Lightshare is a lightweight social sharing plugin built with performance in mind. It provides essential social sharing functionality without the bloat commonly found in other sharing plugins.

• Lightweight and fast - minimal impact on page load times
• Support for major social networks
• Clean, modern design with multiple style options
• Share count display (where available)
• Customizable button placement
• Mobile-friendly and responsive
• No third-party scripts loaded by default
• Support for custom post types
• Shortcode support for manual placement

Lightshare is built with performance as a top priority:

• Minimal CSS/JS footprint
• SVG icons instead of icon fonts
• Internal click tracking for counts (no API calls)
• Assets are only enqueued when needed
• No third-party tracking scripts

You can manually place sharing buttons anywhere using the shortcode:

[lightshare]

With custom options:

[lightshare networks="facebook,twitter,linkedin" style="rounded"]

Lightshare includes a block for the block editor:

• Block name: "Lightshare Buttons"
• Allows selecting networks (comma-separated), label visibility, and label text
• Rendered server-side for accurate output

• Well-documented code following WordPress coding standards
• Extensible through filters and actions
• Clean, semantic HTML output
• Customizable through CSS classes

1. Upload the plugin files to /wp-content/plugins/lightshare directory, or install directly through WordPress
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Go to Settings > Lightshare to configure the plugin

Lightshare supports Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, WhatsApp, BlueSky, ChatGPT, Grok, Perplexity, Google AI, and Email sharing.

No, Lightshare is built with performance in mind. The total size of CSS and JavaScript is less than 30KB, and assets are only loaded when needed.

Share counts can be enabled in the plugin settings under the "Share Button" tab. Lightshare uses a lightweight internal click-tracking mechanism to ensure performance and privacy, so no external API keys are required.

Yes, Lightshare comes with multiple pre-built button styles and colors.

Yes, you can use the [lightshare] shortcode or block to display sharing buttons anywhere in your content.

Yes, you can enable sharing buttons for any public post type in the plugin settings.

• Initial release

This plugin is free software, released under the GPLv2 or later.

Lightshare does not collect personal data. When visitors click a share button, they are sent to the selected third-party sharing service (for example, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, WhatsApp, BlueSky, or the AI services listed above). No third-party scripts are loaded by the plugin itself.