It’s difficult to find a tutorial for social share buttons that share your current URL to a social platform of the users choosing without some catch. While there are plenty of plugins and convoluted ways to add those social share buttons, I wanted something extremely simple and lightweight.
Below, you’ll find the code I used to create the social share icon links found in the sidebar of every post on this site. The HTML simply grabs the title of the page, the current URL, and shares it to the appropriate social network. There is no crazy JS, just simple HTML and CSS that you can slap into any website in minutes.
The code includes sharing icons for Facebook, Twitter, Email, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, and WhatsApp. This code also adds important attributes my previous tutorial didn’t have such as aria-labels for accessibility and rel tags such as nofollow and noopener.
The icons are SVGs from font awesome, so you can customize everything easily. The CSS used to color the icons simply sets the fill and the size.
Add the CSS to a custom code plugin like WP Code Box or wherever you add your custom code. For the HTML, you can simple place it anywhere that accepts custom HTML. In my case using the Gutenberg editor in WordPress, I simply added a “Custom HTML” block and pasted the code in.
Viola!
CSS
.social-share-wrapper {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 1em;
align-items: center;
}
.social-share-button {
display: flex;
border: solid 0.5px rgba(219, 217, 215, 1);
border-radius: 61px;
width: fit-content;
padding: 0.75em;
}
.social-share-button svg {
width: 1em;
height: 1em;
fill: black;
}HTML
<div class="social-share-wrapper">
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=&t=" class="social-share-button social-share-button-fb" title="Share on Facebook" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share on Facebook" onclick="window.open('https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL) + '&t=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL)); return false;"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 320 512"><!--! Font Awesome Pro 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license (Commercial License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M279.14 288l14.22-92.66h-88.91v-60.13c0-25.35 12.42-50.06 52.24-50.06h40.42V6.26S260.43 0 225.36 0c-73.22 0-121.08 44.38-121.08 124.72v70.62H22.89V288h81.39v224h100.17V288z"/></svg></a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=" class="social-share-button social-share-button-twitter" title="Share on Twitter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share on Twitter" onclick="window.open('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL) + '&t=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL)); return false;"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><!--! Font Awesome Pro 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license (Commercial License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M459.37 151.716c.325 4.548.325 9.097.325 13.645 0 138.72-105.583 298.558-298.558 298.558-59.452 0-114.68-17.219-161.137-47.106 8.447.974 16.568 1.299 25.34 1.299 49.055 0 94.213-16.568 130.274-44.832-46.132-.975-84.792-31.188-98.112-72.772 6.498.974 12.995 1.624 19.818 1.624 9.421 0 18.843-1.3 27.614-3.573-48.081-9.747-84.143-51.98-84.143-102.985v-1.299c13.969 7.797 30.214 12.67 47.431 13.319-28.264-18.843-46.781-51.005-46.781-87.391 0-19.492 5.197-37.36 14.294-52.954 51.655 63.675 129.3 105.258 216.365 109.807-1.624-7.797-2.599-15.918-2.599-24.04 0-57.828 46.782-104.934 104.934-104.934 30.213 0 57.502 12.67 76.67 33.137 23.715-4.548 46.456-13.32 66.599-25.34-7.798 24.366-24.366 44.833-46.132 57.827 21.117-2.273 41.584-8.122 60.426-16.243-14.292 20.791-32.161 39.308-52.628 54.253z"/></svg></a>
<a href="mailto:?subject=&body=:%20" class="social-share-button social-share-button-email" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share via Email" title="Share via Email" onclick="window.open('mailto:?subject=' + encodeURIComponent(document.title) + '&body=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL)); return false;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><!--! Font Awesome Pro 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license (Commercial License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M0 128C0 92.65 28.65 64 64 64H448C483.3 64 512 92.65 512 128V384C512 419.3 483.3 448 448 448H64C28.65 448 0 419.3 0 384V128zM48 128V150.1L220.5 291.7C241.1 308.7 270.9 308.7 291.5 291.7L464 150.1V127.1C464 119.2 456.8 111.1 448 111.1H64C55.16 111.1 48 119.2 48 127.1L48 128zM48 212.2V384C48 392.8 55.16 400 64 400H448C456.8 400 464 392.8 464 384V212.2L322 328.8C283.6 360.3 228.4 360.3 189.1 328.8L48 212.2z"/></svg></a>
<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=&title=&summary=&source=" class="social-share-button social-share-button-linkedin" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share on LinkedIn" title="Share on LinkedIn" onclick="window.open('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL) + '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(document.title)); return false;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 448 512"><!--! Font Awesome Pro 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license (Commercial License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M100.28 448H7.4V148.9h92.88zM53.79 108.1C24.09 108.1 0 83.5 0 53.8a53.79 53.79 0 0 1 107.58 0c0 29.7-24.1 54.3-53.79 54.3zM447.9 448h-92.68V302.4c0-34.7-.7-79.2-48.29-79.2-48.29 0-55.69 37.7-55.69 76.7V448h-92.78V148.9h89.08v40.8h1.3c12.4-23.5 42.69-48.3 87.88-48.3 94 0 111.28 61.9 111.28 142.3V448z"/></svg></a>
<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=&description=" target="_blank" class="social-share-button social-share-button-pin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share on Pinterest" title="Pin it" onclick="window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL) + '&description=' + encodeURIComponent(document.title)); return false;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 384 512"><!--! Font Awesome Pro 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license (Commercial License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M204 6.5C101.4 6.5 0 74.9 0 185.6 0 256 39.6 296 63.6 296c9.9 0 15.6-27.6 15.6-35.4 0-9.3-23.7-29.1-23.7-67.8 0-80.4 61.2-137.4 140.4-137.4 68.1 0 118.5 38.7 118.5 109.8 0 53.1-21.3 152.7-90.3 152.7-24.9 0-46.2-18-46.2-43.8 0-37.8 26.4-74.4 26.4-113.4 0-66.2-93.9-54.2-93.9 25.8 0 16.8 2.1 35.4 9.6 50.7-13.8 59.4-42 147.9-42 209.1 0 18.9 2.7 37.5 4.5 56.4 3.4 3.8 1.7 3.4 6.9 1.5 50.4-69 48.6-82.5 71.4-172.8 12.3 23.4 44.1 36 69.3 36 106.2 0 153.9-103.5 153.9-196.8C384 71.3 298.2 6.5 204 6.5z"/></svg></a>
<a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=&title=" class="social-share-button social-share-button-reddit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label="Share on Reddit" target="_blank" title="Submit to Reddit" onclick="window.open('http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=' + encodeURIComponent(document.URL) + '&title=' + encodeURIComponent(document.title)); return false;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><!--! Font Awesome Pro 6.2.0 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license (Commercial License) Copyright 2022 Fonticons, Inc. --><path d="M440.3 203.5c-15 0-28.2 6.2-37.9 15.9-35.7-24.7-83.8-40.6-137.1-42.3L293 52.3l88.2 19.8c0 21.6 17.6 39.2 39.2 39.2 22 0 39.7-18.1 39.7-39.7s-17.6-39.7-39.7-39.7c-15.4 0-28.7 9.3-35.3 22l-97.4-21.6c-4.9-1.3-9.7 2.2-11 7.1L246.3 177c-52.9 2.2-100.5 18.1-136.3 42.8-9.7-10.1-23.4-16.3-38.4-16.3-55.6 0-73.8 74.6-22.9 100.1-1.8 7.9-2.6 16.3-2.6 24.7 0 83.8 94.4 151.7 210.3 151.7 116.4 0 210.8-67.9 210.8-151.7 0-8.4-.9-17.2-3.1-25.1 49.9-25.6 31.5-99.7-23.8-99.7zM129.4 308.9c0-22 17.6-39.7 39.7-39.7 21.6 0 39.2 17.6 39.2 39.7 0 21.6-17.6 39.2-39.2 39.2-22 .1-39.7-17.6-39.7-39.2zm214.3 93.5c-36.4 36.4-139.1 36.4-175.5 0-4-3.5-4-9.7 0-13.7 3.5-3.5 9.7-3.5 13.2 0 27.8 28.5 120 29 149 0 3.5-3.5 9.7-3.5 13.2 0 4.1 4 4.1 10.2.1 13.7zm-.8-54.2c-21.6 0-39.2-17.6-39.2-39.2 0-22 17.6-39.7 39.2-39.7 22 0 39.7 17.6 39.7 39.7-.1 21.5-17.7 39.2-39.7 39.2z"/></svg></a>
<a href=""_blank" title="Share on Whatsapp" aria-label="Share on Whatsapp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="social-share-button social-share-button-whatsapp" onclick="this.href='https://wa.me/?text='+location.href">
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