I’d like to add a twitter handle to the social share feature on x theme. Does anyone know how to do this?
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Hello @PunchBugIndy,
Thanks for writing in!
I am bit confused. You can enable social media profile links from X > Launch > Options > Social. On the other hand Cornerstone has social sharing element that can be used. While the former comes with option to activate Twitter profile with latter you get the ability to share on Twitter.
If that doesn’t answer your question, would you mind elaborating?
Thanks.
Thanks. I am using this code to add social sharing buttons to the bottom of each post:
function x_add_social_sharing ( $content ) {
if ( is_singular(‘post’) ) {
echo do_shortcode(’[share title=“Share this Post” facebook=“true” twitter=“true” google_plus=“true” linkedin=“true” pinterest=“true” reddit=“true” email=“true”]’);
}
}
add_action(‘x_before_the_content_end’, ‘x_add_social_sharing’);
I want to include my twitter handle ‘@PunchBugMkt’ when someone clicks to share the article to twitter.
Hi There,
Please add the following code under functions.php file locates in your child theme:
function x_shortcode_share_v2( $atts ) {
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
'id' => '',
'class' => '',
'style' => '',
'title' => '',
'share_title' => '',
'facebook' => '',
'twitter' => '',
'google_plus' => '',
'linkedin' => '',
'pinterest' => '',
'reddit' => '',
'email' => '',
'email_subject' => ''
), $atts, 'x_share' ) );
$share_url = urlencode( get_permalink() );
if ( is_singular() ) {
$share_url = urlencode( get_permalink() );
} else {
global $wp;
$share_url = urlencode( home_url( ($wp->request) ? $wp->request : '' ) );
}
if ( is_singular() ) {
$share_title = ( $share_title != '' ) ? esc_attr( $share_title ) : urlencode( get_the_title() );
} else {
$share_title = ( $share_title != '' ) ? esc_attr( $share_title ) : urlencode( apply_filters( 'the_title', get_page( get_option( 'page_for_posts' ) )->post_title) );
}
$share_source = urlencode( get_bloginfo( 'name' ) );
$share_image_info = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id(), 'full' );
$share_image = ( function_exists( 'x_get_featured_image_with_fallback_url' ) ) ? urlencode( x_get_featured_image_with_fallback_url() ) : urlencode( $share_image_info[0] );
if ( $linkedin == 'true' ) {
$share_content = urlencode( cs_get_excerpt_for_social() );
}
$tooltip_attr = cs_generate_data_attributes_extra( 'tooltip', 'hover', 'bottom' );
$id = ( $id != '' ) ? 'id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';
$class = ( $class != '' ) ? 'x-entry-share ' . esc_attr( $class ) : 'x-entry-share';
$style = ( $style != '' ) ? 'style="' . $style . '"' : '';
$title = ( $title != '' ) ? $title : csi18n('shortcodes.share-title');
$facebook = ( $facebook == 'true' ) ? "<a href=\"#share\" {$tooltip_attr} class=\"x-share\" title=\"" . csi18n('shortcodes.share-facebook') . "\" onclick=\"window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u={$share_url}&t={$share_title}', 'popupFacebook', 'width=650, height=270, resizable=0, toolbar=0, menubar=0, status=0, location=0, scrollbars=0'); return false;\"><i class=\"x-icon-facebook-square\" data-x-icon=\"\"></i></a>" : '';
$twitter = ( $twitter == 'true' ) ? "<a href=\"#share\" {$tooltip_attr} class=\"x-share\" title=\"" . csi18n('shortcodes.share-twitter') . "\" onclick=\"window.open('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text={$share_title}&via=PunchBugMkt&url={$share_url}', 'popupTwitter', 'width=500, height=370, resizable=0, toolbar=0, menubar=0, status=0, location=0, scrollbars=0'); return false;\"><i class=\"x-icon-twitter-square\" data-x-icon=\"\"></i></a>" : '';
$google_plus = ( $google_plus == 'true' ) ? "<a href=\"#share\" {$tooltip_attr} class=\"x-share\" title=\"" . csi18n('shortcodes.share-google-plus') . "\" onclick=\"window.open('https://plus.google.com/share?url={$share_url}', 'popupGooglePlus', 'width=650, height=226, resizable=0, toolbar=0, menubar=0, status=0, location=0, scrollbars=0'); return false;\"><i class=\"x-icon-google-plus-square\" data-x-icon=\"\"></i></a>" : '';
$linkedin = ( $linkedin == 'true' ) ? "<a href=\"#share\" {$tooltip_attr} class=\"x-share\" title=\"" . csi18n('shortcodes.share-linkedin') . "\" onclick=\"window.open('http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url={$share_url}&title={$share_title}&summary={$share_content}&source={$share_source}', 'popupLinkedIn', 'width=610, height=480, resizable=0, toolbar=0, menubar=0, status=0, location=0, scrollbars=0'); return false;\"><i class=\"x-icon-linkedin-square\" data-x-icon=\"\"></i></a>" : '';
$pinterest = ( $pinterest == 'true' ) ? "<a href=\"#share\" {$tooltip_attr} class=\"x-share\" title=\"" . csi18n('shortcodes.share-pinterest') . "\" onclick=\"window.open('http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url={$share_url}&media={$share_image}&description={$share_title}', 'popupPinterest', 'width=750, height=265, resizable=0, toolbar=0, menubar=0, status=0, location=0, scrollbars=0'); return false;\"><i class=\"x-icon-pinterest-square\" data-x-icon=\"\"></i></a>" : '';
$reddit = ( $reddit == 'true' ) ? "<a href=\"#share\" {$tooltip_attr} class=\"x-share\" title=\"" . csi18n('shortcodes.share-reddit') . "\" onclick=\"window.open('http://www.reddit.com/submit?url={$share_url}', 'popupReddit', 'width=875, height=450, resizable=0, toolbar=0, menubar=0, status=0, location=0, scrollbars=0'); return false;\"><i class=\"x-icon-reddit-square\" data-x-icon=\"\"></i></a>" : '';
$email_subject = ( $email_subject != '' ) ? esc_attr( $email_subject ) : csi18n('shortcodes.share-email-subject');
$mail_to = esc_url( "mailto:?subject=" . get_the_title() . "&body=" . $email_subject . " " . get_permalink() . "" );
$email = ( $email == 'true' ) ? "<a href=\"{$mail_to}\" {$tooltip_attr} class=\"x-share email\" title=\"" . csi18n('shortcodes.share-email') . "\"><span><i class=\"x-icon-envelope-square\" data-x-icon=\"\"></i></span></a>" : '';
$output = "<div {$id} class=\"{$class}\" {$style}>"
. '<p>' . $title . '</p>'
. '<div class="x-share-options">'
. $facebook . $twitter . $google_plus . $linkedin . $pinterest . $reddit . $email
. '</div>'
. '</div>';
return $output;
}
add_action('wp_head', 'override_x_share');
function override_x_share() {
remove_shortcode( 'x_share' );
add_shortcode( 'x_share', 'x_shortcode_share_v2' );
}
March 2021 Update: The above code example has been adjusted to account for a change to a function name.
This code did not add anything to the posts.
Hello There,
You will also update your code:
function x_add_social_sharing ( $content ) {
if ( is_singular('post') ) {
echo do_shortcode('[x_share title="Share this Post" facebook="true" twitter="true" google_plus="true" linkedin="true" pinterest="true" reddit="true" email="true"]');
}
}
add_action('x_before_the_content_end', 'x_add_social_sharing');
Hope this helps. Please let us know how it goes.
When I added the second code you sent it crashed my site.
Hi there,
I have tried the code @RueNel provided and it worked fine. Perhaps you have added the code incorrectly.
Kindly try to add the code at the bottom of the functions.php file and that check that there won’t be missing or broken codes that would cause the error.
In case you are not able to get it sorted, please provide us with your admin and FTP details in a Secure Note.
Thank you.