Elokenz allows you to place a widget in WordPress that will show your most socially shared posts on the web.
It works by visiting your Google Plus profile and finding all articles tagged with your authorship. Then it will display the top articles by social shares (Twitter + Facebook + Google Plus) on the sidebar.
Here is a screenshot of what it looks like on Ann’s site:
SetUp
Before using this plugin, you will need to be sure that you have Google authorship set up.
1. Log into Google Plus, click on your About page and scroll down to Links. Click “Edit” and add all sites that you have guest posted on, as well as your own sites.
2. Install an SEO plugin, like Yoast SEO and then click on the “Users” tab. Enter your Google Plus URL under your User ID.
Once authorship is set up, simply download and activate the Elokenz widget.
3. Click on “Appearance – Widgets” and find the Elokenz widget.
4. If your WordPress theme is widgetized, then you can drag the Elokenz widget onto the sidebar.
5. Enter your Google+ ID and fill out the other options as desired. Then click “Save” on the widget.
The plugin can be found here or by searching for “elokenz” in Plugins after logging into your own WordPress site:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/elokenz-most-shared-articles-for-authors
And here’s a more detailed write up on the plugin features:
Hi BTL,
If I am to go by what you’ve written, I think this is one plugin everyone should consider trying it out as well.
It is my first hearing of this elokernz plugin adn I do think it is worth the try.
Thanks for this and do have a great day!
PS: I found this shared on kingged.com
Thanks, Emmanuel. Glad you found it useful.
Hi,
That is the beauty of WordPress, it can add any feature for its users by plugins. Thanks to all the coders who work with or independently along WordPress.
Shared posts, are the ones which has been very well received by audience. This will also help us in keeping a tab on this so we can create the same magic again.
Also, readers can get their hands on some of the best posts. Nice plugin.
P.S. I found this post on Kingged.
Thanks, Rohan. WordPress certainly is a popular platform nowadays.
A WordPress plugin that displays your most popular posts on the web sounds really cool and interesting.
Brain, thanks for introducing this tool named Elokenz with us with Ann Smarty’s too of course, since she’s the reason why. 🙂 This tool is very unfamiliar to me and I am going to share this one with my friends.
Thanks for the guide! It helps!
I found this post shared on Kingged.com, the Internet marketing social bookmarking site, and I “kingged” it and left this comment.
Thanks Metz – happy to share!