Nazim Husain

<p>Lightshare is a very lightweight social sharing plugin built with performance in mind. It provides essential social sharing functionality without the bloat commonly found in other sharing plugins.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lightweight and fast – minimal impact on page load times</li>
<li>Support for major social networks</li>
<li>Clean, modern design with multiple style options</li>
<li>Share count display (where available)</li>
<li>Customizable button placement</li>
<li>Mobile-friendly and responsive</li>
<li>No third-party scripts loaded by default</li>
<li>Support for custom post types</li>
<li>Shortcode support for manual placement</li>
</ul>
<h3>Performance First</h3>
<p>Lightshare is built with performance as a top priority:</p>
<ul>
<li>Minimal CSS/JS footprint</li>
<li>SVG icons instead of icon fonts</li>
<li>Internal click tracking for counts (no API calls)</li>
<li>Assets are only enqueued when needed</li>
<li>No third-party tracking scripts</li>
</ul>
<h3>Shortcode</h3>
<p>You can manually place sharing buttons anywhere using the shortcode:</p>
<pre><code>[lightshare]
</code></pre>
<p>With custom options:</p>
<pre><code>[lightshare networks="facebook,twitter,linkedin" style="rounded"]<h3>Block</h3>
</code></pre>
<p>Lightshare includes a block for the block editor:</p>
<ul>
<li>Block name: “Lightshare Buttons”</li>
<li>Allows selecting networks (comma-separated), label visibility, and label text</li>
<li>Rendered server-side for accurate output</li>
</ul>
<h3>Developer Friendly</h3>
<ul>
<li>Well-documented code following WordPress coding standards</li>
<li>Extensible through filters and actions</li>
<li>Clean, semantic HTML output</li>
<li>Customizable through CSS classes</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>Lightshare does not call third-party APIs in the background. External requests only happen when a visitor clicks a share button. When a share button is clicked, the destination service receives the share data in the URL query string (for example: current page URL, page title, and for Pinterest also an image URL when available).</p>
<p>The plugin can connect to these third-party services:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>Facebook (<code>facebook.com</code>) for sharing links.<br />
Data sent on click: page URL.<br />
Terms: https://www.facebook.com/terms.php<br />
Privacy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>X / Twitter (<code>twitter.com</code>) for sharing links/text.<br />
Data sent on click: page title and page URL.<br />
Terms: https://x.com/en/tos<br />
Privacy: https://x.com/en/privacy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>LinkedIn (<code>linkedin.com</code>) for sharing links.<br />
Data sent on click: page URL.<br />
Terms: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement<br />
Privacy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>WhatsApp (<code>api.whatsapp.com</code>) for sharing links/text.<br />
Data sent on click: page title and page URL.<br />
Terms: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service<br />
Privacy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Pinterest (<code>pinterest.com</code>) for creating pins from your page.<br />
Data sent on click: page URL, page title, and featured image URL (if available).<br />
Terms: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/terms-of-service<br />
Privacy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Reddit (<code>reddit.com</code>) for sharing posts.<br />
Data sent on click: page URL and page title.<br />
Terms: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement<br />
Privacy: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Bluesky (<code>bsky.app</code>) for sharing links/text.<br />
Data sent on click: page title and page URL.<br />
Terms: https://bsky.social/about/support/tos<br />
Privacy: https://bsky.social/about/support/privacy-policy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>OpenAI ChatGPT (<code>chat.openai.com</code>) for opening a prefilled prompt.<br />
Data sent on click: generated prompt text that includes the page title and page URL.<br />
Terms: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use/<br />
Privacy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Google Search AI mode (<code>google.com</code>) for opening a prefilled query.<br />
Data sent on click: generated prompt text that includes the page title and page URL.<br />
Terms: https://policies.google.com/terms<br />
Privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Perplexity (<code>perplexity.ai</code>) for opening a prefilled query.<br />
Data sent on click: generated prompt text that includes the page title and page URL.<br />
Terms: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/terms-of-service<br />
Privacy: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/legal/privacy-policy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>xAI Grok (<code>x.com</code>) for opening a prefilled query.<br />
Data sent on click: generated prompt text that includes the page title and page URL.<br />
Terms: https://x.com/en/tos<br />
Privacy: https://x.com/en/privacy</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Email client (<code>mailto:</code>) for composing an email draft.<br />
Data sent on click: page title (as subject) and page URL (as body) passed to the visitor’s local email client.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/lightshare/" rel="ugc">plugin support forum</a>.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is free software, released under the GPLv2 or later.</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>Lightshare does not collect personal data. When visitors click a share button, they are sent to the selected third-party sharing service (for example, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, WhatsApp, BlueSky, or the AI services listed above). No third-party scripts are loaded by the plugin itself.</p>


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