July 15, 2024

Share This Image Plugin

Image sharing plugin for WordPress. Share exactly needed images with fully customizable content.

Share selected images with customizable content!

This plugin adds social sharing icons to each image in your site.

Share This Image is a simple and flexible image sharing plugin for WordPress. It gives you great flexibility to promote your content to the most popular social networks/messengers.

Plugin home page | Features List | Live DEMO

Main Features

Supports all most popular social networks/messengers: facebook, twitter, linkedin, pinterest, tumblr, WhatsApp, Telegram, Messenger, reddit, vkontakte, odnoclassniki.
Exact sharing – user will share exactly the same image that he wants.
Select what images to share. Share all images of your site or just from several pages. Or just single images that you want. All this is possible!
Customize content – fully customizable url, image, title and content that you want to share.
Short links – build-in feature to create the short attractive looking version of sharing URL.
Powerful Admin Panel – all settings in one page.
Build-in shortcode for easier work.
Fast – Nothing extra. Just what you need for proper work.
Not only images – apply it not only for images but for any block of content with specified data-media attributes.
Google Analytics support.
Supports all major desktop browsers (IE8, IE9, IE10, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera) and mobile browsers.

Premium Features

Premium Version

New sharing buttons – download image button, link button, embed code, email sharing and Houzz sharing.
Advanced content customization and content variables support. Set sources for sharing content and change their priority.
Fully customize shared title, description, image and url.
Individual buttons content – customize what content to share individually for each sharing button.
Set of styling options – predefined icons styles, horizontal or vertical view, offsets by x and y planes.
Individual buttons styles – set a unique style for each of your sharing buttons.
Buttons positions – choose one of sharing buttons positions: on image, on image (hover), before image, after image.
Additional sharing buttons display rules – show or not sharing buttons based on current page and user conditions.
New option in admin page to exclude all images from desired pages from sharing.
Auto-scroll your visitors to the exact location of the image they came to see.
Priority support.

Plugin Links

Home Page
Features List
Pricing
Docs
FAQ

Installation

Upload share-this-image to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Screenshots

Plugin settings page
Feature to share selected image
Content customization
Filtering feature
Sharing buttons positions
Sharing buttons styles
Sharing content customization
Individual buttons content

FAQ

What Share This Image plugin do?

Share This Image ( STI ) is an image sharing plugin for WordPress. The main difference between this plugin and many other social sharing plugins is that STI specializes in image sharing and shares exactly selected images with fully customizable content like title, description and URL.
Here is a list of some main plugin features:

Exact image sharing.
Fully customizable url, image, title and description that you want to share.
Supports all most popular social networks/messengers.
Choose what images on what pages to share.
and many more…

Please visit features page for a full list of available features.

What are the requirements to use Share This Image?

Share This Image is a plugin for self-hosted WordPress sites, or wordpress.com hosted sites that allow installation of third party plugins.
Share This Image requires the following at minimum to work properly:

WordPress 4.0 or greater
WooCommerce 3.0.0 or greater
PHP 5.5 or greater
MySQL 5.6 or MariaDB 10.0 or greater
Apache or Nginx server (recommended, but other options may work as well)

Is it work with my theme/plugin?

Plugin will work with most of the available WordPress themes. And it also was tested with the most popular WordPress plugins. If yo still faced any problems using the plugin please plugin contact support.

What is the steps to make this plugin works on my site?

In order to start showing plugin sharing buttons you need to take the following steps:
1. Install and activate the Share This Image plugin. More.
2. Check the plugin settings page. More.
3. Check display rules. With these special options it is possible to choose what images on what pages must be available for sharing. More.
4. Set sharing button. Enable/disable sharing buttons that must be visible on your site. More.
5. Finish! From now sharing buttons must work on selected pages ( based on current display rules ).

Can I enable image sharing only for certain pages or images?

Yes. With the Display rules option it became very simple to show/hide sharing button based image, page or user conditions.

What about mobile devices support?

Sharing buttons works great on both desktop and mobile devices. Optionally you can disable mobile sharing by opening the plugin settings page and turning off Enable on mobile? option.
By default on mobile instead of a sharing button block you will see one sharing icon that will show a sharing button when clicking on it. But this behaviour can be changed.

Can I change the styles for sharing buttons?

Yes. With the PRO plugin settings you can choose from several pre-defined sharing buttons styles or change styling for each button individually. Learn more.

How can I customize what url, image, title and description to share?

When sharing new image for title and description plugin first of all looks in ‘data-title’ and ‘data-summary’ attributes of image.

So you can set your fully customizable content by adding this attributes. It’s can look like that:

<img src="images/youre-cool-image.jpg" data-title="Title for image" data-summary="Description for image">

If image doesn’t have data attributes then plugin will use title attribute for title and attr attribute for summary.

<img src="images/youre-cool-image.jpg" title="Title for image" attr="Description for image">

If image doesn’t have data, title and attr attributes then will be used default title and description that you set in the plugin settings page.

Also it is possible to set shared image that can be different from image in the ‘img’ tag.

It’s can be done with help of ‘data-media’ attribute:

<img src="youre-image-to-display-on-page.jpg" data-media="youre-image-to-share.jpg">

Also you can change shared link.

By default plugin will share link to the page where your shared image in situated. But you can simply change this behavior.

Just add ‘data-url’ attribute with link that you want to be shared.

img src="images/youre-cool-image.jpg" data-url="http://your-link.com">

With the PRO plugin version you have the more advanced features in content customization. You can set priority for content sources, use special text variables and even customize sharing content individually for each sharing button.

How to use plugins build-in shortcode?

Most common there is no need to use shortcode. Plugin will automatically work with all images that you have on your site.

But with shorcode it is very simple to share desired image with custom title and description.

All you need to do is add this shortcode inside your page or post content section

[sti_image image="http://your-image-to-display.jpg" shared_image="http://your-image-to-share.jpg" shared_title="Your-title" shared_desc="Your-Description"]

It is very simple and don’t need additional explanation.

Is it works only with ‘img’ tag?

No.

Plugin give ability to run it not only for images, but for any blocks of content.

Only one condition – this block must have data-media attribute with link to shared image.

For example – we have block with custom content inside. This block has class shared-box. So it is very easy to add sharing content for it.

<div class="shared-box" data-media="images/youre-cool-image.jpg" data-title="Title for image" data-summary="Description for image"> Youre custom content ( text, html or any other ) </div>

Don’t forget, that class name of block must be specified in plugin selector option. For example, if we want to share all images and this block then selector will be img, .shared-box.

That’s all! After this if any of your visitors hover on block with class name shared-box he will see appeared share box with social buttons.

I install this plugin on my local server and have issues with sharing images. What’s wrong?

In order to share images and all other data social networks must scrap data from you website page. So if your website is not publicly available data will not be scraped.

Sharing buttons not visible for my gallery/grid? What to do?

Problem with the plugin like image galleries or grids is that they load its content dynamically and use JavaScript code for this. The Share This Image plugin works great with many of such types of plugins but sometimes the issues can still appear. In this case please try following steps:

Open the plugin settings page and check Buttons position option. If it is set to On image ( always show ) then change it to On image ( show on mouse enter ).
This steps requires some coding skills. The trick is to recall sharing buttons display method after the gallery/grid images are fully loaded.
Than just use following JavaScript code:
$(“img”).sti();

The trick here is to call that method only after the gallery/grid images are loaded. Usually such plugins have some JS triggers that are activated after the full load. So you need to know it and then the final code will looks like that:

$(document).on("custom-event-name", function(){ window.clearTimeout(timeoutID); timeoutID = window.setTimeout( function() { $("img").sti(); }, 1000 ); });

Changelog

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2.00 ( 15.07.2024 )

Update – Freemius sdk

1.99 ( 20.05.2024 )

Update – Compare host names before redirecting user via sharing link

1.98 ( 06.05.2024 )

Update – Freemius sdk

1.97 ( 22.04.2024 )

Update – Freemius sdk

1.96 ( 29.03.2024 )

Fix – Bug with short links feature

1.95 ( 16.03.2024 )

Fix – With with redirects when sharing custom page url

1.94 ( 04.03.2024 )

Add – Viber sharing button

1.93 ( 22.02.2024 )

Add – New plugin settings page layout

1.92 ( 22.01.2024 )

Update – Support for Envira Gallery plugin
Fix – Pinterest sharing

1.91 ( 08.01.2024 )

Update – Freemius sdk

1.90 ( 25.12.2023 )

Update – Integration with GA4
Dev – Add stiAnalytics js event

1.89 ( 04.12.2023 )

Add – Notices about plugin integrations
Update – Admin page styles
Update – Freemius sdk

1.88 ( 22.11.2023 )

Add – Notices about plugin integrations

1.87 ( 06.11.2023 )

Dev – Update function for display rules options
Update – Freemius sdk

1.86 ( 16.10.2023 )

Update – Support for Avada theme
Update – Support for Metaslider plugin
Dev – Add sti_generated_group_selector filter

1.85 ( 30.09.2023 )

Add – Support for OceanWP theme blocks
Update – Support for Avada theme
Update – Google Analytics 4 integration

1.84 ( 20.09.2023 )

Add – New plugin option to control z index style
Update – Freemius sdk

1.83 ( 04.09.2023 )

Add – Option to change Twitter icon to X
Add – Support for Spectra plugin image galleries block
Update – Support for Elementor image galleries
Fix – Admin options check after plugin initialization
Dev – Store buttons svg icons codes only in the php code

1.82 ( 21.08.2023 )

Add – Support for Elementor image gallery

1.81 ( 10.07.2023 )

Update – Freemius sdk
Fix – Bug with block editor search module

1.80 ( 26.06.2023 )

Add – Admin page error notices for incorrect display rules
Update – Freemius sdk

1.79 ( 12.06.2023 )

Update – Support for NextGEN Gallery plugin
Update – Admin page notices
Dev – Add sti_media js filter

1.78 ( 01.05.2023 )

Update – Freemius sdk

1.77 ( 17.04.2023 )

Update – Support for Avada theme
Update – Support for Flatsome theme
Update – Support for Porto theme
Fix – Styles for sharing buttons with active WP admin bar

1.76 ( 08.03.2023 )

Update – Freemius sdk
Fix – Conflict with SEOPress plugin

1.75 ( 09.02.2023 )

Update – Admin page text

1.74 ( 12.12.2022 )

Update – Freemius sdk

1.73 ( 31.10.2022 )

Dev – Add sti_default_selector filter
Dev – Add sti_generated_selectors filter

1.72 ( 23.08.2022 )

Update – Freemius sdk

1.71 ( 08.08.2022 )

Update – Minify assets

1.70 ( 06.06.2022 )

Fix – Several pages loading during page redirections

1.69 ( 30.05.2022 )

Fix – Bug with short links feature when using plain permalinks structure

1.68 ( 18.04.2022 )

Add – Support for WooThumbs for WooCommerce by Iconic plugin
Dev – Add sti_sharing_box_layout js filters

1.67 ( 07.03.2022 )

Update – Security fixes

1.66 ( 07.02.2022 )

Update – Styles for admin page welcome message
Fix – Bug with admin page scripts loader

1.65 ( 13.12.2021 )

Add – Support for Envira Gallery plugin

1.64 ( 09.11.2021 )

Add – Support for Simple Lightbox plugin

1.63 ( 25.10.2021 )

Update – Styles for sharing buttons

1.62 ( 29.09.2021 )

Add – Support for SimpLy Gallery Block & Lightbox plugin

1.61 ( 09.09.2021 )

Update – Odnoklassniki sharing link
Update – Pinterest sharing link
Update – Remove Digg and Delicious sharing buttons
Update – Admin settings fields
Fix – Error with not valid scripts loaded for new widgets block editor
Fix – Change styles for mobile sharing icon

1.60 ( 18.08.2021 )

Add – Sharing buttons display rules feature. Simple way to choose what images on what pages to share
Update – Admin page Get Started message
Update – PRO features description
Fix – Error during database creation that was caused by wrong COLLATION value

1.59 ( 02.08.2021 )

Add – Short link option. Adds feature to create and share short links. Very useful for sharing on Twitter, WhatsApp, etc.
Update – Sharing buttons styling
Fix – Sharing buttons shortcode. Share default image if no image specified

1.58 ( 19.07.2021 )

Fix – Gutenberg blocks display issue
Dev – Use new block_categories_all filter for blocks

1.57 ( 21.06.2021 )

Add – Support for Photo Gallery plugin
Dev – Add stiLoaded js event

1.56 ( 28.05.2021 )

Update – Tumblr sharing URL

1.55 ( 12.04.2021 )

Update – Twitter meta tags

1.54 ( 29.03.2021 )

Dev – Add sti_append_buttons_to js filter

1.53 ( 09.03.2021 )

Fix – Remove new special character from sharing content to prevent unexpected issues

1.52 ( 20.02.2021 )

Add – Gutenberg sharing buttons block
Update – Freemius SDK

1.51 ( 25.01.2021 )

Fix – Google Analytics tracking option

1.50 ( 04.01.2021 )

Add – Support for Elementor pop-ups
Dev – Add sti_chars_remove_regex js filter

1.49 ( 07.12.2020 )

Add – Welcome message for new users
Update – WhatsApp sharing text
Update – sharer.php file

1.48

Add – Support for lazy loaded images
Fix – Mobile detection. Now work with page caching plugins
Fix – Bug with share buttons duplicates
Fix – Prevent multiply sharing buttons click events
Dev – Add re-layout method

1.47

Add – Support for Envira Gallery plugin
Add – Support for Jetpack Slider
Add – Freemius framework for better user experience
Update – Sharer.php file. Add twitter:image meta tag
Update – Sharing buttons z-index style
Update – Plugin settings page

1.46

Add – stiSharingWindowClosed js event

1.45

Update – Support for pop-up image plugins
Update – Support for Divi image gallery

1.44

Add – Support for Theia Post Slider plugin
Add – Support for Divi image gallery

1.43

Add – Facebook app id option
Fix – Mobile buttons instances display

1.42

Add – Support for Ajax Load More plugin
Add – Twitter image sizes tags
Fix – Bug with several sharing buttons instances

1.41

Update – Find image full size URL if needed
Update – Plugin settings page
Dev – Add sti_share_container js filter

1.40

Add – Support for Magnific Popup lightbox plugin
Update – Add support for sharing buttons instances
Dev – Add sti_sharing_url js filter
Dev – Add sti_network js filter

1.39

Add – Support for WP Modula plugin
Update – Settings page view
Dev – Add stiInit js event

1.38

Add – Support for nivo lightbox, simple lightbox plugin
Update – Sharing data for WhatsApp
Update – Allow some html tags for custom content boxes
Dev – sti_element js filter

1.37

Add – sti_buttons shortcode to display sharing buttons
Update – Re-calculate box position on scroll
Update – Change default image sizes options
Update – buttons positions options display
Dev – Add sti_data js hook

1.36

Fix – Image size detection on mobile devices
Fix – Custom URL sharing bug

1.35

Add – Telegram sharing
Fix – Bug with external images
Dev – sti_js_plugin_data filter

1.34

Fix – Bug with share box duplicated ID
Add – Touch event
Update – Support for lightbox plugins

1.33

Add – sti_exclude_current_page filter

1.32

Add – Add stiButtonClick js event