ShareSnap WP

Create beautiful, professional social media posters automatically from your WordPress posts with customizable designs.

📋 Description

ShareSnap WP is a powerful WordPress plugin that transforms your blog posts into eye-catching social media posters. Perfect for sharing on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social platforms.

Whether you're a blogger, content marketer, or social media manager, ShareSnap WP makes it easy to create professional-looking posters that drive engagement and traffic to your content.

✨ Features

Core Features

• 🎨 Automatic Poster Generation - Convert any WordPress post into a shareable poster
• 🎭 Customizable Design - Full control over colors, fonts, and layout
• 🖼️ Background Images - Upload custom backgrounds or use defaults
• 📸 Featured Image Support - Automatically includes post featured images
• 📝 Rich Text Editor - Edit heading text with formatting options
• 🎯 One-Click Download - Download high-quality PNG posters instantly

Customization Options

• Text Styling

  • Custom text colors
  • Font size adjustment (10-50px)
  • Line height control (10-70px)
  • Rich text formatting (bold, italic, underline, alignment)

• Layout Controls

  • Heading position (top/bottom)
  • Featured image positioning (9 options)
  • Image zoom (10-500%)
  • Background image upload

• Branding

  • Custom website URL
  • Additional details text
  • Logo integration (uses WordPress custom logo)

Integration

• 📌 Meta Box Integration - Quick access from post editor sidebar
• 🔗 Multiple Access Points - Available in main menu, settings, and tools
• 💾 Settings Management - Save and reset settings with AJAX
• 🌍 Translation Ready - Full internationalization support

📦 Installation

Automatic Installation

1. Log in to your WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins > Add New
3. Search for "ShareSnap WP"
4. Click "Install Now" and then "Activate"

Manual Installation

1. Download the plugin zip file from releases
2. Log in to your WordPress admin panel
3. Navigate to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
4. Choose the downloaded zip file and click "Install Now"
5. Activate the plugin

From Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/salimhossain/ShareSnap-WP.git

# Move to your WordPress plugins directory
mv ShareSnap-WP /path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/sharesnap-wp

# Activate through WordPress admin or WP-CLI
wp plugin activate sharesnap-wp

🚀 Usage

Quick Start

1. Create or Edit a Post

   • Go to your WordPress post editor
   • Look for the "ShareSnap" meta box in the sidebar

2. Generate Poster

   • Click "Get ShareSnap Poster"
   • The poster generator will open with your post data

3. Customize

   • Adjust colors, fonts, and layout to your preference
   • Upload custom background or featured images
   • Preview changes in real-time

4. Download

   • Click "Download Poster"
   • Share on social media platforms

Advanced Usage

Configure Default Settings

Navigate to ShareSnap WP in your admin menu to set default values:

// Default settings
'bg_image_url'    => 'path/to/background.png',
'website_url'     => 'yourdomain.com',
'image_position'  => 'center center',
'text_color'      => '#000000',
'title_position'  => 'top',
'details'         => 'Learn More'

Access Points

The plugin is accessible from three locations:

• Main Menu → ShareSnap WP
• Settings → ShareSnap WP
• Tools → ShareSnap WP

🛠️ Technical Details

Requirements

• WordPress: 5.0 or higher
• PHP: 7.2 or higher
• Browser: Modern browser with HTML5 Canvas support

Architecture

Built using the WordPress Plugin Boilerplate with proper separation of concerns:

sharesnap-wp/
├── sharesnap-wp.php          # Main plugin file
├── uninstall.php              # Cleanup on uninstall
├── includes/                  # Core functionality
│   ├── class-sharesnap-wp.php
│   ├── class-sharesnap-wp-loader.php
│   ├── class-sharesnap-wp-i18n.php
│   ├── class-sharesnap-wp-activator.php
│   └── class-sharesnap-wp-deactivator.php
├── admin/                     # Admin-specific functionality
│   ├── class-sharesnap-wp-admin.php
│   ├── partials/
│   │   └── sharesnap-wp-admin-display.php
├── assets/                    # Shared assets
│   └── images/
│   ├── css/
│   │   └── sharesnap-wp-admin.css
│   └── js/
│       ├── sharesnap-wp-admin.js
│       └── html2canvas.min.js
└── languages/                 # Translation files

Technologies

• HTML5 Canvas - Poster rendering
• html2canvas - Client-side screenshot library
• WordPress Color Picker - Color selection
• WordPress Media Uploader - Image uploads
• AJAX - Asynchronous settings management

🎯 Roadmap

• [ ] Multiple poster templates
• [ ] Social media size presets (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter)
• [ ] Batch poster generation
• [ ] Custom font upload support
• [ ] Gradient backgrounds
• [ ] Filter and effects
• [ ] Export as JPG/WebP
• [ ] Schedule poster creation
• [ ] Integration with social media APIs
• [ ] Analytics tracking

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can help:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Development Setup

# Clone your fork
git clone https://github.com/salimhossain/ShareSnap-WP.git

# Create a branch
cd ShareSnap-WP
git checkout -b feature/your-feature

# Make changes and test in WordPress environment

# Commit and push
git add .
git commit -m "Description of changes"
git push origin feature/your-feature

Coding Standards

• Follow WordPress Coding Standards
• Use proper escaping and sanitization
• Document all functions and classes
• Write clean, readable code

📝 Changelog

1.0.0 - 2024-01-15

Added

• Initial release
• Automatic poster generation from posts
• Customizable backgrounds and colors
• Featured image support with positioning
• Typography controls (size, height, color)
• Rich text editor for headings
• Zoom controls for images
• Meta box integration in post editor
• AJAX settings management
• Translation ready infrastructure
• WordPress Plugin Boilerplate architecture

📄 License

This project is licensed under the GPL v2 or later - see the LICENSE file for details.

ShareSnap WP - WordPress Social Media Poster Generator
Copyright (C) 2024 Salim Hossain

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

👤 Author

Salim Hossain

• GitHub: @salimhossain
• Website: https://github.com/salimhossain

🙏 Acknowledgments

• WordPress Plugin Boilerplate - Plugin architecture
• html2canvas - Canvas rendering
• WordPress Community - Documentation and support

📞 Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Documentation: Wiki
• Questions: Discussions

🔒 Privacy

ShareSnap WP does not collect or store any personal data. All poster generation happens locally in your browser. No data is sent to external servers.

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