[Social Sharing Shortcode] Generates social sharing markup #bixler #social

functions.php

// Shortcode for social sharing
// [red-social-sharing]
function social_sharing_shortcode() {

    global $post;

    // Get current page URL 
    $page_url = urlencode(get_permalink());

    // Get current page title
    $page_title = str_replace( ' ', '%20', get_the_title());

    // Construct sharing URL without using any script
    $twitter_url = 'https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text='.$page_title.'&url='.$page_url;
    $facebook_url = 'https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u='.$page_url;

    $share_markup = '';

    $share_markup .= '<div class="red-ssba red-ssba-wrap">';
    
    $share_markup .= '<a class="red-ssba_facebook_share" href="'. $facebook_url .'" onclick="window.open(this.href, \'facebook-share\',\'width=580,height=500\');return false;">';
    $share_markup .= '<i class="icon-social icon-social-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="screen-reader-text">Facebook</span></a>';
    $share_markup .= '<a class="red-ssba_twitter_share" href="'. $twitter_url .'" onclick="window.open(this.href, \'twitter-share\', \'width=550,height=500\');return false;">';
    $share_markup .= '<i class="icon-social icon-social-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="screen-reader-text">Twitter</span></a>';
    $share_markup .= '<a class="red-ssba_email_share" data-site="email" target="_blank" href="mailto:?subject='.$page_title.'&body='.$page_url.'">';
    $share_markup .= '<i class="icon-social icon-envelope" aria-hidden="true"></i><span class="screen-reader-text">Email</span></a>';

    $share_markup .= '</div>';
        
    return $share_markup;

}
add_shortcode('red-social-sharing', 'social_sharing_shortcode');