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Toolbars used in WordPress installations as plugins become more and more popular and effective. I am sure you noticed such toolbars on sites like Mashable.com, Abduzeedo.com etc and wondered how you can get one, why to use it and actually how good is sortiment. Maybe there are better toolbars available just for your needs?
I wondered and decided to create article about it – finding the most popular, interesting and eye-catching WordPress toolbar plugins you could use daily to increase pageviews, comments, sharing, twitter followers, subscriptions and more. Some of these plugins even offer online chat with your readers, how cool is that? Enjoy, research and find your pick! Let us know your favorite toolbar plugin as well!
This plugin installs the Extendy toolbar to your blog without having to make edits to any of your template files. Note that you must have an Extendy account, available for free at http://extendy.com . Extendy lets visitors share their favorite pages, search your content, view your latest tweets and blog posts, connect with you across social networks, and more.
The Gigya Toolbar increases your blog’s traffic and provides an oppurtunity to make extra revenues. Here are features Gigya offers:
Static Toolbar displays a static toolbar in the bottom of the page, which may contain last posts, rss feed, search engine, social network and sharing links.
This WordPress toolbar will automatically enable a toolbar for all outgoing links from your blog, it is similar as Digg or Stumbleupon. It helps to keep visitors coming back and write some comment or social bookmarking. Great tool.
Adds the mit3xxx.de toolbar to your website.
The mit3xxx toolbar allows you to add the following features to your site: navigate to the start pageintegrate a button to your rss-feed,let your users tweet your content, share your content to social network sites such as Delicious, Digg, Facebookanr more. It also provides more then 20 themes.
WordPress Theme Demo Bar is a plugin for wordpress (compatible up to WP 2.8.3) allowing to preview any wordpress theme without activating. Demo bar is customisable in admin panel, with several CSS style files as well. Very handy for theme developers or Wordpres theme related articles.
Editor’s description:
“Seen the DiggBar on Digg.com? Add a similar feature to your WordPress blog. Use your blog as a short link service with Easy Link Creation. Feature any link on the internet with a custom URL such as http://www.internetriot.com/?bing. Also feature social network links such as Facebook, Twitter, and Digg.”
Maintain your external links (in posts and comments) in your site. Create a Link Bar like facebook, digg and google with share link as well.
This plugin replicates all of the menu links in your normal admin area at the top of your main site for logged in users (i.e. you). You can go right to the “Write Post” or manage options pages in one click from anywhere on your blog. No more having to go to your dashboard first. You can even have it replace your admin area menus if you want.
Similar plugin to WordPress admin bar but with several improvements – now even if you are not logged in you can – you will have top toolbar visible to login.
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This plugin mimic the Mashable functionality where news stories and interesting articles can be shared to social networking sites. The functionality is driven by the images accompanying the articles, you click and hold on an image and can then drag it into a toolbar to share it. It’s brilliant and intuitive!
Using the Snipi Toolbar, you can drag and drop images from anywhere on the Internet and have them appear automatically in your WordPress Media Library or NextGen Gallery. Interesting toolbar indeed. Check Youtube video for more.
This plugin will add fixed social buttons on right side : twitter, facebook, myspace, reddit, delicious, technorati and rss feed buttons. Open social bookmarks links in a new or in the same window with “rel=’nofollow’” attribute or not.
A very simple bar for outgoing links in your posts.
Looks promising plugin, with handy buttons. This plugin will add fixed buttons on right side :
Something different – did you want sometimes to people visit really your page not digg-bars, different frames like you will see in this post also. Activate this plugin to get rid of such frames.
I could find fixed Twitter and Subscribe buttons, I see often on left or right sides of windows. If you know one, please share with me as well, so I would be able to create even more comprehensive list. If you know more such fixed toolbars, bars, buttons please do share!
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Dainis Graveris is 23 years old blogger and designer, founder of 1stWebDesigner, now more silently managing everything behind the scenes. He usually hangs out in Twitter tweeting design related links and chatting with people. If you have any questions or feedback that's the best place to start! Cheers!
Friday, March 9th, 2012 08:34
great list. you should definitely have Social Toolbar Pro in there tho.
Thursday, February 9th, 2012 17:17
I was wandering is you could tell me the toolbar that a site called photoshoplady.com uses when you click an external link on the blog?
Sunday, February 26th, 2012 06:11
I wanna know this plugin. Hope someone can tell me
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 09:17
Hi! you are listing here a lot of toolbars…. but can you tell me what is the name of the social toolbar on the left in your blog? (the static one, with those social buttons) i am searching the name for months.. asked many bloggers and no one want to tell me the name of this plugin as it would be the most top secured plugin in the world -.- … maybe you will end my search quest for this plugin..
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 21:06
Just saw new plugin created by http://www.daddydesign.com/wordpress/social-toolbar-wordpress-plugin/
Excellent plugin with lots of option to customize wordpress toolbar.
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Kristi Hines
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 19:01
I have been noticing these more and more, and wondering about whether to add one to my site. Thanks for compiling this list so we can check them out!
Arfandia
Friday, January 15th, 2010 12:26
i don’t know how usefull this toolbar for my site but thanks for sharing this
Zack
Thursday, January 14th, 2010 23:48
Finally! I keep seeing these and even tried to find some plugins in WP but came up short. Thanks for sharing!
Sheiky
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 01:42
Excellent List btw…I was thinking why Wibiya is not included in this toolbar list…Hope it should be added…
liena aifen
Friday, February 12th, 2010 05:49
nice sharing, it really excellent
Bilgiyukle
Saturday, April 17th, 2010 12:32
Nice collection, thx
Amal Roy
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 12:23
Thanks a lot friend for putting this up. Book marked this.