How to Set Up the Digg Digg Social Media Sharing Plugin for WordPress

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Michael Martine • 39 Comments

I use the Digg Digg social media sharing plugin because it rawks, but it takes a bit of setting up. So I thought I’d make a little tutorial video to walk you through it step by step. If you can’t see the video, visit the blog directly or watch it on YouTube.

I do more than just show you the bare minimum to get it installed and running. In this video you will also get some good info about why you may want to do certain things, like allow the Digg Digg buttons to appear on your home page or manually configure them.

 

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  • http://newfbcovers.com FB Covers

    thnxx for this nice information, but Digg is not a strong social bookmarking website at present time.

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      Yeah, “thnxx” for not even reading the fucking blog post, because if you did you’d know it’s not about the site called Digg at all. Great example of how not to comment.

  • http://waspnestremovalguide.com Stanley

    Thanks for the tutorial. I was wondering why is Digg Digg better than other plugins like Sexybookmarks for example?

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      Sexy bookmarks is nice but you can’t see the icons fully or the count of how many times something has been clicked on.

      • http://thewordchef.com Tea Silvestre

        Plus, SexyBookMarks sometimes doesn’t work at all. Not my fav.

  • http://www.premierdesignwebsites.com Theresa Wagar

    Nicely done tutorial. I was reading one of your blog posts and admiring your scrolling social sharing buttons . . .LOL. Thanks for sharing the great details. I look forward to using this for my clients (and myself) as well. Been using Sexy Bookmarks for ages, but this is by far a much more useful plugin. Keep up the great work!

    Theresa 8-)

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      Thanks, and I felt the same way. I think Digg Digg is sexier, actually. ;)

  • http://www.bbq-beef-ribs.com BBQ Beef Ribs

    Wow just downloaded Digg Digg, very easy to setup! Thanks for the share.

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      Glad you had an easy time with it! I hope the tutorial helped.

  • http://www.friteuse-sanshuile.com Friteuse sans huile

    Good tutorial. However I had mixed results with social media in the past. I will give it a try though

  • http://www.stegart.com/ Siti Internet

    I think a great plugin very complete! very easy to setup!. AH … thanks for the tutorial!

  • http://www.dogtrainingshock-collar.com Jim Calaman

    Hi,
    I haven’t used Digg Digg. I have been using Sexy Bookmarks but that has to be updated all the time. I think I will try Digg Digg with the floating display. That looks cool. Where do you learn all this stuff?
    Thanks,
    Jim

  • http://vincedelmonteworkoutx.org vince delmonte bodybuilding

    Hi Michael,

    Great tutorial, I was wondering where that plugin came from and it is free. That works for my budget:)

    Just a quick question. I was looking for the the sharing plugin that has a “Feedback Tab” that floats down the side.
    Do you know what plugin does that?
    And which one do you recommend? Or are there downsides to the other plugin?

    Thanks for any help you can give:)

  • http://easypublicspeaking.co.uk/ Keith Davis

    Hi Michael
    Great vid, I’ve been thinking of using one of these floating social icon plugins.
    Lots of them about but I’ll go with the Digg Digg.
    Cheers

  • http://www.newaymedia.nl Internetbureau Utrecht

    Thank you for this plugin, it is really easy to use! I was looking for a look time for this great wordpress plugin!

  • http://www.expert-electrical.co.uk Lewis Molloy

    I will try out this plug in on my wordpress account. Thanks for the info!

  • http://hindismsfree.org bahubali patra

    Hi Michael,
    I am currently using social bookmarker service instead of plugin. Thanks for sharing this information, I will give it a try.

  • http://ringing-in-the-ears-cause.net/ wasel

    Thanks for this info. I have been using sexy bookmarks. Definitely gonna change tho this one especially since it gives the quantities of the sharer

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  • http://www.cnx-software.com cnxsoft

    Digg Digg is nice, but for some reason it stopped working on my blog. So I switched to Sexybookmarks (which also stopped working today).

    I’ll give another try to digg digg. I avoid using the floating bar, because I usually zoom on the website so that they use the full width of my screen and the floating bar does not show in that case.

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      Could be the APIs which allow some of the services to work were down or there was something unrelated to the plugins themselves if more than one plugin failed.

  • http://jordy.re-code.nl zerozapper

    nice tutorial.
    i have one problem with the floating option it does not show any side bar on any of my pages. do you have any idea how to fix this ??

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      I’m not tech support for the people who created the plugin, but check the settings for it and see if there’s a “show on pages” or something. Otherwise check the plugin maker’s website. :)

  • http://www.admissionsmanagementseats.inbangalore.com/ Maddy

    I enjoyed reading the post and watching the tutorial ..A supportive and valuable information .Although I use Book-marking demon for social networking.But A Digg sharing plugin on my blog will add something extra to it.Thanks for the information..

  • Mafelisa Florentino

    Hi, I\’d like to know more about blogging, book marking and how social network sites can be a channel for online business.

    Your system doesn’t accept my two-word first name.

  • http://www.pelaburanemaspublicgoldmalaysia.com guidi593

    I enjoyed reading the post and watching the tutorial video to set up digg digg..thanks

  • http://www.idbloggers.com shendy wilandria

    That’s great tutorial. I was using sociable, sexy bookmarks, share this, etc. But I think this plugin is so much better than other plugin. Now I use it in each my sites. And I was looking for the tutorial how to setting it. And you tutorial is really help. Thanks a lot Michael.

  • Kevin Mark

    The tutorial has been very helpful to me….Thanks..

  • http://lensfire.blogspot.com Arun

    I’m searching for how to add diggdigg in blogger? Do u know how?

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      Arun, no, sorry I have no idea. I only deal with WordPress.

  • http://www.innovus.com.vn Arecont

    Thanks for your great tutorial. I learned a lot from your points and will be keeping them in mind.
    Great blog, i will come to this blog every days.
    Thank you

  • http://workwithfrankbow.com/ Frank Bow

    Thanks Michael for this it was very helpful. I now have mine up and running on my blog. Cheers, Frank

  • Paul Featherstone

    Very interesting article and video Michael. Dig Dig sounds like a very useful plugin for wordpress. Great stuff, and very easy to understand! Regards Paul

  • Paul Featherstone

    I have just noticed that there is no plugin link on my dashboard. Is this only for wordpress blog, which are uploaded using a different host, with your own website name, or do you know of a way to add the same buttons in your left side, using a kind of widget HTML code?

    • http://remarkablogger.com Michael Martine

      That is correct, only self-hosted blogs can use plugins.

  • dannyboi

    how do insert my facebook URL in digg digg… kindly help

  • dannyboi

    with this blog , which email subscribe widget are u suing .. its pretty cool

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