Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing
A lightweight social sharing plugin for showing social networks when users highlight text, share images, headlines, or use Click to Share.
4.9(29 reviews)
·800 active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Highlight and Share is a WordPress web share plugin with 800 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 29 reviews. It has been downloaded 101K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: Super Web Share – Native Social Sharing….
4.9/529 reviews
800active installs
101K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Highlight and Share is a lightweight and unobtrusive social network WordPress plugin designed to help readers share meaningful parts of your content. Instead of placing large social sharing buttons throughout your website, Highlight and Share appears only when users interact with your content. This keeps pages clean while still encouraging natural social sharing.
Visitors can highlight text, share images, copy quotes, or link directly to headlines. Sharing options appear exactly when they are needed, allowing readers to share interesting passages, statistics, or insights without interrupting the reading experience.
Highlight and Share works great for content sharing, social highlights, image sharing, headline sharing, and for those wanting a comprehensive Click to Share block/shortcode wi…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.929 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.5+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
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Changelog
6.0.1
- Released 2026-03-09
- New: Align headlines to the right. You can select inline positioning (link icon next to the last word) or absolute positioning (right of the headline).
- New: Auto-truncate headline anchors (off by default). This will prevent super long headline anchors.
- New: The sidebar options now reflect their state, even if a sharing option is disbabled, the post sidebar options win.
- Fix: The social network settings cogs could lose their state if clicking around too fast.
…and 3 more changes
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