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Share-this feature for Social Links Blocks
Appends current page URL onto WP Block Editor Social Icon links to create a share-this style feature. Be sure to set icon URLs to the “sharer” URL with the service. In this example the icon set has CSS ID share-this. Demo here https://codedcommerce.com/blog/
add_action( 'wp_print_footer_scripts', function() {
?>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Document Loaded Event
document.addEventListener( "DOMContentLoaded", function() {
// Get Social Links
var links = document.querySelectorAll(
'ul#share-this li.wp-social-link a'
);
// Loop Links
links.forEach( function( link ) {
// Email Links
if( link.href.indexOf( 'mailto' ) >= 0 ) {
link.href = link.href
+ '<?php echo urlencode( get_permalink() ); ?>';
}
// Facebook Links
else if( link.href.indexOf( 'facebook' ) >= 0 ) {
link.href = link.href
+ '?u=<?php echo urlencode( get_permalink() ); ?>';
}
// Other Links
else {
link.href = link.href
+ '?url=<?php echo urlencode( get_permalink() ); ?>';
}
} );
} );
</script>
<?php
} );Instructions for Share-this feature for Social Links Blocks
- Log into a staging or locally hosted clone of your site.
- Install and activate Code Snippets plugin.
- WP Admin > Snippets > Add New
- Copy and paste the code from the section above.
- Check to ensure formatting came over properly.
- Customize the code as desired.
- Add a meaningful title.
- Select whether to run on front-end or back-end (or both).
- Click “Save and Activate”.
- Test your site to ensure it works.
- Disable if any problems, or recover.
- Repeat for live environment.
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License
All code snippets are licensed GPLv2 (or later) matching WordPress licensing.
Except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the program as-is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
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