Are you using our free plugin for WordPress called Social–you know, the one that collects all of the conversations on social networks about your blog posts and drops them into your comment threads? Well, the recent upgrade, version 2.7, has some really critical updates you’ll need for the plugin to continue to connect to Facebook and Twitter to work its magic.

You can find the updated version of the plugin in WordPress’s plugin directory, or just log in to your blog, click the “Plugins” link in the navigation, find Social, and click “update.” It’ll be quick, painless, and your blog comments will keep working. Hooray!

Upgrade to Social 2.7

Social, the WordPress plugin we created with the fine folks at CrowdFavorite, has just gotten an update that introduces some new features, improved performance, and a few bug fixes. You might recall that it’s a great way to connect the conversations that are happening on Facebook and Twitter about your WordPress content. Social aggregates comments onto your blog, and helps you broadcast to social channels when you publish.

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