wpsnoop: fix Social Media Follow Buttons plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin Social Media Follow Buttons conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.


Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by Social Media Follow Buttons, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Social Media Follow Buttons.


Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what Social Media Follow Buttons leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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What does Social Media Follow Buttons version 1.2 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Social Media Follow Buttons to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.2 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 1.2 of Social Media Follow Buttons behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for Social Media Follow Buttons by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Which new files does Social Media Follow Buttons add to WordPress?

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Type & Path Size Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/ 106.62kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/ 65.01kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/admin-plugin.php 13.83kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/content-output.php 2.24kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/css/ 170.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/css/plugin-admin-styles.css 69.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/css/plugin-styles.css 101.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/data-processing.php 69.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/display-functions.php 3.53kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/ 40.80kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/ 7.95kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/blogger.png 561.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/digg.png 547.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/facebook.png 732.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/google+.png 1.00kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/linkedin.png 852.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/pinterest.png 1.04kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/stumbleupon.png 665.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/tumblr.png 840.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/twitter.png 806.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/16/youtube.png 1.02kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/ 10.66kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/blogger.png 937.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/digg.png 963.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/facebook.png 814.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/google+.png 1.32kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/linkedin.png 1.00kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/pinterest.png 1.37kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/stumbleupon.png 1.05kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/tumblr.png 969.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/twitter.png 994.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/32/youtube.png 1.35kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/ 22.19kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/blogger.png 2.18kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/digg.png 1.99kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/facebook.png 1.72kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/google+.png 2.86kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/linkedin.png 2.10kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/pinterest.png 2.34kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/stumbleupon.png 2.22kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/tumblr.png 1.90kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/twitter.png 1.94kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/images/64/youtube.png 2.93kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/js/ 1.11kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/js/smfb-vv-admin.js 0.99kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/js/vv-color-picker.js 130.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/scripts.php 1.36kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/includes/social-media-widget.php 1.91kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/license.txt 34.98kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/readme.txt 4.43kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/social-media-follow-buttons.php 2.04kB No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/social-media-follow-buttons/uninstall.php 155.00B No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Social Media Follow Buttons add to WordPress?

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin Social Media Follow Buttons?

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Social Media Follow Buttons?

Option Name   Known Conflicts
widget_vv_social_media_widget The widget_vv_social_media_widget option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

During use Social Media Follow Buttons may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

Using Social Media Follow Buttons from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.


How to install Social Media Follow Buttons from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install social-media-follow-buttons


How to activate Social Media Follow Buttons from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate Social Media Follow Buttons after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install social-media-follow-buttons --activate


How to reinstall Social Media Follow Buttons from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of Social Media Follow Buttons which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install social-media-follow-buttons --force


How to update Social Media Follow Buttons to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update social-media-follow-buttons


How to delete Social Media Follow Buttons from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete social-media-follow-buttons

Where can you download earlier versions of Social Media Follow Buttons?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of Social Media Follow Buttons from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in Social Media Follow Buttons

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with Social Media Follow Buttons. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.