Use the Sharing Buttons block to give your readers the ability to easily share your content to Facebook, Tumblr, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and a range of other services to help spread your message across the web.
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To add the Sharing Buttons block, click the + Block Inserter icon and search for “sharing buttons”. Click to add the block to any template, post, or page.
For more information, visit our detailed instructions on adding blocks.
After adding the Sharing Buttons block, click the + block inserter that appears inside the block to choose your first button:
A list of buttons will appear. Click on the button you wish to add, then repeat the process for each social sharing service you wish to display a button for.
You can add buttons for the following supported services:
- Mastodon
- Telegram
- Tumblr
- X/Twitter
- Nextdoor
- Bluesky
When you click on the Sharing Buttons block, a toolbar of options will appear above or below it:
The Sharing Buttons block has the following options in its toolbar:
- Change block type.
- Drag the block.
- Move the block up or down.
- Align the Sharing Buttons block to the left, right, or center.
- Justify the buttons to the left, right, or center, or create equal space between each button.
- Adjust the button size with options for small, normal, large, or huge.
- More options.
When you select a block, you will find additional block settings in the right sidebar. If you do not see the sidebar, you may need to click the Settings icon in the top-right corner to bring up the settings. This icon looks like a square with two uneven columns:
The Sharing Buttons block includes the following settings:
- Justification: Justify all individual buttons in the block to the left, center, or right. You will also find the option to create equal space between each button.
- Orientation: If you have multiple sharing buttons in the block, this will display them horizontally (next to each other) or vertically (one underneath the other.)
- Allow to wrap to multiple lines: With this option enabled (recommended), multiple buttons will move to a new line if the browser window is too small to display each button on the same line.
You can choose from several different appearances of your social share buttons:
Icon & Text:
Icon Only:
Text Only:
The Sharing Buttons block also includes Advanced Settings.
In the block settings sidebar, click on the Styles icon to access the design settings for the block. The Styles icon is in the shape of a circle with half of the circle filled in:
The Sharing Buttons block includes the following style settings:
