by
Danny van Kooten
5 (68 reviews)
Social Sharing (by Danny)
Adds social sharing buttons for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to your blog posts or pages.
Social Sharing (by Danny) ranks #4,586 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #235 of 3,219 in the Social & Sharing category, a 5/5 rating from 68 reviews, and was last updated Jun 19, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7
v1.3.12
Current Version v1.3.12
Updated 1 month ago
Last Update on 19 Jun, 2026
Refreshed 7 hours ago
Last Refreshed on
#235 of 3,219 in Social & Sharing
Top 10% by installs
Downloads -22.2% this week
Rank
#4,586
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Active Installs
2K+
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KW Avg Position
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Downloads
119.9K
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Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5
(68 reviews)
Next Milestone 3K
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- Version
- 1.3.12
- Last Updated
- Jun 19, 2026
- Requires WP
- 4.5+
- Tested Up To
- 7
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- Danny van Kooten
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- Reviews
- 68
- Support Threads
- 0
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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.
