Title: [Plugin: Flattr] Feature request: add a ShareDaddy button instead
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Flattr] Feature request: add a ShareDaddy button instead

 *  [Gwyneth Llewelyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gwynethllewelyn/)
 * (@gwynethllewelyn)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-flattr-feature-request-add-a-sharedaddy-button-instead/)
 * So after having some fun with the Flattr plugin and finally getting it to work,
   here is a suggestion.
 * Since the launch of JetPack, which includes ShareDaddy, this has been one of 
   the most “standard” ways of adding sharing/liking buttons. Through [http://tools.flattr.net/wordpress/](http://tools.flattr.net/wordpress/)
   it’s possible to add the appropriate ShareDaddy button code for a WordPress.**
   com**-hosted blog. The magic seems to be simple to follow:
    - First, the following URL is called: `https://site-url-domain.com/wp-admin/
      options-general.php?page=sharing&create_new_service=true&name=Flattr&url=https%
      3A%2F%2Fflattr.com%2Fsubmit%2Fauto%3Fuser_id%3DFlattr-user-ID%26url%3D%25post_url%
      25%26title%3D%25post_title%25%26description%3D%25post_excerpt%25%26language%
      3Den_GB%26tags%3D%25post_tags%25%26category%3Dtext&icon=https%3A%2F%2Fflattr.
      com%2F_img%2Ficons%2Fflattr_logo_16.png`
    - This opens a popup with the following data:
 *  - Service name: Flattr
    - Sharing URL: `https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=Flattr-user-ID&url=%post_url%&
      title=%post_title%&description=%post_excerpt%&language=en_GB&tags=%post_tags%&
      category=text`
    - Icon URL: `https://flattr.com/_img/icons/flattr_logo_16.png`
 *  - When clicking the “Create Share Button” this will generate the appropriate
      ShareDaddy button code for Flattr, and you can use it normally
 * This certainly works well under WordPress.com.
 * I’ve obviously tried to replicate the URLs for a self-hosted blog, using the 
   above settings. They work fine (so long as you take care of the ampersands in
   the URL)!
 * So I tested this on my [main blog](http://gwynethllewelyn.net): left the Flattr
   plugin active (so that it correctly feeds whatever it has to feed to Flattr.com),
   but added the button code for ShareDaddy under JetPack. It works fine!
 * Advantages: Just one single point where the WP filters are called to place buttons
   at the end of the articles; a single way to arrange all sharing buttons; less
   Javascript and visual cluttering; easier to deal with HTML/CSS to get everything
   looking “just right” (without needing to edit the template). Also, as said, ShareDaddy
   under JetPack is quickly becoming the norm, except on very specifically-tailored
   WP themes.
 * Disadvantages: You can only get a static button this way (unless I’m missing 
   something), so the nice feature that the JS-based Flattr button uses to show 
   how much flattring was received will not be there. On the other hand, the Twitter/
   Facebook ShareDaddy buttons are certainly able to display that, so I guess it’s
   just a question of time to find a trick to replicate their code as well, without
   needing to hard-code anything on JetPack’s PHP files.
 * I still think it’s a nice add-on to have on your plugin. In fact, in theory all
   you need to place is the above link that will automatically generate a new service(
   mind the ampersands though!) as an option (eventually looking up first if ShareDaddy
   is already installed/configured). Very easy to do!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flattr/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flattr/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Henke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aphex3k/)
 * (@aphex3k)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-flattr-feature-request-add-a-sharedaddy-button-instead/#post-2545693)
 * You can always deactivate the automatic insertion and do you own thing. If it
   is sharedaddy that you want to use, fine with me but I’m not pulling more external
   dependencies to the code than absolutely necessary.
 *  Thread Starter [Gwyneth Llewelyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gwynethllewelyn/)
 * (@gwynethllewelyn)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-flattr-feature-request-add-a-sharedaddy-button-instead/#post-2545710)
 * Well, it was just a suggestion — that was exactly what I did, and it works fine
   🙂

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