Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress v11.2
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Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress v11.1
- 11.1
April 20, 2026
- NewAdded a new internal analytics dashboard with clearer reports, easy-to-read data, and actionable suggestions, applied to both new and existing data
- UpdatedRemoved deprecated native button modules (including privacy variants) and combined display for native + share buttons. Most networks dropped these features, and with Facebook Like gone, the module is no longer useful
- UpdatedRemove the Facebook Like button from the list of Sharing buttons. The like button widget has been deprecated by Meta.
- FixedAdded additional checks to the add-on API to prevent errors if the feed is not accessible
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress v10.8
NewAdded Pinterest Follow Bar
- NewAdd a new mode for Pinterest sharing where the Pin button can share only selected (featured and hidden images), but the Pin on images button continues to work
- FixedFixed a problem in the Social Contact add-on where the WhatsApp and Viber links may appear broken. Updated add-on version 2.1 is available for fixing this error
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress v10.7
10.7
October 15, 2025
- NewShare to Grok button
- NewNew options to exclude post types, URLs, or post IDs from the Social Profiles Content Bar
- NewNew options to exclude post types, URLs, or post IDs from social Followers Counter Content Bar
- FixedFixed a problem with the Copy Link button, causing a memory exhaustion problem, and the site became inaccessible.
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress v10.6
v10.6
- NewAdded new optimized share counter storage in the plugin's meta table
- NewAdded additional functions to recreate the meta and analytics table if needed in the Import / Export -> Migrate
- NewAdded a new option to enable the custom code in the sharing display methods. By default, it is disabled. If you have used the fields till now, go to Activate / Deactivate features and enable the Custom Code. Even if hidden, the custom code will still work.
- UpdatedCleaned up the code, and removed the old and legacy scripts easy-social-share-buttons.js and easy-social-share-buttons-total.js, responsible for real-time share counters (the feature has not existed for a long time).
- IMPROVEMENTSImprove the SEO support integration for Yoast and All-in-One SEO. Added additional support for RankMath and SEOPress.
- IMPROVEMENTSUpdated admin UI for setting styles of the sharing buttons
- FixedFixed an error appearing on page save when the WP Bakery is used in the front page editing mode.
- FixedWhen using Pinterest functions of the image in the block editor, a static class essb-block-image is assigned and does not allow custom classes to be added.
- FixedFixed social share button icon continues to appear when the button style with text only is selected.
- FixedFixed a problem with the mobile share buttons bar showing all networks instead of networks after more when a global list of networks is only set and the more/share button mode is set to display networks after more.
- FixedFixed the displayed networks list of the mobile share buttons bar when in the More/Share button. Instead of showing all networks, it will show only the selected only.
- FixedFixed a problem where the network name did not appear properly when it contains ' or " in the name (usually after customization).
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress v10.5
v10.5
- NewShare buttons for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Mistral
- UpdatedUpdated the automatic updates library to version 5.6 to prevent possible PHP Deprecated notices when running PHP 8.4.7 or newer
- UpdatedFully reworked the more networks/share button - new lighter code structure and dynamic loading of styles and scripts only when used
- IMPROVEMENTSImproved the mobile share buttons bar work to support global set more/share buttons to generate an automatic list of all social networks
- IMPROVEMENTSReorganized the order of social networks in the Global Network Options section
- IMPROVEMENTSRefactored the copy link button code to load only when used, including static and dynamic assets
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress v10.4
Version 10.4
June 8, 2025
- UpdatedUpdated the plugin admin bar menu with an icon instead of text and removed not used submenu items
- IMPROVEMENTSRemoved the option from the Global Network Options to select a different Telegram sharing mode, instead enforcing a method to ensure sharing works on any device, whether desktop or mobile.
- IMPROVEMENTSRemoved the option from the Global Network Options to select a different WhatsApp sharing mode, instead enforcing a method to ensure sharing works on any device, whether desktop or mobile.
- IMPROVEMENTSAdded to the admin bar menu a new entry to purge static assets cache (when Precompiled mode is used).
- FixedFixed a problem with missing additional CSS code added in the plugin settings.
- FixedFixed a bug when the icon did not hide on the share buttons when selecting a style that contains only a name (no icon).
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress v10.3
v10.3 - May 26, 2025
This version contains changes in plugin styles and scripts. If you are using cache and/or CDN it’s strongly advised to clear and refresh the cache. If you are using plugin pre-compiled mode and a problem appears temporarily deactivate it from Advanced -> Optimizations and reactivate it again.
- NewIncluded option in the Activate / Deactivate Features menu to disable internal share counters only
- NewIncluded option in the Activate / Deactivate Features menu to disable share counters
- NewAdded field to change the Click to Share text in the quote directly in the settings block
- NewMastodon sharing button
- NewMailjet integration for the subscribe forms - require to install the free add-on
- UpdatedRemoved the deprecated option to switch the X (formerly Twitter) icon from the profile buttons
- UpdatedRemoved the deprecated option to switch the X (formerly Twitter) icon from the follow buttons
- UpdatedRemoved the deprecated option to switch the X (formerly Twitter) icon from the share buttons
- UpdatedRemoved deprecated options from the Click to Share module
- UpdatedClick to Tweet module is now Click to Share
- UpdatedRemoved deprecated shortcode buttons from the classic WordPress editor
- UpdatedUpdated UI for social media optimization data setup on individual posts or pages
- UpdatedUpdated the social optimization tags settings screen. X tags no longer need an additional switch—they will activate by default when Open Graphs are running. In addition, less popular tags are moved to the advanced options panel
- UpdatedRemoved Skype from the list of social sharing networks
- UpdatedRemoved deprecated Facebook Advanced Sharing options
- IMPROVEMENTSGeneral UI and code improvements
Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress v10.2
v10.2 - April 20, 2025
This version contains changes in plugin styles and scripts. If you are using cache and/or CDN it’s strongly advised to clear and refresh the cache. If you are using plugin pre-compiled mode and a problem appears temporarily deactivate it from Advanced -> Optimizations and reactivate it again.
- UpdatedUpdated generation engine, code structure, and styles of the total share counter
- UpdatedUpdated the name of selectors used in Social Profiles/Followers for counter and text to prevent visual issues if the theme uses the same.
- UpdatedClearing deprecated networks from the list of share buttons
- IMPROVEMENTSAdditional optimizations to the dynamic styles loading
- IMPROVEMENTSSet a new default width and height (200px x 150px) for picking images on mobile using Pinterest Pro
- IMPROVEMENTSRefactored the activate/deactivate modules function to provide better control over the additional functions.
- FixedOn-page social media optimization tags generate a false positive error when the image is provided but the size can't be detected
- FixedFixed a problem when in the block editor image with center alignment is marked to avoid pinning but still being picked by the Pinterest Pro button
- FixedFixed a problem where share buttons in the excerpt continue to appear when the Excerpt is disabled from the Activate/Deactivate Features menu
- FixedMissing total share counter icons when a total counter design with icon is selected
- FixedA potential error message related to the latest PHP version in the share buttons' conversion tracking