Social Sharing (by Danny)

Changelog

1.3.10 – Feb 13, 2026

  • Link to x.com instead of twitter.com
  • Ensure settings are autoloaded correctly.
  • Use short array syntax everywhere.
  • Explicitly specify number of accepted arguments for all hooks.

1.3.9 – Oct 16, 2024

  • Address PHP warning introduced by version 1.3.8.

1.3.8 – Oct 11, 2024

  • Escape shortcode arguments before outputting to prevent stored XSS from users with edit_post capability. Thanks to Peter Thaleikis for the responsible disclosure.

1.3.7 – Oct 1, 2024

  • Remove Google Plus as an option, since it has long been shut down.
  • Add defer attribute to pop-up script tag.
  • Improved sanitization of settings.
  • Disallow the use of <a> elements in the before_text setting if user lacks unfiltered_html capability.
  • Get rid of ES6 code in JavaScript files, to support older browsers.

1.3.4 – Dec 23, 2022

  • Rewrite admin JavaScript to no longer require jQuery.
  • Minor PHP improvements.
  • Improved minification of all CSS and JS assets.

1.3.3 – Dec 31, 2019

  • Remove unused LinkedIn parameters.
  • Switch to WordPress.org managed translations.

1.3.2 – March 23, 2018

  • Minor code optimisations
  • Added linkedin_text shortcode argument to FAQ.

1.3.1 – October 26, 2017

Misc. textual improvements.

1.3 – October 4, 2017

Additions

  • Added LinkedIn.

1.2.7 – January 6, 2017

Improvements

  • Use https:// protocol for sharing links.
  • Use SVG icons.

Additions

  • Add “large” icon size option.
  • Choose social network options from settings page.
  • Added Italian translations, thanks to Alessandro Guidi.

1.2.6 – March 29, 2016

Fixes

  • Apostrophes in titles not properly escaped in sharing URL’s. Thanks Robin Aldenhoven!

1.2.5 – January 26, 2015

Improvements

  • Minor improvements to pop-up script

Additions

1.2.4 – November 17, 2014

Improvements

  • Wrapped link text in element so it can be hidden using CSS
  • Improvements to pop-up JavaScript

1.2.3 – September 4, 2014

Improvements

  • Added minified scripts and option to load minified version
  • Some textual improvements

1.2.2 – April 30, 2014

Fixes

  • Fixed not being able to save all “auto add to ..” checkboxes unchecked

1.2.1 – April 29, 2014

Additions

  • Added German translations, thanks Andreas Kuhl!

Improvements

  • Wrapped non-translatable strings in translation calls.
  • Updated Dutch translations

1.2 – March 19, 2014

Additions

  • Added option to automatically add sharing options to all registered post types
  • Added Spanish translations, props to Luciano A. Ferrer.

Improvements

  • Disabled Pop-up JS by default until we figure out a cross-browser compatibility fix.

1.1 – February 19, 2014

1.0.9 – December 30, 2013

  • Added: Danish translation, thanks to Finn Hoelgaard!
  • Added: Russian translation, thanks to Nikita!
  • Improved: Pop-up script now waits for full page load.

1.0.6 – December 20, 2013

  • Improved: Pop-up JS now used addEventListener to enable multiple event listeners (like a Google Analytics plugin) attaching to the sharing links.

1.0.5 – December 9, 2013

  • Added: French translations, thanks to Said
  • Improved: All backend strings are now translatable
  • Improved: Prevented direct access or search engine indexing of plugin files
  • Improved: Facebook URL sharing parameters

1.0.4 – December 2, 2013

  • Improved: Minified pop-up script to 480 bytes.
  • Improved: Removed image attribute from Facebook Share URL. FB will now pick up og:image meta tags.

1.0.3 – November 25, 2013

  • Fixed: undefined index notice when saving options.

1.0.2 – November 20, 2013

  • Added: Dutch translation
  • Added: Option to change the text that shows before the sharing links.

1.0.1 – November 20, 2013

  • Fixed: Added settings link to plugins overview page
  • Fixed: “tweet about” option in admin now tweets about the correct plugin.

1.0 – November 17, 2013

  • Initial release.

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Version:
1.3.10
Last Updated
February 13, 2026
Active Installs
3000
Requires
WordPress 3.7
Tested Up To
WordPress 6.9.1
Requires PHP
7.2

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