{"id":2885,"date":"2021-06-23T06:45:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T06:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/academy\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2023-04-24T08:45:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T08:45:54","slug":"share-buttons-widget-add-social-media-icons-on-wordpress-with-elementor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/academy\/share-buttons-widget-add-social-media-icons-on-wordpress-with-elementor\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Share Buttons Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2885\" class=\"elementor elementor-2885\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77143761 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77143761\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f0dcc4d\" data-id=\"4f0dcc4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-771c9e4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"771c9e4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=wJsULsvIRJ8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-341c5e34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"341c5e34\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2012e2bd\" data-id=\"2012e2bd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fcf882 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"2fcf882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5011\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5011\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Overview<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5012\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5012\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Transcript<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5011\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Overview<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5011\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5011\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p>Learn how to easily add share buttons on WordPress with Elementor&#8217;s Share Buttons widget. Elementor includes all the functions of Social Media plugins built-in.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5012\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Transcript<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5012\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5012\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>hi this is david from elementa and in<br \/>this tutorial i will show you how to add<br \/>share buttons on WordPress using<br \/>elementals new share buttons widget this<br \/>widget lets you add many customizations<br \/>and styles to your sharing buttons here<br \/>is the list of the share buttons<br \/>you can click on a button and choose one<br \/>of the social networks on the list and<br \/>you can also add a custom label<br \/>below that you have the option to add<br \/>more buttons and change the order of the<br \/>button next you have view which you can<br \/>change to show icon and text icon and<br \/>text you can hide the label and you can<br \/>display the sharing counter for now it&#8217;s<br \/>showing zero because the page has not<br \/>been shared yet next we have the skin<br \/>which lets you choose from five<br \/>different options gradient minimal<br \/>framed box icon or flat<br \/>below we have the shape option you can<br \/>choose square rounded full circle now<br \/>current by default are said to be Auto<br \/>which lays out the buttons inline you<br \/>can choose the number of columns that<br \/>will display the button can be one two<br \/>and so on on mobile this can look at it<br \/>a bit cramped this is why you can go to<br \/>the mobile option and set it to your<br \/>desired column layout you can choose one<br \/>two you can also set the alignment<br \/>notice that alignment works only when<br \/>Auto is set in the columns now by<br \/>default the button will share your<br \/>current page but you can also create a<br \/>custom link to be shared this allows<br \/>your visitors to share a different page<br \/>so for example if you&#8217;re creating a<br \/>landing page visitors will be able to<br \/>share the home page of the site instead<br \/>of the landing page now let&#8217;s go over to<br \/>the star tab now in these options you<br \/>can change the style of the share<br \/>buttons you can go to columns Gap and<br \/>set it to be more wider you can set the<br \/>Browse gap if it&#8217;s set on two<br \/>you can set the button size you can set<br \/>the icon size and the button height you<br \/>can also set your custom color by<br \/>clicking on custom color you can choose<br \/>this color and the secondary color and<br \/>you can go over to hover and do the same<br \/>next you can turn on the typography<br \/>and set the style for the text<br \/>I hope you enjoyed our video for more<br \/>videos and tutorials please subscribe to<br \/>our YouTube channel<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Transcript Overview Learn how to easily add share buttons on WordPress with Elementor\u2019s Share Buttons widget. 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