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Yoast, RankMath, AIOSEO, or Jetpack is active<\/li>\n<li>Beautiful animated hover effects with tooltips<\/li>\n<li>Fully responsive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Unzip the plugin file<\/li>\n<li>Upload the folder <code>eds-social-share<\/code> and it's contents to the <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<li>Go to Ed's Social Share \u2192 Plugin Options to enable your platforms<\/li>\n<li>Add <code>[social_share]<\/code> to the location you want the social share bar to be<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy Ed's Social Share Plugin<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h4>Shortcode Options<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>text<\/code> \u2014 Header text above icons (default: \"Share Us\"). 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