New on WordPress.com: Sharing Buttons for WhatsApp, Telegram, and Skype

New sharing options from the world’s most popular messaging apps.

April 13, 2016

Mark Armstrong

Our users — and your sites’ visitors — share millions of WordPress.com posts every day across social networks, and today we’re excited to announce sharing buttons for three more services: WhatsApp, Telegram, and Skype.

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Here’s how to set up the new buttons:

  1. Go to My Sites → Sharing.
  2. Select the Sharing Buttons tab, and then Edit Sharing Buttons.
  3. Select any of the three new options (in addition to our many other sharing possibilities).

Learn more here, or watch this handy video:

Now, in addition to sharing on social platforms like Facebook and Twitter, you can share on some of the world’s most popular messaging apps.

We’re excited to offer these new buttons — and, as always, you can contact us in support if you have more questions.

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  1. Oscar Mares Apr 13th at 3:07 pm

    Oh, this is awesome.

    Liked by 10 people

  2. ladyniculina Apr 13th at 3:27 pm

    👍👏👏

    Liked by 6 people

  3. phyllisntim23 Apr 13th at 3:38 pm

    That’s really cool!

    Liked by 9 people

  4. Aruna Apr 13th at 3:38 pm

    Wuah, thanks for the update! I just added the WhatsApp button 🙂

    Liked by 6 people

  5. Misstery blog Apr 13th at 3:59 pm

    This is great ☺

    Liked by 5 people

  6. heavenhappens Apr 13th at 4:11 pm

    Brilliant! I use What’s App all the time as 3 of my children live abroad. Now I can zap them with my blog as well as my photos! They will be thrilled ~ I think (not)

    Liked by 11 people

  7. mpbyte Apr 13th at 4:55 pm

    Welcome upgrade !!

    Liked by 1 person

  8. Omipidan Teslim Opemipo Leederrty Apr 13th at 5:05 pm

    Wao! That’s really cool! Sharing made easy. Thanks.
    http://Www.oldnaija.wordpress.com

    Liked by 4 people

  9. Paul Bowler Apr 13th at 5:48 pm

    Ow wow, this is great! Awesome news about these new buttons 🙂

    Liked by 2 people

  10. VictorsCorner Apr 13th at 6:58 pm

    That’s great. Thanks for the hard work.

    Liked by 3 people

  11. Alejaespana Apr 13th at 7:11 pm

    Great, Thank you for adding these features & the video instructions

    Liked by 4 people

  12. pghjoseph Apr 13th at 8:09 pm

    How exciting is that!?

    Liked by 3 people

  13. Vashti Quiroz-Vega Apr 13th at 9:40 pm

    Thanks for sharing this great news! 😀 Tweeting!

    Liked by 4 people

  14. fairforyoublog Apr 13th at 10:29 pm

    This is really good 🙂

    Liked by 2 people

  15. Warung Biker Apr 14th at 1:20 am

    Great, now easy for sharing with friends

    Liked by 2 people

  16. tuanbaole90 Apr 14th at 2:29 am

    This is so awesome. Thank you for this post.

    Liked by 3 people

  17. heraldingking Apr 14th at 3:03 am

    Well timed. Thanks much.

    Liked by 3 people

  18. Adriana Apr 14th at 4:11 am

    Thanks for adding those buttons!

    Liked by 3 people

  19. Marita Edwin Apr 14th at 5:43 am

    I love the telegram button. .. .. . I prefer telegram to whatsapp.

    Liked by 2 people

  20. Kyzrael Apr 14th at 9:05 am

    This is an awesome update! Thank you!

    Liked by 2 people

  21. Chris E Frost (@ChrisEFrost) Apr 14th at 11:17 am

    Is this going to be made available for self-hosted WordPress sites?

    Liked by 3 people

    • Enej Bajgorić Apr 15th at 7:10 pm

      Yes, the Skype button is already in Jetpack. The plan for WhatsApp and Telegram share buttons to add it Jetpack in version 4.1.

      Liked by 3 people

  22. poksmahn Apr 14th at 12:40 pm

    This is fabulous! Good work guys.

    Liked by 4 people

  23. culturetastic Apr 14th at 10:39 pm

    This is really useful!

    Liked by 3 people

  24. goodmebadmeblogcom Apr 15th at 9:56 am

    Wow great… Thanks for adding new features ❗️

    Liked by 4 people

  25. naturalheightsblog Apr 15th at 11:38 am

    I love this, I use whatsapp all the time.

    Liked by 4 people

  26. solid ice8 Apr 15th at 4:55 pm

    Eager to test how it looks on WhatsApp

    Liked by 3 people

  27. whimsicalwanderingsofluvroses99 Apr 17th at 6:16 pm

    How do I share with Twitter?

    Liked by 3 people

  28. nathanandmay Apr 18th at 4:47 am

    Excellent. Delighted I can now send my posts directly to whatsapp.

    Liked by 3 people

  29. Salil Lawande Apr 20th at 8:08 am

    I don’t see it in my settings. Only the usual – FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Tumblr and Path.

    Liked by 2 people

    • Ben Huberman Apr 21st at 7:37 pm

      If you go to My Sites > Sharing, you’ll see a “Sharing Buttons” tab near the top of the page. Click on it, and you’ll see the option of adding more sharing buttons, including the new ones we recently announced.

      Liked by 1 person

  30. Timwrites - TimX Apr 20th at 10:12 am

    Awesome… I have waited for these buttons for so long.

    Liked by 3 people

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