What Is Grow Social and Grow Social Pro?

We can’t start a blog post about why you should use Grow Social Pro without first discussing what it is. At its core, Grow by Mediavine® is a WordPress plugin that provides social sharing buttons for bloggers using the WordPress platform.
That being said, once you upgrade to Grow Social Pro, it becomes so much more than that!
Hi! I’m Sam Seeley, Product Manager for Grow here to talk to you all about Grow Social and Grow Social Pro.
For starters, Grow by Mediavine® goes by a few different names so I wanted to make sure to clarify them for you here:
Grow Social is the free version of our WordPress plugin. It can be installed on your WordPress website by visiting the WordPress plugin repository and adding the plugin to your WordPress admin.
Grow Social Pro is the premium version that unlocks some stellar features such as the ability to set custom images for Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter, as well as the ability to add hidden Pinterest images to your blog post.
If you’re still using code to add your hidden Pinterest images, you might be surprised by how quickly you can add them using Grow Social Pro. For a full list of features and to purchase the plugin (it’s only $34 a year, what a steal!) you’ll want to head over to the Mediavine Marketplace.
Note: If you’re looking for Grow.me, our social bookmarking tool, you’ll want to head over to read these posts (and hopefully, sign up for the beta):
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shortcode. Place it in your template files or anywhere on your site. Buttons include Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Twitch, Yummly and Behance.Grow has quite a few features that I, even as a blogger myself, use daily within my blogging workflow.
My workflow looks something like this:
In addition to providing social share buttons for over 10 networks, if you’re looking to level up your Pinterest game, Grow Social Pro has just the options you’re looking for. Using Grow Social Pro keeps the workflow I mentioned above streamlined and super quick.
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