Utilize the font awesome free icons using a shortcode.
The Ultimate Share Shortcode Plugin to share all of your sites on social media.
Supported Platforms:
- Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, GitHub
- NEW: TikTok, Threads, WhatsApp, Reddit, Telegram, Truth Social
- Email, Print
Features:
- Simple shortcode — just add
[social_share] anywhere
- Toggle each platform on/off in settings
- NEW: Custom profile URLs for Instagram, GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, Threads
- NEW: Global Twitter/X handle setting
- NEW: Icon size option — small, medium, large
- NEW: Styles only load when shortcode is used (better performance)
- NEW: Built-in Open Graph meta tags — control the image, title, and description shown when your pages are shared
- NEW: Per-page share image override via meta box
- NEW: Default share image setting with media library upload
- Smart conflict detection — auto-disables Open Graph if Yoast, RankMath, AIOSEO, or Jetpack is active
- Beautiful animated hover effects with tooltips
- Fully responsive
Screenshots
Screenshot of Ed's Social Share How To Use
Screenshot of Ed's Social Share in Admin Sidebar
Screenshot of using shortcode on the back end
Screenshot of Cover
Screenshot of Social Share Icons available to toggle on and off.
How do I control the image shown when my page is shared?
Enable Open Graph in Plugin Options and upload a default share image (1200×630 recommended). You can also set a custom image per page/post using the “Social Share Image” meta box in the editor sidebar. The plugin uses this priority: per-page image → featured image → default image.
Will this conflict with Yoast SEO or other SEO plugins?
No. The Open Graph feature automatically disables itself if Yoast SEO, RankMath, All in One SEO, or Jetpack is detected.
How often will this plugin be updated
We check our plugin frequently so as soon as there are updates to WordPress we make the necessary updates.
ChangeLog
1.0.1
- Updated tested versions to include WordPress 6.0.1
- Improved security
2.0
- Updated tested versions to include WordPress 6.8
- Updated Twitter to X Icon
- Upgraded Fontawesome version to Font Awesome Free 6.7
2.1
- Security fix: Sanitized and escaped all shortcode attribute outputs to prevent Stored XSS (CVE-2026-2501)
- Applied esc_attr() to color and twitter shortcode attributes
- Applied esc_html() to text shortcode attribute
- Tested up to WordPress 6.8
3.0
- NEW: TikTok, Threads, WhatsApp, Reddit, Telegram, Truth Social platform support
- NEW: Custom profile URLs for Instagram, GitHub, YouTube, TikTok, Threads
- NEW: Global Twitter/X handle setting in options
- NEW: Icon size attribute (small, medium, large)
- NEW: Built-in Open Graph meta tags (og:title, og:description, og:image, og:url)
- NEW: Twitter Card meta tags (summary_large_image)
- NEW: Default share image setting with media library upload
- NEW: Per-page share image override via “Social Share Image” meta box
- NEW: Smart conflict detection — auto-disables OG if Yoast, RankMath, AIOSEO, or Jetpack is active
- NEW: Styles only load when shortcode is present on the page
- Improved: Sanitization callbacks on all settings
- Improved: All share links open in new tab with rel=”noopener noreferrer”
- Improved: Cleaner code structure with constants
- Updated: X (Twitter) branding and colors
- Updated: Facebook brand color to current #1877F2
3.0.1
- Fixed: Bundled correct Font Awesome 6.7.2 webfont files (was using SVG-only CSS which prevented icons from rendering)
- Added: webfonts/ directory with woff2 and ttf font files
- No longer requires CDN for icon rendering – fully self-contained
