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If you would like to take over the development please let me know using the plugin support forum or GitHub issue system.<\/p>\n\n<p>WordPress Social Login is a good alternative to this plugin:<\/p>\n\n<p>https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-social-login\/<\/p>\n\n<p>Social Connect adds social login buttons on the login, register and comment forms of your WordPress site.<\/p>\n\n<p>The buttons offer login and registration using a Twitter, Facebook, Google, Yahoo or WordPress.com account.<\/p>\n\n<p>It makes it super easy for new members to register with your site and existing members to login.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Props<\/h4>\n\n<p>Special thanks to:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/profile\/markusdrake\">markusdrake<\/a> for patches and helping in the support forums;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/profile\/enochfung\">L D<\/a> for patches and helping in the support forums;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/profile\/geodanny\">Geodanny<\/a> for helping in the support forums; and<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wirone.info\/\">Wirone<\/a> for polish translation and patches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>And everyone else in the forums sharing the fixes they find and answering each others questions.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Contribute<\/h4>\n\n<p>Social Connect is rapidly growing in popularity and help with the growing pains is appreciated.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you're a developer, you can contribute fixes &amp; optimisations via <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/thenbrent\/social-connect\">Social Connect on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Everyone can help out by answering questions in the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/tags\/social-connect?forum_id=10#postform\">Support Forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Upload everything into the \"\/wp-content\/plugins\/\" directory of your WordPress site.<\/li>\n<li>Activate in the \"Plugins\" admin panel.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the \"Settings | Social Connect\" administration page to configure social media providers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt>Installation Instructions<\/dt>\n<dd><ol>\n<li>Upload everything into the \"\/wp-content\/plugins\/\" directory of your WordPress site.<\/li>\n<li>Activate in the \"Plugins\" admin panel.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the \"Settings | Social Connect\" administration page to configure social media providers.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/dd>\n<dt>Does Social Connect work with WordPress Multisite?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Does Social Connect work with the Theme My Login plugin?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Can visitors connect with Social Connect to make a comment?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt>Do I need to add template tags to my theme?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>Social Connect attempts to work with the default WordPress comment, login and registration forms.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you want to add the social connect login or registration forms to another location in your theme, you can insert the following code in that location:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>&lt;?php do_action( 'social_connect_form' ); ?&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>You can also use the shortcode below to add Social Connect login to a page or post:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[social_connect]\n<\/code><\/pre><\/dd>\n<dt>Where can I report bugs &amp; get support?<\/dt>\n<dd><p>First, a few caveats on support.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is free software. 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