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Share text, highlights, and images to a variety of social networks

Highlight and Share is developed and maintained by Ronald Huereca of DLX Plugins.

Click to Share Block in Highlight and Share

Let users share your text across social networks

Click to Share Block in Highlight and Share

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.

Pinterest and Web Share Options on an Image

Easily enable image sharing

Pinterest and Web Share Options on an Image

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

Highlight and Share Social Networks Split View

Enable the social networks you love

Highlight and Share Social Networks Split View

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.

Click to Share block with several social networks displaying

Use the Click to Share box to fine-tune sharing

Click to Share block with several social networks displaying

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 text in an inline highlight to emphasize shareable content.

Wrap important text with an inline highlight

Wrap text in an inline highlight to emphasize shareable content.

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.

Pinterest and Web Share Showing on Safari for Mac

Share your images with the world

Pinterest and Web Share Showing on Safari for Mac

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)
  • Facebook
  • Threads (allows text sharing)
  • WhatsApp (allows text sharing)
  • Mastodon (allows text sharing)
  • Bluesky (allows text sharing)
  • Reddit
  • Telegram (allows text sharing)
  • LinkedIn
  • Xing
  • 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.

Admin Setting Options for Social Networks in Plugin Highlight and Share.
Admin Setting Options for Social Networks in Plugin Highlight and Share.

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.

Available Theme Options for Highlight and Share
Reorder Social Networks, Choose a Theme, and Set Tooltip Options

You can also choose a custom theme and change the colors per icon.

A custom theme selected in the Highlight and Share settings screen, showing an array of color pickers and dimension components.
Choose a Custom Theme to Go Into the Weeds Per Social Network

Does the plugin work on mobile devices?

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

Holly Jahangiri

Does everything I’d hoped, plus some! And thanks to Ronald’s quick fix workaround, works with Elegant Themes Divi – perfectly! I love it.

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Holly from WordPress.org

jtbayly from WordPress.org

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.

Rating: 5 out of 5.

@jtbayly from WordPress.org

Muy completo y muy interesante. Lo estoy incluyendo en varios proyectos. Lo recomiendo.

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Alejandro Navarro from WordPress.org

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!

Rating: 5 out of 5.

@trehehaeuser from WordPress.org

Please check out our comprehensive documentation for a full list of features and customizations.
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