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Documentation: Social Share Plugin

Changelog

Social Share plugin - v3.3.0 5 6

8 June 2026

  • Addition: lazy plugin loading activates on Joomla 6.1+ / PHP 8.4+
  • Addition: Help button in plugin settings now links directly to the documentation page
  • Security: Improvements to how output is rendered in the templates
  • Change: Update Mastodon sharing URL
  • Fix: Avoid PHP warning by handling null category descriptions
  • Fix: Sharing buttons now work correctly in category and featured article views
  • Fix: Improved compatibility with Joomla 5 and 6 internals

Social Share plugin - v3.2.2 4 5 6

5 December 2025

  • Fix: Icon margin

Social Share plugin - v3.2.1 4 5 6

5 December 2025

  • Remove: Share via Pocket button

Social Share plugin - v3.2.0 4 5 6

27 October 2025

  • Addition: Share via Viber button
  • Fix: PHP Warning en Deprecated message on Check if device is mobile

Social Share plugin - v3.1.0 4 5 6

24 August 2025

  • Addition: Compatibility with Joomla 6

Social Share plugin - v3.0.0 4 5

3 April 2025

  • Fix: YOOtheme Prefix Translation
  • Change: Rebuild to new Joomla plugin structure
  • Change: Reformat Code
  • Change: Update GNU General Public License version

Social Share plugin - v2.0.0 4 5

2 March 2025

  • Addition: YOOtheme styling and options
  • Addition: Installation message with Quickstart
  • Change: Code improvement for install script auto-enable function
  • Change: Naming in Extension to Joomill Social Share
  • Change: Set Minimum Joomla version to 4.0.0
  • Change: Update Copyright

Social Share plugin - v1.6.0 4 5

2 December 2024

  • Addition: Share on Bluesky button
  • Fix: Buttons don't load on T4 templates when introtext is hidden
  • Language: de-DE added
  • Language: es-ES added
  • Language: fr-FR added
  • Language: it-IT added

Social Share plugin - v1.5.1 4 5

23 August 2024

  • Fix: Missing closing div

Social Share plugin - v1.5.0 4 5

14 August 2024

  • Addition: Share on Mastodon button (mastodonshare.com)

Social Share plugin - v1.4.0 4 5

28 March 2024

  • Addition: Share on Threads button

Social Share plugin - v1.3.0 4 5

31 January 2024

  • Fix: Don't show icons below intro-text in article view
  • Fix: Don't show sticky icons on category view

Social Share plugin - v1.2.0 4 5

16 October 2023

  • Change: Button colours adjusted to meet accessibility contrast levels
  • Addition: Aria Label
  • Addition: Warning "opens in new window" in Aria Label if needed
  • Addition: rel="referrer noopener"

Social Share plugin - v1.1.1 4 5

16 October 2023

  • Fix: Linkedin Share URL

Social Share plugin - v1.1.0 4 5

24 September 2023

  • Addition: display selection for Platform Name
  • Addition: display selection for Platform Icon
  • Addition: Prefix for platform name (Share on text)
  • Addition: Both option for Position
  • Addition: Target (blank or Self) option
  • Change: CSS from block to Flex views
  • Change: Language Files to plugin folder
  • Change: Added Update.xml to Github
  • Language: Added Dutch Language Files

Social Share plugin - v1.0.0 4 5

17 September 2023

  • Addition: First Release