The Social Share theme component allows administrators to add custom social media providers to the post share button, complementing Discourse’s built-in sharing options which are limited to platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Email. awesomerobot clarifies that this component does not replace the native share function but extends it by allowing any custom link to be added. The original post lists numerous supported providers, including international services like Weibo, VK, and Mastodon, as well as newer platforms like Threads and Bluesky.
Users have discussed various configuration issues and customizations. cogdog and dax provided examples for adding LinkedIn and Instagram, while dax and Kuro22 explored WeChat deep linking, noting that WeChat no longer officially supports such deep links, causing functionality issues. Decorbuz reported that the component stopped working on private sites, which dax confirmed is intentional behavior to prevent sharing on private forums. Brandon007 highlighted a UI issue where the mini-toolbar for sharing quoted text becomes cluttered with too many custom icons. Danny_Dainton sought a way to share highlighted text alongside links, noting that some platforms support a text parameter but the component currently passes the URL instead. elmuerte submitted a pull request to allow configurable popup sizes for sharing widgets, which was merged by awesomerobot. Additionally, users noted that services like AddThis and Flattr have shut down ToddZ, and suggested adding support for new networks like W Social patrickemin.
Premise: I do not use, nor have I ever used Instagram but, I do not believe that Instagram have a share button at all, for sure there is a “follow” button that you can add if you want it.
Something like this should work (maybe)
instagram,instagram,follow me on instagram,https://www.instagram.com/your-instagram-username/?ref=
Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work. On clicking the sharing button, WeChat was called up but with no more reaction.
I searched “wechat url scheme” on Chinese Internet, the results indicate that WeChat doesn’t support this kind of deep link any more since 2 or 3 years ago.
I think the changes that were made to the share dialog a couple months back might’ve broken this Customization > Theme component. It doesn’t appear to be working.
The component still works, but only on public sites. Some time ago we disabled the ability to share posts and topics on social providers when the sites are private.
This is fantastic, thanks so much! It’s a great addition and I love the customization we’re able to add.
I did notice an issue or perhaps a misconfiguration on my part. When highlighting text to share as a quote, the mini tool bar wants to list every custom share icon I added and it won’t fit. I tried to scroll and arrow over, but it’s just cut off. Not a show stopper, but maybe of interest to the devs.
I am now liking a new service for providing share links, ShareOpenly https://shareopenly.org/ because it not only provides a means to share links to Mastodon, but also Threads, Blusky, and more.
I have modified by settings in Social Share to use
This component only works on public sites.
Manipulating settings related to crawler user agents could potentially interfere with the proper functioning of the component.
On clicking the sharing button, WeChat was called up but with no more reaction.
