Share buttons Facebook Twitter, just like wordpress.com without webservice

Question

I'm working on a blog which migrated from wordpress.com, which now is self-hosted. I created a theme based off their CSS customizations, and everything is working. I'm looking to add the Facebook and Twitter buttons, to the end of posts and end of posts on front page. Essentially In the same manner as wordpress.com.

I have found a slew of hideous share plugins. Which seem to be either be ugly hacks, or bloated full of web services via JavaScript. I want simple Facebook and twitter share buttons; not every service on the entire net; not bloated with third party web services.

The closer to the wordpress.com the better, a small 16x16 button and a text label. CSS for the image would be proper, but... not expecting miracles.

If anyone knows a good plugin that can be simply hacked up, or something that looks as wordpress.com but isn't a thick web service. please help me out.

NOTE: List of not acceptable plugins I've already experimented with. All of these use a JavaScript web service, most load multiple .js files some load from an outside source.

• ShareDaddy / JetPack
• ShareThis
• AddThis
• Socializer
• SharePost

Answer 1

Why go for a plugin at all?? all you want is twitter & facebook share / tweet right ?

You can do this:

1. embed this shortcode in your functions.php (or shortcode page if you got one)

function shreplz() {
   return '
    <div class="sharebox">
    <div class="twittme"><a name="fb_share"></a> <script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script></div>
    <div class="shareface"><a href="https://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal">Tweet</a><script type="text/javascript" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
    <br style="clear: left;" />
    </div>
   ';
}
add_shortcode('sharethis', 'shreplz');

.
2. Now you can use this shortcode anywhere in you theme like this:

<?php echo do_shortcode('[sharethis]'); ?>

Or directly from post / pages like this:

[sharethis]

.
3. If you want the 2 buttons to sit side by side paste this CSS in your style.css

/****** SHARE PLZ BUTTONS *****/
.sharebox {
width: 180px;
}

.shareface {
    float: left;
}

.
And thats all.. easy and clean and without the need to refix after upgrading a plugin.

Answer 2

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/

This brings a lot of wp .com features to self hosted. I've never used .com, so I'm not sure if this is identical or not, but in brings in the share features. Since it is a WP product, I assume that share is identical, but I haven't verified that to be honest.

It may have too many features, for what you are looking for.... but a lot of the stuff can be turned off