NextGEN Social SEO Pack

Make sure social websites present your content in the best possible way, no matter how your webpage is shared — from sharing buttons on the webpage, browser add-ons / extensions, or simply URLs pasted directly on timelines and private messages (PM) — the NextGEN Facebook (NGFB) plugin has you covered.

Why Choose NGFB?

NextGEN Facebook (NGFB) gives you total control over the information social website crawlers need, improving Google Search ranking, social engagement, and click-through-rates on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, StumbleUpon, Tumblr and and many more — along with offering many of the most popular social sharing buttons!
NGFB is supported securely and professionally (admin access is never required), offers extensive documentation for users and developers, Pro version upgrades are available using the native WordPress update system, development is always current with the latest social standards, and plugin fixes / updates are available promptly.

Quick List of Features

Free / Basic Version

• Adds Open Graph / Rich Pin meta tags (Facebook, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, etc.).
• Configurable image sizes for Open Graph (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.) and Pinterest.
• Optional fallback to a default image and video for index and search webpages.
• Supports featured, attached, gallery shortcode, and/or HTML image tags in content.
• Fallback to the image alt value if the content and except do not include any text.
• Validates image dimensions to provide accurate media for social websites.
• Auto-regeneration of inaccurate / missing WordPress image sizes.
• Fully renders content (including shortcodes) for accurate description texts.
• Support of WordPress and/or SEO titles for Posts and Pages.
• Configurable title separator character (hyphen by default).
• Configurable title and description lengths for different contexts (Open Graph, Twitter Card, SEO).
• Includes author and publisher profile URLs for Facebook and Google Search.
• Includes hashtags from Post / Page WordPress Tags.
• Includes the author's name for Pinterest Rich Pins.
• Includes a Google / SEO description meta tag if a known SEO plugin is not detected.
• Includes author (Person) and publisher (Organization) social profiles, publisher (Organization) logo, and WebSite Site Name in schema.org JSON-LD format for Google Search and their Knowledge Graph.
• Provides Facebook, Google+ and Twitter URL user profile contact fields.
• Validation tools and special meta tag preview tabs on admin edit pages.
• Customizable multilingual Site Title and Site Description texts.
• Contextual help for every plugin option and comprehensive online documentation.
• Uses object and transient caches to provide incredibly fast execution speeds.
• Default stylesheets for each social sharing button location.
• Social sharing buttons for the content, excerpt, in a widget, as a shortcode, floating sidebar, and/or PHP function.
  • Buffer
  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • LinkedIn
  • ManageWP
  • Pinterest
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter

Pro / Power-User Version

• Twitter Card meta tags:
  • Product Card — Product information from an e-commerce plugin.
  • Player Card — An embedded video in the Post / Page content.
  • Gallery Card — A Media Library gallery or NextGEN Gallery shortcode.
  • Photo Card — An Attachment page or NextGEN Gallery ImageBrowser webpage.
  • Large Image Summary Card — An image from the custom Social Settings, Featured, Attached, or NextGEN Gallery singlepic.
  • Summary Card — All other webpages.
• Customizable image dimensions for each Twitter Card type.
• Additional profile contact fields with configurable label and field names.
• A custom Social Setings metabox for each Post, Page, custom post type, user profile, and taxonomy (category and tag) pages.
• Options to include / exclude specific Google / SEO, Open Graph, and Twitter Card meta tags.
• Support for embedded videos in content text (iframe and object HTML tags).
• File caching for social sharing button images and JavaScript, maximizing performance on VPS and dedicated hardware hosting platforms.
• A stylesheets editor for each social sharing button locations (content, excerpt, shortcode, widget, etc.).
• Dynamic button language switching based on the current WordPress locale.
• URL shortening with Bitly or Google for URLs in Tweet texts.
• Ability to include / exclude sharing buttons by post type.
• Selection of preset button options by location (content, excerpt, shortcode, widget, etc.).
• Integrates with 3rd party plugins and services for additional image, video, product, and content information (see About Pro Modules and Integration Notes for details). The following modules are included with the Pro version, and are automatically loaded if/when the supported plugins and/or services are detected.
  • Supported 3rd Party Plugins
    • All in One SEO Pack
    • bbPress
    • BuddyPress
    • Easy Digital Downloads
    • HeadSpace2 SEO
    • JetPack Photon
    • NextGEN Gallery
    • MarketPress - WordPress eCommerce
    • Polylang
    • WooCommerce v1.x and v2.x
    • WordPress SEO by Yoast
    • WP e-Commerce
  • Supported Service APIs
    • Gravatar Images
    • Bitly Shortener
    • Google Shortener
    • Slideshare Presentations
    • Vimeo Videos
    • Wistia Videos
    • Youtube Videos and Playlists

3rd Party Integration

Aside from the additional support for Twitter Cards, the main difference between the NGFB Free and Pro versions is the integration of 3rd party plugins and services.
Images and Videos
NGFB detects and uses all images - associated or included in your Post or Page content - including WordPress image galleries. WordPress Media Library images (and NextGEN Gallery in the Pro version) are resized according to their intended audience (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc). The Pro version also detects embedded videos from Slideshare, Vimeo, Wistia, and Youtube (including their preview images).
NGFB (Pro version) also includes support for JetPack Photon and NextGEN Gallery v1 and v2 albums, galleries and images (shortcodes, image tags, album / gallery preview images, etc.).
Enhanced SEO
NGFB (Pro version) integrates with WordPress SEO by Yoast, All in One SEO Pack, and HeadSpace2 SEO — making sure your custom SEO settings are reflected in the Open Graph, Rich Pin, and Twitter Card meta tags.
eCommerce Products
NGFB (Pro version) also supports Easy Digital Downloads, MarketPress - WordPress eCommerce, WooCommerce v1.x and v2.x, and WP e-Commerce product pages, creating appropriate meta tags for Facebook Products, Twitter Product Cards and Pinterest Rich Pins, including variations and additional / custom images.
Forums and Social
NGFB (Pro version) supports bbPress and BuddyPress (see the BuddyPress Integration Notes), making sure your meta tags reflect the page content, including appropriate titles, descriptions, images, etc. Social sharing buttons can also be added to bbPress single template pages and BuddyPress activities.

Social Sharing Buttons

NGFB comes with several sharing buttons, that you can optionally include on Post / Page editing pages, above / below your content or excerpt, bbPress single pages, BuddyPress activity entries, as a sidebar, widget, shortcode, or even call a function from your theme template(s). Each of the following sharing buttons can be enabled, configured, and styled individually:

• Buffer
• Facebook (Like, Send, and Share)
• Google+
• LinkedIn
• ManageWP
• Pinterest
• Reddit
• StumbleUpon
• Tumblr (Links, Quotes, Images, Videos)
• Twitter (Summary, Large Image Summary, Photo, Gallery, Player and Product Cards)

The Facebook, Google+ and Twitter sharing buttons support multiple languages. A default language can be chosen in the NGFB settings, and the Pro version switches the sharing button language with the webpage language / WordPress locale. NGFB can also include hashtags from WordPress and NextGEN Gallery tag names in the Open Graph (Facebook) and Pinterest Rich Pin descriptions, Tweet text, and other social captions.