Social Icons Widget

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Emily Axel

The Social Icons Widget feature of Jetpack has been deprecated, and social icons are now part of WordPress core. Please see the WordPress documentation for the Social Icons block for more information.

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Sharing Buttons

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Jen H.

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.)

  • Email*
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Mastodon
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter/X
  • WhatsApp
  • Bluesky
  • Pinterest
  • Pocket
  • Print
  • Reddit
  • Telegram
  • Nextdoor
  • Threads
  • Skype

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

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Please contact support. We’re happy to advise.

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.
Data Used
Site Owners / Users

If you add your Twitter/X username to the Sharing settings, it will be published with the post sharing your content. The post title and permalink will also be shared with any of the services. Additional activity tracking: IP address, WordPress.com user ID, WordPress.com username, WordPress.com-connected site ID and URL, Jetpack version, user agent, visiting URL, referring URL, timestamp of event, browser language, country code.

 Site Visitors

When official sharing buttons are active on the site, each button loads content directly from its service in order to display the button as well as information and tools for the sharing party. As a result, each service can in turn collect information about the sharing party. When a non-official Pinterest sharing button is active on the site, information such as the sharing party’s IP address as well as the page URL will be made available to Pinterest, so sharing counts can be displayed next to the button. In addition, Pinterest may add cookies to the page.

Additionally, if reCAPTCHA (by Google) is enabled by the site owner, the sharing party’s IP address will be shared with that service. You can find Google’s privacy policy here.
Activity Tracked
Site Owners / Users

We track when, and by which user, the feature is activated and deactivated. We track when, and which, configuration settings are modified (and by which user).

 Site Visitors

None.
Data Synced (Read More)
Site Owners / Users

We sync options that identify whether or not the feature is activated and how its available settings are configured.

 Site Visitors

None.

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Post to LinkedIn with Jetpack Social

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Kyle Smith

Share your blog posts to your LinkedIn profile automatically using Jetpack Social. Sharing your content to LinkedIn helps you expand your professional network and enhance your visibility in your industry.

Automatically share posts to LinkedIn

To automatically share your posts to LinkedIn, please follow these steps:

  1. Connect your site to LinkedIn.
  2. Create a new post on your site.
  3. On the post page, in the upper right corner click the Jetpack icon (or the social icon if you use the Jetpack Social plugin).
  4. In the Share this post section, toggle on the option Share when publishing.
  5. Click the LinkedIn icon to select your connected LinkedIn account.
  6. Publish your post.

Make the LinkedIn connection available to all site users

You can make the connection available to all users of the website. This means that when another user creates a post on your site, it will also be auto-shared to this LinkedIn account. Depending on the plugin used, Jetpack or Jetpack Social, you can do this by following these steps.

Enable the LinkedIn connection to all users when using Jetpack plugin:

  1. Log in to your site’s WP Admin.
  2. Navigate to Jetpack → Settings → Sharing.
  3. Use the drop-down arrow from the right sidebar near the connection you want to share.
  4. Check the Mark the connection as shared option.

Enable the LinkedIn connection to all users when using the Jetpack Social plugin:

  1. Log in to your site’s WP Admin.
  2. Navigate to Jetpack → Social.
  3. Use the drop-down arrow from the right sidebar near the connection you want to share.
  4. Check the Mark the connection as shared option.

Troubleshoot your LinkedIn connections

The auto-share feature of Jetpack Social relies on a working Jetpack connection. If your posts are not automatically sharing, first check the Jetpack connection. For further assistance, visit our Troubleshooting page. If the issue persists, feel free to contact us.

LinkedIn Connection Expiration

Jetpack Social uses refresh tokens to keep your LinkedIn connection active. Once connected, your LinkedIn account will remain active for up to 12 months without needing to reconnect, as long as you continue using the editor or wp-admin during that time.

When the refresh token approaches expiration, Jetpack Social will display a notice asking you to reconnect your LinkedIn account. Reconnecting will renew the token and extend the connection for another year.

If your LinkedIn posts stop auto-sharing, it may be due to an expired connection. Reconnecting your LinkedIn account will restore sharing functionality.

LinkedIn Company Pages

There is a known issue with the LinkedIn API, where permissions are cached for 5 minutes. As a result, if you attempt to connect LinkedIn company pages and do not see them after authenticating with LinkedIn, you should try connecting them again after 5 minutes.

Previously scheduled posts not sharing after LinkedIn reconnection

In certain situations, when LinkedIn is reconnected, previously scheduled posts may not be shared as anticipated. We are working on improving this issue.

Temporary workaround: In the interim, we suggest you implement the following steps to mitigate this issue:

  1. Switch the status of the affected scheduled post to Draft.
  2. Remove the existing LinkedIn connection.
  3. Re-establish the LinkedIn connection.
  4. Change the status of the post from Draft to Scheduled.

By following these steps, you can ensure that your posts are shared on LinkedIn as planned.

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Please contact support. We’re happy to advise.

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Get Started with Jetpack Social

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Kyle Smith

Jetpack Social helps you automatically share your WordPress posts to multiple social media platforms, keeping your audience engaged no matter where they follow you.

How to use Jetpack Social

You can activate Jetpack Social from within Jetpack or install it as a standalone plugin. Once it’s active, you can connect social accounts and start automatically sharing your new posts to Facebook, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Mastodon, Nextdoor, and Bluesky.

Jetpack Social features by plan

With Jetpack Social, you can share your posts to popular social media platforms — with no limits on how many times you share. Whether you’re publishing something new or resurfacing older content, you’ll stay visible and active where your audience is.

The Free plan includes powerful features like automatic sharing, post previews, and re-sharing old content. To unlock more advanced customization, like uploading a custom image or video, or using the Social Image Generator to create branded visuals, you can upgrade to one of our paid plans: Jetpack Social, Jetpack Growth, or Jetpack Complete.

The table below compares the features included in the Free and Paid plans. Each feature includes a short description to help you understand what it does.

FeatureFreePaid
Auto-sharing new posts
Automatically share a new blog post to your connected social media accounts when it’s published.		✅ ✅
Re-sharing old posts
Share older content again to re-engage your audience.		✅✅
Post previews before sharing
See how your post will look on each platform before it’s shared.		✅✅
Schedule previously published posts
Pick a future date and time to re-share a published post.		✅✅
Share Social Notes (requires the Jetpack Social plugin)
Share short-form updates or announcements directly to your social platforms.		✅✅
Add a custom image or video
Upload a new image or video that will appear in your shared post instead of the featured image. Learn more.		❌ ✅
Use Social Image Generator
Create branded visuals for the social posts. Learn more.		❌✅
What is included in Jetpack Social Free and Paid plans


All plans include support for up to 15 connected social media accounts per user, and up to 30 per site. Jetpack Social features are available to Admins, Editors, and Authors. Contributors cannot use the auto-share feature.

Looking for more help with Jetpack Social? Use the links below to find detailed guides for setup, customization, and posting to individual platforms.

Getting Started & SetupCustomization & SharingPlatform Guides
Connect social networks Add a custom image or videoPost to Bluesky
Auto-sharing postsSocial Image GeneratorPost to Facebook
Manual Sharing PostsSharing Social NotesPost to Instagram
Troubleshoot Jetpack SocialCustomizing Jetpack Social Post to LinkedIn
Post to Mastodon
Post to Nextdoor
Post to Threads
Post to Tumblr

Still need help?

Please contact support. We’re happy to advise.

Privacy Information

Jetpack Social is deactivated by default. It can be activated at any time. To activate it:

  1. Go to Jetpack → Settings in your WP Admin.
  2. Click the Sharing tab.
  3. Toggle the Automatically share your posts to social networks setting in the Jetpack Social connections section.
Data Used

Site Owners / Users

In order to process cross-service sharing of new blog content, the following information is utilized by the Jetpack codebase: WordPress site URL, site owner’s local user ID, WordPress.com-connected site ID, two automatically-generated WordPress.com secret access tokens (and the expiration timestamp of those tokens), and the post data that is to be shared (ID, excerpt, content, permalink, etc.). Service-specific access tokens (only for connected services) are also used.Additionally, for activity tracking (detailed below): IP address, WordPress.com user ID, WordPress.com username, WordPress.com-connected site ID and URL, Jetpack version, user agent, visiting URL, referring URL, timestamp of event, browser language, country code.

Site Visitors

None.
Activity Tracked
Site Owners / Users

We track when, and by which user, the feature is activated and deactivated. We track when, and which, configuration settings are modified (and by which user). Additionally, we track a usage event when a site owner adds a new service connection.

 Site Visitors

None.
Data Synced (Read More)
Site Owners / Users

We sync options that identify whether or not the feature is activated and how its available settings are configured, including the necessary connection data for specific services.

 Site Visitors

None.
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