If you look closely, you will find one thing that is common in most of WordPress sites. They all have social media buttons to make things easier for visitors to share content and follow social media accounts. 

It’s a win-win for both you and your visitors. There are lots of social media plugins to choose from. So, the inevitable question that arises here is -how do you choose the right plugin for your social media site? 

That’s what this article aims to help you with. We have selected the six best and result-oriented social media plugins for your website:

Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress:

This is a comprehensive tool that can do pretty much everything for your WordPress website Social Media engagement activities. When it comes to getting all the bells and whistles of Social Media buttons under a single umbrella, nothing could be a better option than this tool. 

Button Placement Options: 

This tool allows you to choose from 30 different default display positions that include –

• Above/below the content 
• Floating icons that you can place either above, below the content or sides. 
• Top or bottom bars
• Post sharing option 
• On media 
• As a pop-up
• And many other placement options. 

Cost: only $20.

MashShare:

If you love the way Mashable uses their stylish social media buttons, then using MashShare is the best choice for you. 

MashShare is not all about stylish buttons. It offers lots of other things apart from that. This plugin is currently active on over 80,000 websites. 

Options for button placement: Above/below the content 

You can add buttons manually with PHP or HTML tags, 

You can also get more exclusive placement options like sidebar and sticky share bar with the premium add-on. 

The Key Features of MashShare: 

• Share counts: it displays overall share counts like Mashable
• HTTP: it recovers the share counts of HTTP. 
• Fake Share Count
• Allows users to share a specific part of the content 
• Pageviews 

Price: free for WordPress.org and Paid add-ons are ~€19.95 each.

Monarch: 

Monarch is a premium social share button plugin. Buying Monarch can be a costly affair. If you are interested in Elegant Theme’s other tools like Divi builder, Divi theme or Bloom opt-in, you can get excellent value from the paid membership of Elegant Theme. 

Placement Options for the Buttons: 

• Floating option 
• Above or below content 
• On media 
• Automatic pop-up 
• Automatic side-in 
• Shortcode 

Sassy Social Share:

Sassy Social Share is a very easy to use social sharing plugin for WordPress sites and comes with support for social media sites. It allows you to add buttons in post content and the sticky social menu also. 

This tool also keeps tab on the number of social shares. When it comes to choosing the icon style, Sassy Social Share comes with three shapes – square, rectangle, and round. 

AddtoAny: 

AddtoAny is a very popular social sharing plugin for WordPress. It supports a large number of social media platforms. It offers you standard and floating sharing bar and universal social sharing options. 

It can show social sharing counts and allows you to integrate Google Analytics.

Final Thoughts

All the tools mentioned above offer unique features and styling options, so it is not possible to select one plugin as the best one. Based on the styling and placement requirements of your WordPress site, you should pick the ideal one for you.

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The graph above shows how conversion rates change from animation to animation and demonstrate the power of animation for your website, video presentation, or any other platforms.

Now, we are going to talk about the free tools that can help you create awesome animations without paying a chunk of money to a professional animation service. 

1. Moovly 

Moovly dominates the list of top animation creation tools hands down. This animation software comes with more than 1 million media assets  ( including sound effects, music, photos, motion graphics, etc.)  and the best part is that it is all royalty-free. Moovly offers a massive selection of features that allows you to customize any video without any hassles. All you need to do is change the template before you begin the animation. The built-in tools kit that comes with Moovly makes the animation process convenient, and, in addition, allows you to integrate Shutterstock. Moovly’s user-friendly interface makes it comfortable for beginners to become familiar with the available tools so that they can create an excellent video.

Pros: 

• 30 day free trial time without providing credit card information. 
• Popular types of  animations such as whiteboard, GIF, etc. are all supported.

Cons: 

• There’s no download policy on videos made.
• Free videos come with a watermark. 

2. Powtoon

This is a perfect animation tool for people who want to get creative. Powtoon is cloud-based and packed with many helpful features that make the animation creation process easier and allow you to make awesome animations.

The best part of using this animation tool is that you don’t need to have any prior knowledge of animation or designing. Powtoon is integrated with top sites and content creators so that you can get your hands on an extensive collection of media files which are free of cost. 

Pros: 

• You can create both videos and GIFs.
• Supports the MP4 format.

Cons: 

• Free users have a 100mb storage limit. 
• The free version has a 3 minute video limit. 

3. Make A GIF 

A very comprehensive GIF maker. When it comes to making GIFs, Make A GIF gives you some excellent options. You can create GIFs from YouTube videos, Screenshots, uploaded photos, and premade GIFs. 

It is also a free image hosting website, so once your GIF has been completed, you can link it directly to the Make A GIF gallery. 

Make A GIF offers a Premium Membership Plan for $11.95, but does provide a 3 day free trial. The premium membership plan provides –

• High definition GIFs
• Personalized watermark
• Ultrafast editing/uploading 
• The option to add social links 
• An advertisement-free platform, and many other features

Pros: 

• Allows you to create GIFs from your webcam 
• Link directly to the gallery

Cons: 

• The Premium Membership plan is not available without providing credit card details 

4. Animaker

Animaker makes animation creation a cakewalk. Features such as premade presentation templates allow you to add text to each of your slides. With this tool, you can create HD quality videos as well as 2D videos, do Whiteboard animation, animate images, etc. The interactive interface makes it easy for you to work with different animation graphic and web designing tools.

 Pros: 

• Supports direct voice recording. 
• Allows you to upload videos to YouTube and FaceBook directly 

Cons: 

• The free version only allows you to make 2 minute videos 
• The free version  only allows the export of five videos in a month 

5. Renderforest

If you are looking for a comprehensive animation video-making platform for creating slideshows, logo animations, and business explainers, Renderforest is a good choice. This platform is entirely free of cost and allows users to create unlimited high-quality videos to promote their business and products in a very professional and engaging manner.

Pros: 

• Offers videos in HD resolution for professional users 
• The software can be accessed anywhere and is easy to use and download

Cons: 

• Videos are watermarked in the free version
• The free version only allows for 3 minute videos  

6. Pencil 2D

Pencil 2D is one of the best programs for 2D hand-drawn animation videos. It works efficiently on Mac computers and is ideal for the beginner because the commands and interface are very easy to understand. Whether you want to create a simple animation or something exclusive with multiple layers, Pencil 2D is the ideal software to use. 

Pros: 

The software allows you to start with the basics like sketching character designs but you can work up to full-length videos from there. 

Cons: 

The program allows you to export images but doesn’t allow exported videos, so you will need another software to convert those images into a video. 

Any of the six excellent animation sites mentioned above can help you make and customize animations which can be saved and shared with your clients, family, friends, etc.

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