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Social Sharing Block · Version history

Social Sharing Block changelog and version history

Latest version
1.4.0
Sep 14, 2026 (1 month ago)
Releases
13
since 2022
In the last year
2
about one every 239 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20225 releases
  • 20233 releases
  • 20243 releases
  • 20262 releases

20262 releases

  1. Social Sharing Block 1.4.0Latest

    • Changed
    • Updated “Tested up to” to WordPress 7.1.
    • Updated “Requires at least” to WordPress 6.6.
    • Updated all npm and Composer dependencies, including @wordpress/scripts 35, and rebuilt the plugin with the current build tooling.
    • Fixed
    • Fixed all stylelint issues in the SCSS source and resolved Sass @import deprecation warnings. No visual changes.
  2. Social Sharing Block 1.3.0

    • Added
    • Added support for Bluesky sharing. (props @Fyrins)
    • Added support for content-only editing.
    • Changed
    • Updated “Tested up to” to WordPress 6.7.
    • Updated “Requires at least” to WordPress 6.5.
    • Updated “Minimum PHP version” to 7.4 to match WordPress core.

20243 releases

  1. Social Sharing Block 1.2.0

    • Added
    • Add example content for each Social Link variation.
    • Changed
    • Update “Tested up to” to WordPress 6.6.
    • Update the Playground blueprint for the Live Preview.
  2. Social Sharing Block 1.1.0

    • Added
    • Add support for Threads sharing. (props @WatermarkBranding)
    • Add dimension and border support to individual social sharing links. (props @TAjgriffin)
    • Add support for en and em dashes, apostrophes, and ampersands in post titles. (props @GeoSn0w)
    • Add Playground blueprint for live preview in the Plugin Directory.
    • Changed
    • Update “Tested up to” to WordPress 6.5.
    • Update “Requires at least” to WordPress 6.3.
  3. Social Sharing Block 1.0.0

    • Fixed
    • The correct icon and label are now displayed in the Editor when registering a custom block variation for a new social service. Thanks @gaambo for helping resolve this issue.
    • Custom labels are now displayed in the Editor when set.
    • The default label will now be shown on the front end when a custom label is empty.

20233 releases

  1. Social Sharing Block 0.9.0

    • Changed
    • Changed Twitter to X.
    • Fixed
    • Fixed deprecation warning. Thanks @kafleg for reporting the issue.
  2. Social Sharing Block 0.8.0

    • Added
    • Add border support.
    • Add the social_sharing_block_services_data filter allowing you to modify service information on the frontend.
    • Changed
    • Update the WhatsApp icon to match the Social Icons block in Core.
    • Update to the new layout block support for 6.3 compatibility.
    • Update block API version 3 for 6.3 compatibility.
  3. Social Sharing Block 0.7.0

    • Added
    • Add support for Viber sharing.
    • Add ability to share a custom link.
    • Add support for home/front pages. Icons will share the main site url and name if the block is not placed in a loop.
    • Add support for archive pages. Icons will share the archive url and title if the block is not placed in a loop.
    • Changed
    • Update minimum required WordPress version to 6.2. We want to be utilizing the latest functionality in WordPress.
    • Change the color picker component to integrate better with Core.
    • Fixed
    • Icon colors will now update automatically when the set colors are changed in Global Styles or in theme.json.

20225 releases

  1. Social Sharing Block 0.6.0

    • Added
    • Add support for transparency in both icon and background colors.
    • Changed
    • Update Reddit icon to match brand guidelines.
    • Simplify icon SVGs to reduce plugin size.
  2. Social Sharing Block 0.5.0

    • Changed
    • Update incorrect and/or outdated social icon brand colors.
    • Update minimum required WordPress version to 5.9.
  3. Social Sharing Block 0.4.0

    • Added
    • Add support for Flipboard sharing.
    • Add support for LINE sharing.
    • Add support for SMS sharing.
    • Changed
    • Update label markup to improve accessibility.
  4. Social Sharing Block 0.3.0

    • Changed
    • Improve support for Full Site Editing by unsetting background colors. Stops color bleed from Global Styles. GitHub reference: #37940
    • Update setting labels.
    • Fixed
    • Fix missing editorScript specification in block.json files.
    • Fix missing ‘to’ in plugin description. 🤦‍♂️
    • Fix typo in variable name.
  5. Social Sharing Block 0.2.0

    • Added
    • Add screenshots.
    • Changed
    • Update plugin name and text-domain to social-sharing-block to comply with wordpress.org requirements.

Questions about Social Sharing Block’s releases

What is the latest version of Social Sharing Block?

1.4.0, released on Sep 14, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Social Sharing Block updated?

2 releases in the last year, about one every 239 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from January 2022.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Social Sharing Block’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.