Red Pill Leadership: Wake up and be a better leader

I’ve always wanted a button on this blog that would allow readers to share articles on Facebook, Twitter, or any of a dozen or more other social media sites. The problem was I wanted one WordPress plugin that would allow me to select which networks I wanted use. I use WordPress and was hoping for a simple plugin. Though I feel comfy playing around with code, I didn’t want the headaches.

After scouring Google and experimenting with some abysmal plugins, I came across Richard X. Tripp’s Tweet This WordPress plugin. This plugin does more than just tweet your blog entries. You can setup the plugin to share your blog content on Plurk, Buzz, Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Myspace, Ping, Reddit, StumbledUpon and of course, Twitter. The installation and setup were radically simple.

Installation:

1. Download the Tweet This .zip file.
2. Run the .zip file and install it in the plugins directory (push it to your server).
3. Login to WordPress and click the ‘Plugins’ link on the left side.
4. Find the ‘Tweet This’ plugin and click ‘Activate’.
5. Scroll down and click ‘Settings’ on the left side of the page.
6. The ‘Settings’ will expand and you’ll see ‘Tweet This’ listed. Click ‘Tweet This’.

At this point you’ll be presented with a page to customize the Tweet This plugin. At first all you see are options for Twitter. Click on ‘Extended Services’ and you’ll see a plethora of other social networks you can add to your blog. This page is pretty self explainatory but for detailed instructions reference the Richard X. Tripp’s Tweet This page.

Tweet This screenshot. Click for full image:

Unfortunately it looks like Mr. Tripp will not be updating this any longer. His page states, “Sorry guys, I’m not planning any more updates to Tweet This. I don’t feel like coding anymore… I’ve gotten lazy.” At least he left us a great plugin and I hope he resurfaces to continue to maintain and improve this awesome plugin.

 You can see the buttons right here below.