by Danny van Kooten 5 (68 reviews)

Social Sharing (by Danny)

Name: Social Sharing (by Danny)
Rating: 5.0 (68 reviews)
Author: Danny van Kooten

Adds social sharing buttons for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to your blog posts or pages.

Social Sharing (by Danny) ranks #4,613 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #234 of 3,325 in the Social & Sharing category, a 5/5 rating from 68 reviews, and was last updated Aug 20, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.3.12 Current Version v1.3.12

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 20 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#234 of 3,325 in Social & Sharing Top 10% by installs Downloads -20.5% this week

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#4,613

+2 this week

Active Installs

2K+

-31.3%

KW Avg Position

0.8 better

Downloads

119.9K

+13 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (68 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

Total Progress 90.5%

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Reviews & Ratings

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Oct 11, 2024

Social Sharing (by Danny) [dvk-social-sharing] < 1.3.8

CVE-2024-9704 · Fixed in v1.3.8

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.3.12
Last Updated: Aug 20, 2026
Requires WP: 4.5+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Danny van Kooten

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 68
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

LinkedIn facebook social social sharing twitter

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want lightweight social sharing buttons without bloated scripts or styles. It solves the problem of most sharing plugins being heavy or poorly coded by offering simple text-link sharing for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn with optional small icon and pop-up scripts.

Sharing links for Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
No script dependencies by default
Optional icon styles with hover effect
Pop-up window script (426 bytes)
Shortcode for displaying buttons
Template function for displaying buttons
Overridable filter for display control
Translation ready

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Social Sharing (by Danny)

No. The sharing buttons are plain links by default, so the plugin does not load external scripts from social networks.

The plugin supports sharing links for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. You can choose which social sharing buttons to show from the plugin settings.

Yes. By default, the sharing buttons are added to posts. You can enable them for other public post types from Settings > Social Sharing.

Yes. You can disable the default icon stylesheet from the plugin settings and style the social sharing links in your theme.

Yes, you can use the following shortcode (eg. inside posts or pages). [dvk_social_sharing]

Yes, you can use the following PHP function from your template files. <?php echo dvk_social_sharing(); ?> I want more control over when to show the sharing options Use the dvkss_display filter to show the links in more places. Example 1: will add the sharing links to everything possible add_filter('dvkss_display', '__return_true'); Example 2: will add the sharing links to all single posts, pages and other post types. function my_display_condition() { return is_singular(); } add_filter('dvkss_display', 'my_display_condition'); Shortcode and function arguments element (string) The element to use as the wrapping element. Defaults to p, a paragraph element. twitter_username (string) The Twitter username to add to tweets. This will override the value from the settings page. social_options (comma separated string) The social media buttons to show. You can also use this to change the order of the buttons. Defaults to twitter, facebook. Possible values are twitter, facebook and linkedin. before_text (string) The text to show before the links. This will override the value in the settings page. twitter_text (string) facebook_text (string) linkedin_text (string) The texts for the different links. Defaults to the string set in the translation file.