Social Sharing Block

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:

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

1.4.0 - 2026-09-14 Changed

• Updated "Tested up to" to WordPress 7.1.
• Updated "Requires at least" to WordPress 6.6.
• Updated all npm and Composer dependencies, including @wordpress/scripts 35, and rebuilt the plugin with the current build tooling.

Fixed

• Fixed all stylelint issues in the SCSS source and resolved Sass @import deprecation warnings. No visual changes.

1.3.0 - 2024-11-04 Added

• Added support for Bluesky sharing. (props @Fyrins)
• Added support for content-only editing.

Changed

• Updated "Tested up to" to WordPress 6.7.
• Updated "Requires at least" to WordPress 6.5.
• Updated "Minimum PHP version" to 7.4 to match WordPress core.

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 wordpress.org requirements.

0.1.0 - 2022-01-16

• Initial release 🎉