Shortcode?

OK, I was confusing the Genesis Simple Share output code. But, is there a way to output the Genesis Simple Social Icons in the same manner? By creating my own shortcode?

I would like an answer to this as well. I’d like a shortcode to enter the icons at the bottom of a page.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by aoliver88.

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Thanks!

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Thanks for the feature request! I’ve logged this here: https://github.com/copyblogger/simple-social-icons/issues/50

For now, you could consider adding an “after entry” widget area to your theme, then adding the Simple Social Icons widget to that area so it appears at the foot of every post. Here’s an example of how to do that with a Genesis child theme: https://amethystwebsitedesign.com/add-genesis-after-entry-widget-to-pages-and-custom-post-types/

So, there’s no built in function similar to the Genesis Simple Share’s ‘genesis_share_get_icon_output’ to just be able to create our own shortcode to output the icons? Yes, I’ve put the icon widget in a widget then added an action to place it somewhere. But this particular instance I wanted to just be able to add a shortcode inside a text widget. Much more flexible.

@thedude12x The plugin’s designed around widget output for the Simple Social Icons widget only; there’s no general output function as with Genesis Simple Share.

Using the Simple Social Icon widget instead of (or in addition to) your text widget is the best option right now. You could apply styling in your theme if the two widgets need to be closer together.