Title: Social Handles
Author: RiverCityGraphix
Published: <strong>August 7, 2012</strong>
Last modified: August 7, 2012

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# Social Handles

 By [RiverCityGraphix](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rivercitygraphix/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/social-handles.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-handles/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-handles/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-handles/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-handles/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-handles/)

## Description

The Social Handles plugin allows you to quickly replace social handles with links
to their respective profiles.

Features:

 * Replace handles for Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Twitter hashtags, and WordPress.
 * Easy Installation. Simply install the plugin and your handles will be replaced.
 * Easy shorthand. @username for Twitter. yt@username for YouTube. fb@pagename for
   Facebook. wp@username for WordPress. #hashtag for Twitter Hashtags.
 * Integrates with site’s current link styling.
 * Use as many social handles on a page as you like.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Use the easy shorthand with your social handles in your content.
 * [[
 * On the front end, the shorthand converts your handles into links to your respective
   social profiles.

## Installation

 1. Upload `social-handles.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

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## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Social Handles” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ RiverCityGraphix ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rivercitygraphix/)

[Translate “Social Handles” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/social-handles)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-handles/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/social-handles/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/social-handles/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/social-handles/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Plugin Launch

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.4.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-handles/)
 * Tags
 * [handle](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/handle/)[link](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link/)
   [replace](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/replace/)[social](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-handles/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ RiverCityGraphix ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rivercitygraphix/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-handles/)

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