Social Sharing Block

Description

A simple little WordPress block that allows you to add social share icons to your website. Choose from 15+ of the most popular social channels.

Share options include:

• Facebook
• Flipboard
• LINE
• LinkedIn
• Pinterest
• Pocket
• Reddit
• Skype
• SMS
• Telegram
• Threads
• Tumblr
• Viber
• WhatsApp
• X
• Email
• Print

Key features

• Heavily inspired by the Social Icons block in WordPress core
• Includes some handy controls (show/hide labels, size, colors, etc.)
• No block library required ??
• Built almost entirely with native WordPress components
• The plugin is intentionally lightweight and adds no frontend JavaScript files.

Stay connected

• View on GitHub
• Visit plugin project page
• Follow on Twitter

Screenshots

Blocks

This plugin provides 2 blocks.

• Social Sharing Display icons that share the current page when clicked.
• Social Sharing Link Display an icon that shares the current page when clicked.

Installation

1. You have a couple options:
   • Go to Plugins → Add New and search for “Social Sharing Block”. Once found, click “Install”.
   • Download the Social Sharing Block plugin from www.remarpro.com and make sure the folder is zipped. Then upload via Plugins → Add New → Upload.
   • Open the block inserter within the Block Editor (Gutenberg) and search for “icon”. The plugin should appear and allow you to install it directly. Skip steps 2 and 3.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
3. Search for the block within the Block Editor (Gutenberg) and begin using the block.

Reviews

Simple and close to native

Robin Labadie September 13, 2024

This should definitely be integrated into WordPress core, it’s very respectful of WordPress Gutenberg’s way, perfectly integrated, light and simple. Thanks!

Great block-based, streamlined solution

Emily Rapport August 30, 2024

Just what I needed – without any extra baggage, bells, or shenanigans. Thanks Nick Diego!

Superb!

snoop23 March 24, 2024

Love it! Thanks for making it. Two feature requests: Option to add a text like ‘Share’ before the displayed icons. Add a ‘Copy Link’ option.

Excellence

delrod October 3, 2023

Thanks to the developer, it’s an excellent plugin that does exactly what I missed in Gutenberg Builder. Clean and straightforward. The buttons library is already rich. I hope more buttons are added in the future (Facebook Messenger and Mastodon).

Minimalistic, and great!

Anonymous User 18721493 August 20, 2023

Glad to find this plugin! Minimal impact on the performance of the site, and does exactly what it proposes to do. Great work!

simple, minimalistic, just great!

mhtake August 13, 2023 1 reply

love the simplicity and speed of this app! highly recommend!

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.2.0 – 2024-06-22

Added

• Add example content for each Social Link variation.

Changed

• Update “Tested up to” to WordPress 6.6.
• Update the Playground blueprint for the Live Preview.

1.1.0 – 2024-03-24

Added

• Add support for Threads sharing. (props @WatermarkBranding)
• Add dimension and border support to individual social sharing links. (props @TAjgriffin)
• Add support for en and em dashes, apostrophes, and ampersands in post titles. (props @GeoSn0w)
• Add Playground blueprint for live preview in the Plugin Directory.

Changed

• Update “Tested up to” to WordPress 6.5.
• Update “Requires at least” to WordPress 6.3.

1.0.0 – 2024-01-02

Fixed

• The correct icon and label are now displayed in the Editor when registering a custom block variation for a new social service. Thanks @gaambo for helping resolve this issue.
• Custom labels are now displayed in the Editor when set.
• The default label will now be shown on the front end when a custom label is empty.

0.9.0 – 2023-08-13

Changed

• Changed Twitter to X.

Fixed

• Fixed deprecation warning. Thanks @kafleg for reporting the issue.

0.8.0 – 2023-07-29

Added

• Add border support.
• Add the social_sharing_block_services_data filter allowing you to modify service information on the frontend.

Changed

• Update the WhatsApp icon to match the Social Icons block in Core.
• Update to the new layout block support for 6.3 compatibility.
• Update block API version 3 for 6.3 compatibility.

0.7.0 – 2023-06-02

Added

• Add support for Viber sharing.
• Add ability to share a custom link.
• Add support for home/front pages. Icons will share the main site url and name if the block is not placed in a loop.
• Add support for archive pages. Icons will share the archive url and title if the block is not placed in a loop.

Changed

• Update minimum required WordPress version to 6.2. We want to be utilizing the latest functionality in WordPress.
• Change the color picker component to integrate better with Core.

Fixed

• Icon colors will now update automatically when the set colors are changed in Global Styles or in theme.json.

0.6.0 – 2022-08-21

Added

• Add support for transparency in both icon and background colors.

Changed

• Update Reddit icon to match brand guidelines.
• Simplify icon SVGs to reduce plugin size.

0.5.0 – 2022-08-05

Changed

• Update incorrect and/or outdated social icon brand colors.
• Update minimum required WordPress version to 5.9.

0.4.0 – 2022-02-12

Added

• Add support for Flipboard sharing.
• Add support for LINE sharing.
• Add support for SMS sharing.

Changed

• Update label markup to improve accessibility.

0.3.0 – 2022-01-22

Changed

• Improve support for Full Site Editing by unsetting background colors. Stops color bleed from Global Styles. GitHub reference: #37940
• Update setting labels.

Fixed

• Fix missing editorScript specification in block.json files.
• Fix missing ‘to’ in plugin description. ???♂?
• Fix typo in variable name.

0.2.0 – 2022-01-17

Added

• Add screenshots.

Changed

• Update plugin name and text-domain to social-sharing-block to comply with www.remarpro.com requirements.

0.1.0 – 2022-01-16

• Initial release ??