by BerryPress 4.9 (29 reviews)

Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing

Name: Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing
Rating: 4.9 (29 reviews)
Author: BerryPress

A lightweight social sharing plugin for showing social networks when users highlight text, share images, headlines, or use Click to Share.

Highlight and Share ranks #7,860 among WordPress.org plugins with 700+ active installations, is #391 of 3,311 in the Social & Sharing category, a 4.9/5 rating from 29 reviews, and was last updated Mar 10, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v6.0.1 Current Version v6.0.1

Updated 6 months ago Last Update on 10 Mar, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#391 of 3,311 in Social & Sharing Top 25% by installs Downloads +6.4% this week

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#7,860

-2 this week

Active Installs

700+

-11.6%

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Downloads

101.3K

+15 today

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Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (29 reviews)

Next Milestone 800

Total Progress 77%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Dec 9, 2025

Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing [highlight-and-share] < 5.3.0

CVE-2025-67586 · Fixed in v5.3.0
Sep 22, 2025

Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing [highlight-and-share] < 5.2.0

CVE-2025-58260 · Fixed in v5.2.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 6.0.1
Last Updated: Mar 10, 2026
Requires WP: 6.5+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 7.2 or higher
Author: BerryPress

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 29
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners running blogs, news sites, documentation sites, or long-form content who want readers to share specific passages rather than whole pages. It solves the problem of intrusive social sharing buttons by only surfacing sharing options when a user highlights text, hovers an image, or clicks a headline or Click to Share block.

Text highlight social sharing
Pinterest and Web Share image sharing
Headline sharing
Click to Share block/shortcode
Email sharing with spam protection
Inline highlight with tooltip
Comments section highlighting
Custom Twitter/X username and hashtags

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing

Highlight and Share works as a text highlighter plugin for WordPress. When a visitor selects text on your site, a small sharing interface appears allowing them to share the selected text to social networks, copy it, or send it via email. This makes it easy for readers to highlight important quotes, statistics, or passages and share them instantly. Additional sharing features such as image sharing, headline sharing, and a Click to Share block/shortcode allow for more sharing options.

Yes. Highlight and Share allows users to select and highlight text directly within your content. Once text is selected, social sharing options appear automatically. Visitors can then: Share the highlighted text to supported social networks Copy the text to their clipboard Send the text via email Use the Web Share API on supported devices This makes it easy to enable content highlighter functionality in WordPress.

Headline sharing allows visitors to share individual headings within your content.

This feature works especially well for long articles, tutorials, and documentation where users may want to reference a specific section.

Yes. Highlight and Share includes image sharing support for Pinterest and the Web Share API.

You can control where image sharing appears, including: Post content Featured images Archive excerpts

The Click to Share block allows you to add a shareable quote or message directly inside your content. When readers click the share box, they can instantly share the text to social networks or copy it to their clipboard. This is useful for quotes, key takeaways, statistics, or other shareable snippets. A shortcode version is also available if you prefer not to use the block editor.

Yes. Highlight and Share includes advanced selectors and post type settings that allow you to control exactly where highlighting appears. You can: Enable highlighting only within post content Enable highlighting in comments Disable highlighting on specific post types Use custom selectors for page builders This flexibility makes Highlight and Share compatible with most themes and page builders.

Highlight and Share does not collect personal information or set tracking cookies. The plugin does allow for advanced stats tracking, which is opt-in and is designed for developers. Stats are compatible with GA4, GTM, and synthetic JS events.

Highlight and Share includes a Click to Share block that works similarly to traditional Click to Tweet plugins, but with additional flexibility, showing more than just one network. Instead of limiting sharing to a single network, users can choose from multiple social networks, copy the text, or share using the Web Share API.