Google +1 with WordPress (and Jetpack Sharedaddy)
[UPDATE: JetPack 1.2 released on Nov 17th 2011 has Google Plus support now] Unfortunately the WordPress ShareDaddy plugin (that comes with the Jetpack plugin) does not have Google +1 support currently, and adding it as a custom item does not work.
So, I modified one of the .php files from the ShareDaddy plugin to include this support. You will need either this plugin [1] or this one [2] installed first, in this example, I am using [1], but you can use any one if you know its shortcode.
The additions you need to make are in the sharing-service.php file. The diff is here, and this is the patched sharing-service.php file (from Jetpack ShareDaddy 1.1.2) . Below is an image and line location (lines 436-437) for the additions (click to enlarge):
This adds Google +1 to the end of the items shared by ShareDaddy. Change the shortcode to the one that your plugin comes with, I used this plugin [1] where the shortcode is ‘wgdpo_plusone’, for the other plugin [2], the shortcode is ‘google1′.
NOTE: If you upgrade to 1.1.3, it goes without saying you will have to re-apply the patch.
thanks for the solution!
how can I get the Google +1 share url?
Thank you! Works like a charm!
Thanks.
I now have two Google +1 buttons. One from the plugin and one from Sharedaddy.
Any thoughts on fixing this?
Many thanks for this
Richard, just untick the box “Show comment box in posts” – that’s what worked for me.
beautiful – works like a charm. Just what I needed – Thanks.
I find that this solution leaves the G+1 a little higher than the other share buttons. To correct this, simply add the following to your CSS:
.wdgpo {
padding: 3px 0 0 0;
}
Lines right up!
Ah this worked great! Thanks for posting this.
Is it broken for anyone else after the JetPack 1.1.3 update?
@ton – if you update to 1.1.3, you’ll have to re-apply the patch of course…
Nice!
Actually, this solution leaves the G+1 button a little lower than the other share buttons. Any ideas to fix this?
Thank you.
Thanks so much for this walk through, and to James for the styling fix.
@hkalant see James styling fix in one of the comments
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Hi!
I have Sharedaddy installed without Jetpack and this fix didn’t work. Is there anything Jetpack-specific in here? Any advice on how to fix it?
Thanks,
Karl
.wdgpo {
padding: 3px 0 0 0;
}
that CSS does not work for me because I am using the other google + plugin.
I am assuming i need to change wdgpo the something else in the CSS code but what to?
Thanks a lot!
Works flawlessly for my blog. I have placed it directly before the line
$parts[] = $visible;
and thus Google+1 is the first item which appears on the line. I prefer this sequence.
Best regards
Thomas
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