Share text, highlights, and images to a variety of social networks
Highlight and Share is developed and maintained by Ronald Huereca of DLX Plugins.
Let users share your text across social networks
With text selection, inline highlighting, and a Click to Share box, you can let the reader share your content on a growing list of social networks.
Show social networks on text selection, highlight, and with a Click to Share box.
Choose which social networks to display, and customize the appearance.
Use the Click to Share block or shortcode to emphasize text or a quote.
Easily enable image sharing
Share your images on hover with Pinterest and Web Share, allowing users to share using their native mobile devices and apps.
Choose to show the sharing icons on hover or have them always visible.
Customize the colors, location, and general appearance of the available networks.
Choose which post types to enable image sharing for, and set up exclusions.
Highlight and Share Works With You
Enable the social networks you love
Highlight and Share comes with several social networks that you can enable.
Enable or disable as many social networks as you desire.
The social networks display on text selection, inline highlight, and on the Click to Share box.
Use the Click to Share box to fine-tune sharing
You can use the Click to Share block and shortcode to wrap content in a shareable container.
A comprehensive block and shortcode are available to showcase your content.
Each Click to Share box can be heavily customized via block and shortcode options.
Wrap important text with an inline highlight
Highlight important and shareable text with your readers for quick sharing.
Break large amounts of text into shareable chunks.
Customize the appearance of the highlights to match your site.
Share your images with the world
With Pinterest for social sharing, and the Web Share option for native device sharing, the possibilities are wide open.
Web Share allows your images to be copied, saved, and shared anywhere.
Pinterest integration allows your images to be shared across the social network.
The location, colors, and labels are all customizable.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which social networks are available?
- X (formerly Twitter) (allows text sharing)
- Threads (allows text sharing)
- WhatsApp (allows text sharing)
- Mastodon (allows text sharing)
- Bluesky (allows text sharing)
- Telegram (allows text sharing)
- Copy (allows text sharing)
- Email (allows text sharing)
- Pinterest (for image sharing only)
- Web Share API (allows text sharing)
The main admin settings of Highlight and Share allow you to configure each social network. Each has its own section, with an option to adjust its label, tooltip, and, in the case of X (formerly Twitter), a default handle.
Please refer to our documentation for a list of available social networks and what they share. For more configuration information, please check out our guide on enabling social networks.
How customizable is Highlight and Share?
Extremely.
You’re able to:
- Enable or disable your preferred social networks.
- Reorder the social networks.
- Choose from several built-in themes for the appearance, or choose Custom to change the colors and appearance per social network.
- Use a comprehensive block or shortcode to lay out shareable text with many customization options built in.
- Enable custom styles if you prefer to add your own styles for Highlight and Share.
Here’s a screengrab of the customization settings available under the Appearance tab in the admin settings.
You can also choose a custom theme and change the colors per icon.
Yes, across most mobile devices we’ve tested. You can also enable the Web Share option for native mobile sharing.
What browsers has the plugin been tested in?
The latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and IE9+. iOS and Android are also supported
Is Highlight and Share free? (spoiler, yes)
Yes, the plugin is free, as in beer. It is also freely open source, with its code hosted on a public GitHub.
I have my own question…?
Please contact us via our support form. Our comprehensive documentation may also answer your question.
Here are some glowing testimonials
Does everything I’d hoped, plus some! And thanks to Ronald’s quick fix workaround, works with Elegant Themes Divi – perfectly! I love it.
Adds some convenient functionality that fits right in. If you miss some of what Medium provides on your WP site, this will add part of it.
Good experience with developer as well.
Muy completo y muy interesante. Lo estoy incluyendo en varios proyectos. Lo recomiendo.
The best plugin with the best support ever. I use it with OceanWP and it work perfect for my needs. Ronald is one of the best! Thank you so much!