4pplecore

<p>Social sharing buttons with fine-grained design controls and a modern look.</p>
<p>You can manage all settings in your WordPress admin from <strong>Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Seamless Social Sharing</strong>.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Icon set</strong> with up-to-date SVGs</li>
<li><strong>Networks:</strong> enable only the networks you want; drag to reorder</li>
<li><strong>Display on:</strong> Posts and Pages
<ul>
<li>Shortcode support to render the buttons anywhere on your website</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Placement (default):</strong> before content, after content, or both</li>
<li><strong>Per‑post override:</strong> use default, before, after, both, or do not show</li>
<li><strong>Appearance (no CSS required):</strong>
<ul>
<li>Display mode (icon only, text only, icon + text)</li>
<li>Icon/Text color</li>
<li>Background color on/off with configurable border radius</li>
<li>Label left margin (when icon is shown)</li>
<li>Spacing between buttons</li>
<li>Wrapper margins (top/bottom)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Behavior:</strong> open share dialog in a new tab (default on)</li>
<li><strong>Accessibility:</strong> each button includes an ARIA label and the button html is within a semantic <code><ul></code></li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported Networks</h4>
<ul>
<li>Facebook</li>
<li>X (Twitter)</li>
<li>LinkedIn</li>
<li>Email</li>
<li>WhatsApp</li>
<li>Reddit</li>
<li>Pinterest</li>
<li>Telegram</li>
<li>Instagram</li>
<li>Mastodon</li>
<li>Bluesky</li>
</ul>
<h3>Shortcode</h3>
<p>Use the shortcode in post / page content or widgets:</p>
<pre><code>[seamless_social_sharing]
</code></pre>
<p>In PHP templates:</p>
<pre><code><?php echo do_shortcode('[seamless_social_sharing]'); ?>
</code></pre>
<p>The shortcode renders buttons using your saved settings.</p>
<h3>Need help / got a feature request?</h3>
<p>Go to https://4pplecore.dev.</p>


Seamless Social Sharing

Social sharing buttons with fine-grained design controls and a modern look.

Freemius

Abu Hayat

bPlugins

Charles Cormier

Prosanta Roy

<p>Share your website or pages on social networks and messaging apps. Social Share Block is a lightweight, Gutenberg-native solution designed to boost your social signals without slowing down your site.</p>
<p>Forget bulky scripts that bloat your page. Our block is built specifically for the modern WordPress editor, giving you full control over how your share buttons look—from colors and sizes to layouts and shadows. Whether you need a simple row of icons or a vertical sidebar, you can set it up in seconds.</p>
<p><a href="https://bblockswp.com/demo/social-share-all-demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Demos</a> | <a href="https://bplugins.com/products/b-social-share/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pricing</a> | <a href="https://bplugins.com/support/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support</a> |  <a href="https://bplugins.com/products/b-social-share/" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Share</a></p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fully Customizable</strong>: All the options you need to arrange the showcase to your liking are available here.</li>
</ul>
<h3>⭐ Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>4 <strong>Free</strong> Social Share themes  </li>
<li>2 <strong>Premium</strong> Social Share themes in Pro   </li>
<li>Popular Social Networks Support</li>
<li>Layout Direction – Row , Column</li>
<li>Lightweight & Fast – Optimized for speed and performance</li>
<li>Gutenberg Block support </li>
<li>Icon Size , Color , background-color customization option </li>
<li>Box-shadow & border customization</li>
<li>Shortcode support for any page or widget  </li>
</ul>
<h3>🔥 Available in the Premium Features</h3>
<p>Upgrade to the Pro version for full customization:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Premium Share Theme</strong> : Animation icon, Button with text</li>
<li><strong>Interactive Animations</strong>: Professional hover transform effects to catch the user’s eye.</li>
<li><strong>Network Labels</strong>: Show social network names (e.g., “Share on Facebook”) for higher CTR. </li>
<li><strong>Floating Positions</strong>: Set your share bar to Fixed or Absolute positions (sticky sidebars).</li>
<li><strong>One-Click Copy</strong>: A dedicated “Copy URL” button for easy link sharing.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to use</h4>
<ul>
<li>First, install the B Social Share plugin</li>
<li>Add the Social Share block from the block category called “Widgets” in the Gutenberg editor.</li>
<li>You can change block settings from the right-side settings sidebar.</li>
<li>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>For installation help click on Installation Tab.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why Use Social Share Block?</h3>
<p>✔ Easily share your website or page links on social networks and messaging apps<br />
✔ Boost social engagement and traffic without slowing down your site<br />
✔ Fully customizable buttons with colors, sizes, layouts, and shadows<br />
✔ Lightweight and optimized for speed<br />
✔ Works seamlessly with Gutenberg editor</p>
<h3>Common Use Cases</h3>
<p>The Social Share Block is perfect for a wide range of WordPress websites:</p>
<p>✔ Blogs and news websites to encourage article sharing<br />
✔ Business websites to increase social reach<br />
✔ Portfolio or personal websites to showcase content<br />
✔ Educational sites and tutorials for students<br />
✔ eCommerce stores to share product pages on social media</p>
<h4>Feedback</h4>
<p>Love the plugin? Want new features? Need support?<br />
We’d love to hear from you:<br />
📩 <strong><a href="https://bplugins.com/support/" title="Send feedback" rel="nofollow ugc">Send your feedback</a></strong></p>
<h3>Check out the Parent Plugin of this plugin-</h3>
<p><a href="https://bblockswp.com" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>B Blocks</strong></a> – A blocks collection and page building tool for Gutenberg.</p>
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<p><a href="https://bplugins.com/products/html5-audio-player/" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Html5 Audio Player</strong></a> – Listen audios with awesome visuals.</p>
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<h3>Source Code</h3>
<p>You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository:<br />
<a href="https://github.com/bPlugins/social-share-free" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Social Share Block on GitHub</strong></a></p>
<h3>Build Instructions</h3>
<p>To build the plugin from source, follow these steps:<br />
1. Clone the repository or download the source code.<br />
2. Navigate to the plugin directory.<br />
3. Run <code>npm install</code> to install dependencies.<br />
4. Run <code>npm run build</code> to build the production assets.</p>
<h3>File Mapping</h3>
<p>To understand how the source code maps to the compiled assets, see the list below:<br />
– <code>src/</code> – Source code for the Gutenberg block and admin interface.<br />
  – <code>src/index.js</code> <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <code>build/index.js</code> (Main block script)<br />
  – <code>src/view.js</code> <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <code>build/view.js</code> (Frontend script)<br />
  – <code>src/shortcode/shortcode.js</code> <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <code>build/shortcode.js</code> (Shortcode script)<br />
  – <code>src/Admin/Dashboard.js</code> <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> <code>build/admin-dashboard.js</code> (Admin dashboard script)<br />
– <code>build/</code> – Compiled and minified assets generated by the build process.<br />
– <code>inc/</code> – PHP files for plugin functionality.<br />
– <code>assets/</code> – Static assets like images and fonts.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries.</p>
<h4>YouTube</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Source:</strong> https://www.youtube.com/</li>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Used to display documentation and tutorial videos in the admin dashboard.</li>
<li><strong>Privacy:</strong> Loading or interacting with the video player connects to YouTube servers and is subject to YouTube’s privacy policy.</li>
</ul>
<h4>WeChat (Google APIs)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Source:</strong> https://chart.apis.google.com/</li>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Generates sharing QR codes via <code>chart.apis.google.com</code> for mobile scanning when WeChat sharing is clicked.</li>
<li><strong>Privacy:</strong> Subject to Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
<h4>Immer</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Version:</strong> 11.1.8</li>
<li><strong>Source:</strong> https://immerjs.github.io/immer/</li>
<li><strong>GitHub:</strong> https://github.com/immerjs/immer</li>
<li><strong>License:</strong> MIT</li>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Used for managing immutable state in a more convenient way.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Font Awesome</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Source:</strong> https://fontawesome.com/</li>
<li><strong>License:</strong> SIL OFL 1.1 (Icons) / MIT (CSS)</li>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Used for social icons.</li>
<li><strong>Note:</strong> The Font Awesome Free webfont files are licensed under the SIL OFL 1.1, which is GPL-incompatible. They are bundled as static design assets rather than linked software. All PHP/JS code in this plugin is under GPLv3+.</li>
</ul>
<h4>react-router-dom</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Source:</strong> https://github.com/remix-run/react-router</li>
<li><strong>License:</strong> MIT</li>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Used for managing navigation routing inside the admin dashboard.</li>
</ul>
<h4>bpl-tools</h4>
<ul>
<li>Source / GitHub: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools</li>
<li>License: GPL-2.0-or-later – https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</li>
<li>Purpose: Shared utility library providing admin dashboard components and common Gutenberg editor controls.</li>
<li>External Services: The library may connect to bPlugins, WordPress.org, and Freemius services for product data and checkout functionality. See full details: https://github.com/bPlugins/bpl-tools#external-requests–why-they-are-made.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Freemius Lite SDK</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Version:</strong> 2.2.0</li>
<li><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://bplugins.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://bplugins.com/</a></li>
<li><strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/bPlugins/freemius-lite-sdk" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/bPlugins/freemius-lite-sdk</a></li>
<li><strong>License:</strong> GPL-2.0-or-later – <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</a></li>
<li><strong>Purpose:</strong> Provides an opt-in consent form for usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin. No data is sent before explicit user consent.</li>
<li><strong>External Services:</strong> Communicates with <code>api.bplugins.com</code> (activation events) and <code>wp.freemius.com</code> (opt-in processing) only after user opt-in. See <a href="https://bplugins.com/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">bPlugins Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://freemius.com/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Freemius Privacy Policy</a>.</li>
</ul>


Social Share Block – Social Sharing Buttons for Posts and Pages


While this plugin may be somebody's cup of tea, it's not mine. I was looking for a lightweight plugin as possible I could customize for my needs. While plugin has many bells and whistles, it includes font awesome and it's css (59 kb), it's own css, two javascripts...It does not follow block editor aestetics and interface seems a bit complicated.Additionally, it does not provide javascript source code so developer could customize it in block editor, while being declared as open-source (minified javascript does not count as open-source) 


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Share your website/website-page link to social networks and mobile messengers.

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