How to Add a Retweet Button on Your Blog Post

Twitter has seen exponential growth in the past few years which is the main reason why more and more writers are now sharing their stories on twitter handle. If you have seen one of the coolest Retweet buttons on some of most famous blogs, they can be on your blog also.

In this article, we will show you how to add a Retweet Button in all of your posts/pages, so your audience can Tweet your stories with just one click.

There are two main ways to add retweet button in your site. First is through the WordPress Plugin called Tweetmeme

Upload the plugin into example.com/wp-content/plugins/

Visit plugin page from dashboard and find “tweetmeme”

Activate it, and then visit the plugins settings page.

You can change the RT @tweetmeme which is default to RT @yourusername. In our case it would be RT @yourtwittername.

This plugin also allows you to choose the location of the button placement. bottom left Corner, Top right Corner, and so on.

The second way is to do it manually by placing the following codes in your templates file at the location where you want.

For the Large Button:

<script type="text/javascript">
tweetmeme_source = 'Easywpknowledge';
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"> </script>

For the Compact Button:

<script type='text/javascript'>
tweetmeme_style = "compact";
tweetmeme_source = 'Easywpknowledge';
</script>

Now you have a Retweet button on your blog. You are now able to get more exposure. Follow Easywpknowledge on Twitter.

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