Sharing Buttons

Help your readers spread your message across the web via social media Sharing Buttons.

Give readers the tools to post your content to their networks. You can configure services to appear as icons, text, or both. Some services also display the number of times the post has been shared, as reported by that service.

Add Sharing Buttons via the Sharing Buttons Block

If you use a block-based theme, we recommend adding Sharing Buttons via the Block designed for this purpose. Follow these steps:

1. Search for the Sharing Buttons Block in the Jetpack section of the block selector. See Jetpack Blocks for detailed instructions on adding blocks.
2. After adding the Block, add one or more individual sharing services to the block.
3. Adjust the Block settings to change the justification, orientation, and settings such as Icon + Text, Icon Only, or Text Only.
4. If you wish, you can add the Block to a template so that it appears on every post or page.

Add Sharing Buttons via Jetpack Settings (Legacy)

You can also turn on Sharing Buttons in your settings to automatically appear at the bottom of every post and page. (We recommend using the Sharing Block described above whenever possible.)

Note: block themes have Sharing Buttons active by default. Head to Appearance → Site Editor and add Jetpack’s Sharing buttons block to your templates.

You can deactivate them by going to WP Admin → Jetpack > Settings → Sharing and toggling off the Add sharing buttons to your posts and pages option.

If you are not using a block theme and do not see the Sharing Buttons options, you will need to activate it by following these steps:

1. In the WP Admin, go to Jetpack → Settings → Sharing.
2. Under the Sharing buttons, activate the Add sharing buttons to your posts and pages option.

Add and configure Sharing Buttons

Once the Sharing Buttons feature is active, you can add them to your website by following these steps:

1. Navigate to Jetpack → Settings → Sharing in your site’s WP Admin.
2. Click on Configure your sharing buttons.
3. Under Sharing Buttons, click Edit sharing buttons.
4. Click on the services you would like to add or remove.
5. Drag and drop the services in the order you want them to display on your site.
6. Choose your preferred button style and where you would like the buttons to appear.
7. Click Save Changes.

Add more Sharing buttons

Optionally, you can click Edit “More” buttons to add extra social networks, which will be hidden behind a “More” button on your site. The additional network buttons will be displayed when your reader clicks on this “More” button.

Sharing Button Options

There are a few options that you can customize on your sharing buttons:

• Show buttons on: This option allows you to show sharing buttons on the Front Page, Archive Pages, and Search Results, Posts, Pages, and/or Media.
• Sharing Label: This option allows you to customize the message above your sharing buttons.
• Button Style: This option allows you to display buttons with Icons + Text, Icons Only, Text Only, or the service’s official sharing button.

Display the number of likes

Some services allow share counts to be displayed, and they all count them differently. For example, Facebook Share numbers are a total of shares + likes + comments on Facebook.

Share counts are only displayed on the “official buttons” for certain services. If the number of shares does not display, try selecting official buttons from the Button Style dropdown. Pinterest’s Pin-It Button will only show on images if you are using the Official Buttons style.

These totals are reliant on the site’s URL. If your URL changes in any way (for example, changing from http to https), the Sharing Button counts will be reset to zero. Unfortunately, there is no way for us to recover the old totals.

Supported services

The following services are currently supported for Sharing Buttons (others may be added in the future.)

*Jetpack uses a mailto: link to share via email. The visitor must have an email client that can handle the link.

Privacy Information

Sharing Buttons are deactivated by default. You can activate them at any moment from your WP Admin. To do so:

1. Go to Jetpack → Settings.
2. Click the Sharing tab.
3. Toggle the Add sharing buttons to your posts and pages setting in the Sharing buttons section.