Are you looking to increase the sitors on your site and connect with your audience on a more personal level?
I recently discovered a plugin that can help you share your site on social media platforms with the purpose of increasing your visitors.
Novashare is a robust and user-friendly social sharing plugin for WordPress. It helps you optimize your site’s performance by giving you the option to share your website on social platforms.
In this review, I will be sharing my honest experience with this ultimate social sharing plugin and how you can use this plugin in the best way possible.
So, without any further ado, let’s get started.
What is Novashare?
Before jumping into how you can use this plugin for your website, let’s first see what Novashare is.
Novashare is a premium lightweight plugin that gives you the option of adding social share icons on your site.
The aim of adding this plugin to your website is to enhance the traffic and performance of the website. But with so many social media plugins out there, it can be challenging to choose the best one.
So, what makes Novashare a unique plugin?
This plugin stands out for its ability to enhance your WordPress functionality with a mere 5kb footprint.
Intrigued by this claim, I decided to verify its accuracy. To my satisfaction, the plugin indeed lives up to the promises outlined on their website.
While other plugins will add more or less about 25-30KB minimum to your website, here you have a plugin that is super lightweight and enhances your loading speed.
It is because the plugin uses SVGs to display the social buttons and only adds two requests to your page i.e., CSS and JS files.
With this, let’s jump on to see the features of this amazing plugin.
Novashare Features
1. Lightweight
What I appreciate most about using the Novashare plugin in my WordPress is its lightweight nature, occupying just 4 to 5KB, all while significantly boosting the website’s speed.
Having used various social media sharing plugins, I can confidently say that Novashare is the most compact among them.
2. Interactive User Interface
Another good thing about using Novashare is that it has minimal configuration and settings. You do not need to learn new UI or coding.
You get a content tab under which you see settings like post type, social networks that you want to include, Button position, alignment, and more.
You can also configure button size, button shape, button colour, hover colour, total share count, and network share count for detailed operation.
We will discuss the configuration options in the later part of the blog.
3. Multiple Blocks
It comes with a block editor for every feature, such as the share button, follow button, click to post, and more.
You can also access the preview option and customization options and enhance the look of your post and website.
4. Responsive of all devices
Another good thing about Novashare is that it is responsive on all types of devices such as mobile phones, tablets, computers, and more.
You can also set breakpoints for various features where you want the share button to pop up on your site.
5. Floating Bar Tab
A floating social sharing feature consists of social sharing buttons that remain visible to your visitors as they navigate your website.
Floating sharing buttons are particularly beneficial for mobile users, given their smaller screens. Placing social sharing icons only at the end of the content may not suffice on mobile devices.
The options available in this tab mirror those found in the Inline Content tab. So you can easily configure the settings of this tab.
6. Click to Tweet Button
Twitter (Now X) has always been a compelling platform for marketing people. And so if you want to increase your social media presence, this button is a game changer for you.
With just one click, you can tweet your post or article along with a personalized call-to-action text.
You can also change the theme of the boxes, call-to-action text, and call-to-action position.
7. Pinterest Button
This feature has been added recently and works the same as the click-to-tweet button.
So, if you are active on Pinterest, you can easily pin images and improve engagement. With the help of this button, you will be able to enable image pins and post types to be displayed on Pinterest.
This helps in increasing your activity on social media and thus boosts your post to rank better on SERP.
8. Compatibility
The plugin works well with most WordPress themes, as well as famous page builders such as Elementor and custom post types.
It is also made to work with apps and caching services that improve performance so your site stays fast.
Now that I have covered almost all the features of Novashare let’s jump to how you can easily configure this plugin and what options you get in the configuration option.
How to Install and Activate the Novashare Plugin?
To get started with the Novashare plugin-
- Go to the official site of Novashare. There, you will see different pricing plans they provide.
- Click on the plan that you want to purchase.
- After completion of the purchase process, you will receive a link on your registered email ID.
- In the same mail, you will also receive steps to download and install the plugin.
Step 1
- Click on the download link. You will see a zip file for the plugin.
- Download the zip file of the plugin.
You can also download the plugin using the below path –
- Click on the “View Details and Download” button.
- Scroll down to the “Product” section.
- Click on the “Download plugin” button.
Step 2
In your WP dashboard, go to “Plugins” and then “Add New“.
Step 3
Then click “Upload Plugin” and pick the novashare.zip file that you saved from the mail.
Step 4
Complete the Installation process and activate the plugin.
After that, go to the “Settings” option in your dashboard and click “Novashare,” as shown in the picture.
Step 5
On the “License” page, enter the license key you got in an email.
Your license key can also be found in your account.
After that, click “Save License.“
Step 6
You can check the confirmation of the license and see if it is activated.
There you have it! You can now change how the plugin works the way you want it to.
You will also be able to see new updates on your WP page as and when they are ready.
How to Configure the Novashare Social Media Button?
Novashare comes with multiple configuration options that can be set manually as per the requirements of the website.
Let’s see how you can customize and set a social media sharing button in your posts.
1. How to enable the share button
To enable and customize the share button, follow the below steps –
Step 1
Go to Settings of the Novashare plugin.
Step 2
Click the Floating Bar sub-menu. It is also known as the Inline Content Menu.
Step 3
Click on Enable Inline Content. After that, you will be able to rearrange the share buttons as you like.
Step 4
Click “Save Changes.” to continue.
And that is all you have to do to enable social share icons on your posts.
When the “Share Button” is clicked, all of the social networks will show up in a window by default.
After that, you can change how the share window looks.
2. How to customize the social networks button
Step 1
Go to the Settings option of the Novashare plugin.
Step 2
Click the “Share button” in the submenu on the left-hand side.
Step 3
You will be able to see all the networks which are selected by default.
Under that, you can select and remove the social network options that you want when someone clicks on the share button.
You can also rearrange the same by dragging and dropping in the order you want.
Step 4
Scroll and save the changes.
You can modify and refresh the call-to-action, background color, font color, button style, and button size within the same settings menu.
Pricing of Novashare
Novashare offers three pricing plans for its WordPress social sharing plugin:
1. Personal
The personal plan is for 1 website and will cost you $24.95 per year.
Along with this, you also get premium support and new updates that come with Novashare.
You also get access to 30-day money-back guarantee, so if you do not like the features of Novashare, you can ask them to refund the money without any questions asked.
2. Business
The business plan comes for 3 websites and will cost you $54.95 per year.
This plan suits professional website owners who own more than 1 website.
3. Unlimited
As the name suggests, an unlimited plan is for unlimited websites and will cost you $149.95 per year.
But you can get around a 10% discount on this plan and get the same at just $124.95 per year.
This is ideal for big businesses and companies who own multiple websites. Also, under this plan, you get personalized support from the experienced Novashare team.
What about the knowledge base of Novashare?
When it comes to knowledgebase and documentation, you can check their step-by-step guides and FAQs section under Documentation.
You can also find many guides and articles for the installation process, migration, and import.
You will also find general topics such as how to use social share button blocks, customization, and integration with other plugins.
You can also read documents on pre-sale questions and troubleshooting doubts. All you have to do is search these keywords on the search tab of the Novashare official website.
Pros and Cons of Novashare
Pros
- Intuitive and clean interface accessible to even beginners
- Dedicated customer support for technical problems
- Lightweight – only takes 4Kb of space and enhances the speed of website
- Mobile responsive for better user experience
- Can be customized as per your requirements
- Performance friendly as it also integrates well with other plugins and extensions
- 30 days money-back guarantee
Cons
- Pricing can seem a little over the budget for beginners
What about the support team of Novashare?
Novashare’s support team is made up of developers and customer service reps whose job is to help users with any problems, questions, or changes they need to make to their WP social sharing pages.
Novashare’s help pages can be reached through the following channels:
Contact Form Support
You can reach out to the support team by filling out the contact form on their official website. You can enter your email ID and select the topic related to your concern.
Through this, you will be able to raise a ticket, which also makes it easy for you to follow up on the resolution.
Social Community
You can also reach out to their community, which is present on X (Earlier Twitter) and Facebook. The community is highly responsive and solution-oriented.
This is also a good way for you to meet other people who are using Novashare. You can get amazing tips and advice on how you can best use this plugin for your website.
Wrapping up my review of Novashare
Based on all the other social media sharing plugins that I have used, Novashare is a compelling choice.
Why? I love the fact that this tool is an all-in-one plugin and does not take up a large amount of space in my WordPress.
This ensures that my site runs smoothly and that the loading speed of my site is not hampered.
Not to mention, the plugin’s speed, ease of use, and performance-focused approach set it apart from its competitors.
While the pricing may seem a little over the budget, overall, you will have a seamless experience using this plugin.
Therefore, if you are looking for a social sharing plugin that prioritizes speed, performance, and user experience, Novashare is certainly worth considering.
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