Adding social share buttons to a page makes it easy for visitors to share your content across various social media platforms, helping to expand your content’s reach and attract a wider audience.
With the Social Sharing block from Nexter Blocks, you can easily add social sharing buttons in WordPress.
Required Setup
- Make sure the default WordPress Block editor is active.
- You need to have the Nexter Blocks plugin installed and activated.
- This is a Premium block, and you need the PRO version of Nexter Blocks.
- Make sure the Social Sharing block is activated, to verify this visit Nexter Blocks → Blocks → and Search for Social Sharing and activate.
How to activate the Social Sharing Block?
Go to
- Nexter Blocks → Blocks
- Search the block name and turn on the toggle then click Save Settings.
Key Features
- Three Layouts – You can select from 3 layouts, Horizontal, Vertical and Toggle.
- Multiple Styles – You can choose from multiple preset styles for each layout.
- Fake Share Counter – You can easily show a fake total share counter.
How to Use the Social Sharing Block?
Add the Social Sharing block to the page.
From the Layout section, you have to select the layout. Here you’ll find three options –
- Horizontal – To align the social icons horizontally.
- Vertical – To align the social icons vertically. This can be used to create sticky social icons.
- Toggle – To create a social share toggle button.
Select the option as per your requirements. Let’s select Horizontal here.
You can select a predefined style from the Style section.
From the Content View section, you can select the social button view type. Here you’ll find six options –
- Icon – To show only social icons.
- Icon Count – To show social icons with a share counter.
- Text – To show only social text.
- Text Count – To show social icons with a share counter.
- Icon Text – To show social icons with text.
- Icon Text Count – To show social icons with text and share counters.
Select the option as per your requirements.
From the Column dropdown, you can manage the number of columns of the social icons.
You can align the social icons for different responsive devices from the Block Alignment section.
From the Content Alignment section, you can align the content on the button.
By enabling the Display Counter toggle, you can add a fake or custom total share number.
Then in the Networks section, you have to add the social icons. By default, you’ll find four repeater items, open one item.
From the Social Network dropdown, you have to select your desired social network.
In the Title field, you can add the social network title.
Then in the Count Number field, you can add fake or custom share numbers for that social network.
In the Count Label field, you can add a label for the counter number.
You add an extra text after the counter number from the Social Button field.
Note: The visibility of the Title, Counter Number, Count Label and Social Button on the front end will depend on the selected button View Type.
By enabling the Custom URL toggle, you can add a custom link to the button.
From the Aria Label field, you can add an Aria label to the social icon to improve accessibility for users with disabilities.
Then from the Normal and Hover tab section, you can customize the title color, icon color, counter number color, counter label color, border color and background for normal and hover states.
Similarly, you can edit the remaining items.
You can click on the + Add Network button to add more social sharing buttons.
How to Style the Social Sharing Block?
To style the Social Sharing block, you’ll find all the options in the Style tab. The styling options will vary based on the selected layout and view type.
Title – From here, you can style the social sharing button title.
Counter – From here, you can style the social sharing button counter number.
Icon – From here, you can manage the social sharing button icon size and width.
Toggle – You’ll see this option only when you select Toggle as the layout type. From here, you can style the toggle button.
Total Counter – You’ll see this option only when you’ve enabled the total counter toggle. From here, you can style the total counter number and text.
Background – From here, you can manage the width, height, and background style of the social button’s container.
Advanced – This is our global extension available for all our blocks. From here you can add a custom CSS class in the Additional CSS class(es) field. If you know CSS you can use this class to further finetune the style by using your own custom CSS.
Advanced options remain common for all our blocks, you can explore all it options from here.
