Making it easy for visitors to share your site is important for boosting organic traffic and conversion rates. The Share widget makes this easy, with a smooth flow, attractive interface, and an additional share capability.
The Share widget enables site visitors to share the site via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp and email.
Note
This widget enables visitors to share your site through their own social accounts. It is not connected to the social accounts associated with the site.
Share setup options
- To add a Title for the widget, click the unhide icon (
) and type a title into the provided field.
- Turn off any of the unnecessary options by clicking the toggle for it.
Design Editor
To access the design editor, select Edit Design from the floating menu to open the design panel. Click the element to open the floating menu, then click the option to edit design.
Select the layout and customize the icon colors, sizes, and background. Choose hover effects for desktop and customize the title font and style.
I set up social share icons, but the image does not display on social networks when pasting the URL of my site.
The social network has already scraped information from the site URL and is caching the information for a certain amount of time. This will update eventually, but to work around the issue, ensure your social network images are updated correctly on your site.
Note
External social network cache cannot be controlled by the site. You will need to either request a cache clearing from the social network or wait for it to clear automatically.
To review and/or change social icons:
- In the side panel, click More, then click Settings.
- Click My Site Icons.
- Next to Social Networks Image (Open Graph), click +Image.
- Alternatively, you can change the social network images by page:
- In the side panel, click Pages, and then click the settings (
) icon next to the page name.
- Click SEO, and then next to Social Networks Image (Open Graph), click +Image.
- In the side panel, click Pages, and then click the settings (
It may take some time for the cache to update with the new information.
To request that a social's cache be cleared, visit their debugger and request that new information be fetched: