Social Media icons Simple Variant - X Child Theme

[chinnailu]

Hello,
I am using X Child theme. What is the simple way to add the social media icons and sharing options like in below screenshot. I know that some plugins are there, but they are not simple like this. I am using child theme, is there a simple piece of code that I could use to get the same Sharing options of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and email ?

Here is the link of sample : am22tech.com/uscis-my-case-status-does-not-recognize-receipt-number/

[paul.r]

Hi @chinnailu,

Regretfully this isn’t a feature of the theme, you will need to install a third party plugin for this.

Please check link below

10 Best Social Media Plugins for WordPress (2020)

Thanks

[chinnailu]

Well, I have seen that plug in things…but was looking to see, if we could do something with short codes that X offers and if we can customize : http://demo.theme.co/integrity-1/shortcodes/entry-share/

[friech]

Hi Chinnailu,

We can only provide cosmetic custom CSS to the elements/shortcodes, but not to the extent of customizing it like adding WhatsApp.

Are you trying to add a social share buttons on all your posts? If so, you can follow the solution provided here.

If you need each icons to have a different color, you can add this to Theme Options > CSS

a i.x-icon-facebook-square {color: blue;}
a i.x-icon-twitter-square {color: cyan;}
a i.x-icon-google-plus-square {color: magenta;}
a i.x-icon-linkedin-square {color: navy;}
a i.x-icon-pinterest-square {color: tomato;}
a i.x-icon-reddit-square {color: orange;}

Feel free to change those color values.

Cheers!

[chinnailu]

Ah, we really want WhatsApp, that is a deal breaker for our site… Thanks for info. Wish there was an easier option to customize.

[lely]

Hi There,

You’re welcome. As of the moment you might need to use the plugin for WhatsApp icon. For the meantime, I have also added a feature request to add this icon on this element/shortcode.

[chinnailu]

Thank you ! would be good, if you have that feature out soon, WhatsApp is a really big one across the globe…
Also, what would be good is, if we can add that to the comment as well, so that users can share comments…Please add that to feature request.

[ruenel]

You are most welcome!
If you need anything else we can help you with, don’t hesitate to open another thread.