Global Activation
Overview
The WP Reactions Global Activation feature allows you to deploy your emoji reactions sitewide. Simply turn on the layout that you would like to use and they will appear on all existing and future posts.
Within the Global Activation dashboard there are tons of options for customizing your emoji reactions and how they appear. Most options are universal to other layouts, however, some are also unique to the layout you choose.
How does Global Activation work?
One click activation is the easiest way to to activate your reactions. Simply turn on the layout of your choice and that is it.
Customizing your emoji reactions in Global Activation can be done in a few easy steps. We offer 5 layouts to choose from. Once you choose a reactions layout, you can click the customize button to go to the next step. The video clip below shows the layouts and how to turn on. 👇
Note: If you turn on the layout of your choice and decide not to customize, our default settings will be used as shown and your reactions will be shown on blog posts at the bottom of each page.
Customizing your Reactions
To customize your reactions, click on the customize button and you will enter the stepper. Here you can update and change how your reactions appear. Most layouts have 4 steps except for the Reaction Button which has 5 steps.
Step 1 - Emoji Picker
The emoji picker is loaded with 200 Lottie animated emojis and SVG’s. To choose a new set of emojis, click the “Reset Picker” button floating on the right side. This will clear all choices. If you want to keep the emojis selected and replace them individually, you can click the highlighted selections and they will be deselected.
To choose emojis, simply click on the one you want and it will highlight in blue. To deselect, click again and it will turn back to white. When finished, you can arrange the order at the bottom of the the picker page to drag and drop in the order you want. To learn more about the emoji picker, click here.
Step 2 - Set Up
In step 2 you will be guided through each option to setup your emojis. Each time you change an option, you can view it live in the preview box by clicking on the floating preview icon. To save changes, click on the save button at the bottom of the page.
The options in this step is for how your emojis appear. There are many options that are the same in each layout and there are also unique options to each layout. To learn about each option individually, click here.
Step 3 - Social Media Sharing
The social media feature is optional. You can choose to not show social media if you have another plugin in place for social sharing.
If you choose to activate social media sharing, you will be able to choose which platforms you want activated in Step of Global Activation.
Note: If you turn on the layout of your choice and decide not to customize, our default settings will be used as shown and your reactions will be shown on blog posts at the bottom of each page.