Skip to content

GRATIS

Get Started
Documentation

Gratis Social

Overview

Gratis Social adds social share buttons for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Email. It uses each network’s public share URL only — no tracking pixels and no third-party JavaScript SDK — and can append buttons to your content automatically, float them in a sidebar, or place them manually with a shortcode.

Opening the settings screen

  1. In the admin sidebar, hover Settings and click Gratis Social (URL: /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=gratis-social-settings).
  2. Choose your options, then click Save Changes.
Gratis Social admin screen
Gratis Social admin screen

Networks and placement

  • Networks — tick which share buttons appear: Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Email. They display in that order.
  • Display — how buttons are shown: Inline (after post content), Floating sidebar, Inline + floating sidebar, or Shortcode only (no automatic output).
  • Show on post types — which public post types get buttons added automatically (default Posts).

Appearance

  • Icon style — Solid filled icons or Outline icons.
  • Size — button size: Small, Medium or Large.
  • Colour — Brand colours (each network’s own colour) or Monochrome (accent) (one colour for every button).
  • Accent colour — the hex colour used for hover in brand mode, or as the icon colour in monochrome mode (default #1f6feb).
  • Label — optionally show a short label before the buttons, and set its text (default Share).

Share counts

  • Share counts — display a count next to each button. Counts are supplied through the gratis_social_share_count filter (no third-party JavaScript) and cached for one hour, so leave this off unless you provide a count source.

Shortcode

  • Manual placement — outputs the buttons anywhere. Optional attributes: url and title (default to the current post), networks (comma list, e.g. facebook,x), label, and counts="1" to force counts on. Example: .

Recommended starting point

  • Pick 3–4 Networks your audience actually uses and set Display to Inline.
  • Choose Brand colours at Medium size for a familiar, balanced look.
  • Leave Share counts off unless you have wired up a count source through the filter.
On this page