We've briefly mentioned the topic of social media integration in Chapter 5, Plugins – What They Are and Why You Need Them, when discussing the plugins that are worth having on your WordPress site. So now, let's take a moment to expand on this and list some more ways in which you can make your website social-media friendly, as well as understand why you'd want to do this in the first place.
Let's start with the why. In this day and age, social media is one of the main drivers of traffic for many websites. Even if you just want to share your content with friends and family, or you have some serious business plans regarding your website, you need to have at least some level of social media integration.
Even if you only install simple social media share buttons, you are effectively encouraging your visitors to pass your content onto...