Share buttons are one of those things that look trivial and quietly go wrong — pointing at the wrong page, or showing counts that were never real.
The Social Sharing block builds each button’s link from the page it sits on, and gives you three layouts to place them in.
Before You Start
- Edition: Pro — the Social Sharing block needs Nexter Blocks Pro.
- Block to enable: Social Sharing, switched on under Nexter > Blocks in your WordPress dashboard.
Video Tutorial
Steps
- Add the Social Sharing block to your page or template.
- Add the networks you want in the list, choosing an icon for each.
- Pick a Layout — Horizontal, Vertical or Toggle — and a style for it.
- Choose what each button shows under View Type: icon, text, or icon and text.
- Style the buttons, then publish and click a button to check where it goes.
The share counts are numbers you type, not real ones. Measured on a published page: the counter showed
9.9 Kand every network showed109— the block’s own placeholder text. Nothing is fetched from Facebook, X or anyone else, and the figures never change. Treat them as decoration, or leave them off rather than show a visitor a number that is not true.
How It Behaves
The Social Sharing block puts share buttons on a page. It builds each button’s link from the page it sits on — that page’s address and title — so there is nothing to configure per page.
- Each button shares the page it is on. Measured: the Facebook link carried that page’s address and the Twitter link carried its address and title. You do not enter a URL anywhere.
- Twenty-two networks have real share links — among them Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram, Reddit, Pinterest, Pocket, Tumblr, VK, Weibo, Xing, Skype, Viber and email.
- Some networks cannot be shared to, and fail quietly. Measured: choosing Instagram or YouTube produced a link to
#that goes nowhere, while Facebook on the same page produced a real share URL. Those platforms have no public share-a-link address. The button still looks normal, so check any network you add actually goes somewhere — and use the block’s Custom URL field if you need it to lead elsewhere. - View Type does what it says — measured, icon rendered no titles and text rendered no icons.
- Custom URL overrides the generated link. Measured: a network given a custom address linked there instead of to a share window, and the open-in-new-tab setting was honoured.
Limitations
- The share counts are numbers you type, not real ones. Measured on a published page: the counter showed
9.9 Kand every network showed109— the block’s own placeholder text. Nothing is fetched from Facebook, X or anyone else, and the figures never change. Treat them as decoration, or leave them off rather than show a visitor a number that is not true. - Instagram and YouTube cannot be shared to — measured, they produce a link to
#. Neither platform offers a share-a-link address. - The total counter is not shown in the Toggle layout — measured, it appears only in the Horizontal and Vertical layouts.
- Measured with Nexter Blocks Pro deactivated: the block renders nothing at all.
Troubleshooting
A button does nothing when clicked
It is probably a network with no share address, such as Instagram or YouTube. Measured: those render a link to #. Remove them, or give them a Custom URL.
The share counts never change
They are not real counts. Measured: they are the text you type, shown exactly as entered. Switch the counter off if you do not want to display an invented figure.
The button shares the wrong page
Each button shares the page the block is on. If the block is in a template, it shares whichever page is being viewed — which is usually what you want.
The counter is missing
Measured: the total counter is not rendered in the Toggle layout. Switch to Horizontal or Vertical if you need it.
Nothing renders at all
Measured with Nexter Blocks Pro deactivated: the block renders nothing at all. Check Nexter Blocks Pro is active.
