How to add social share buttons

23 July 2024 | Cate

We all know how important social media sites have become to the ecommerce industry. We’re constantly told to set up a Facebook page or update our TikTok feed regularly but what about your actual website? How can you get people who may not of heard of you to come to your online shop? One solution is social share buttons.

The Like/Share Button

Most social media sites offer a share or like button you can use. This is a button that's placed on your website so visitors can share a particular page or product they like with their friends on Facebook, Twitter and etc. This adds a post to their profile with a short description, an image and a link of the product or page from your site. These are then shown on their friends' timelines, which allows your products and pages to reach a wider audience.

Please note: these buttons are not used to direct website visitors to your social media profiles.

Product Pages

To add social share buttons to your product pages just follow the steps below:

In the admin panel, go to Settings > Settings > Product tab
Scroll down to the Social Media Buttons section
Tick the social buttons you wish to display
Tick the Display Social Button Count Totals option if you want the count totals of each share to show next to the buttons. Please note: not all social platforms offer the count totals, so this won't show for all buttons, if switched on.

Blog Pages

To add social share buttons to your blog posts just follow the steps below:

In the admin panel, go to Settings > Settings > Blog tab
Scroll down to the Social Media Buttons section
Select which social buttons you want to feature on each post. Please note: the Facebook share button will only display a 'share' link on blog posts, not the main button. This is limitation with the button Facebook provides, but it does still function the same.
Tick the Display Social Button Count Totals option if you want the count totals of each share to show next to the buttons. Please note: not all social platforms offer the count totals, so this won't show for all buttons, if switched on.
Tick the Display on Category Pages option if you want the buttons to appear underneath each post in the blog category pages.

And that's it!. If you wish to use share buttons that you have more control over, including offering more social platforms and design, you can easily add social share buttons from ShareThis. Simply create a free account, choose the social platform buttons you wish to show, set how you'd like them to display and ShareThis will provide you with two pieces of code to add to your site.