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Social Sharing Block

By Nick Diego
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Description

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

Share options include:

  • Facebook
  • Flipboard
  • LINE
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Reddit
  • Skype
  • SMS
  • Telegram
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • WhatsApp
  • 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
  • Will get additional functionality as it’s added to WordPress core (margin, borders, responsive controls, etc.)
  • Plugin is intentionally lightweight and adds no frontend JavaScript files.

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  • Social icons default to their appropriate brand colors. Easily choose your own icon and background colors using the block controls.
  • The Social Sharing Block includes three different styles and the ability to show/hide labels.
  • Effortlessly configure social icons with extensive layout, orientation, and size controls to suit your needs.

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 of options:
    • Go to Plugins → Add New and search for “Social Sharing Block”. Once found, click “Install”.
    • Download the Social Sharing Block plugin from wordpress.org 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 it.

Reviews

Just Brilliant!

Jan 16, 2023 1 reply
This plugin does a simple job, but does it perfectly. I expect no less from Nick Diego; well-done!

Perfect

Adeline Dec 18, 2022 1 reply
This plugin is just perfect and exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much!!

Excellent

triplemaya Nov 20, 2022 1 reply
Just the job. Add the block, choose the items and done.

Perfect

Josh Spires Aug 13, 2022 1 reply
Does exactly what it says and does it well without adding a bunch of bulk.

Good plugin for sharing posts.

alexcc1 Jun 23, 2022 1 reply
I like that it can be inserted as a gutenberg block.

Useful and lightweight

Darryl Jun 18, 2022 1 reply
Does one thing very well without any baggage.

Contributors & Developers

“Social Sharing Block” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors
  • Nick Diego
  • Outermost

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Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Change log

0.6.0 – 2022-08-21

Added

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

Changed

  • Updated Reddit icon to match brand guidelines.
  • Simplified icons SVGs to reduce plugin size.

0.5.0 – 2022-08-05

Changed

  • Update incorrect and/or outdated social icon brand colors.
  • Update the 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 wordpress.org requirements.

0.1.0 – 2022-01-16

  • Initial release 🎉

Meta

  • Version: 0.6.0
  • Last updated: 3 months ago
  • Active installations: 2,000+
  • WordPress Version: 5.9 or higher
  • Tested up to WordPress Version: 6.1.1
  • PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
  • Language:
    English (US)
  • Tags:
    blocksharesocialsocial iconsocial share
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  • Outermost

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