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Social Linkz Changelog — Release Notes and Version History

Social Linkz release history for WordPress — new features, fixes, and improvements in every version, through the current stable release 1.9.1.

Total releases
15
Latest version
v1.9.1
Last updated
September 9, 2026

Every Social Linkz release, newest first, with the new features, fixes, and improvements it introduced. The current stable version is 1.9.1. Items marked PRO require Social Linkz PRO.

  1. 1.9.1
    • FixThe Enable Floating Bar and Enable Highlight Share switches were drawn on top of their own description. The switch field printed the description inside the element the track and the knob are positioned against, which pushed the track onto a second line and left the knob sitting over the text. PRO
    • FixSocial Networks could not be selected on the Floating Bar and Highlight Share tabs. Every tab is rendered into the page at once, and all three tabs gave their network checkboxes the same ids, so clicking a network on either tab silently toggled the matching one on Inline Content instead. PRO
  2. 1.9.0
    • NewFloating share bar. A rail down the side of the page on desktop that becomes a bar along the bottom on mobile, with show-on-scroll, breakpoints, alignment and offsets, and a per-post opt-out. PRO
    • NewHighlight Share. Share buttons appear over any text a reader selects, confined to the post content so a selection in a menu or a comment does not trigger them. PRO
    • NewClick to Post. [social_linkz_post tweet="..."] renders a pull quote that shares itself, in three themes with an accent colour. The character budget is measured against what X actually counts, and a quote that has to be shortened is cut on a word boundary. PRO
    • NewPer-post settings. Override the share title and image, or switch off the inline buttons, the floating bar or highlight sharing, for a single post. PRO
    • NewAccounts settings for the X and Mastodon handles, the Facebook app ID and the Subscribe link. The share links have always read these, but nothing ever wrote them, so via=, Messenger and the Subscribe button were silently never configured.
    • New[social_linkz] shortcode. The "Don't Add To Content (Shortcode)" button position has always named a shortcode that was never registered, so choosing it switched the buttons off with no way to put them back.
    • NewSocial Linkz screens carry their own footer, with the plugin name, version, the KaizenCoders signature and quick links, in place of the WordPress credit line and the core version nag. WordPress's own footer is left untouched everywhere else.
    • NewCampaign-driven upgrade banner for free users. One offer at a time, shown only once share buttons are actually switched on and the plugin has been installed long enough to have been useful, and dismissible per campaign per user.
    • UpdateOther Products has moved out of Tools to a menu item of its own. Plugin names, icons and descriptions now come from WordPress.org rather than a hardcoded list, and Install, Activate and Deactivate happen on the screen instead of sending you to the plugin installer.
    • UpdateRemoved the Tools screen. Other Products was the only thing on it, and it was reachable by any subscriber.
    • TranslationsUpdated .POT file.
  3. 1.8.10
    • UpdateWordPress 7.1 compatibility.
  4. 1.8.9
    • UpdateWordPress 6.8.2 compatibility.
  5. 1.8.8
    • UpdateWordPress 6.8.1 compatibility.
  6. 1.8.7
    • UpdateWordPress 6.7.1 compatibility.
  7. 1.8.6
    • FixAdded the Gutenberg block for Social Share.
    • NewAdded assets.
    • TranslationsUpdated .POT file.
  8. 1.8.5.1
    • FixIntegration issue.
    • UpdatePlugin assets.
  9. 1.8.5
    • NewGenerate short URLs using URL Shortify.
    • TranslationsUpdated .POT file.
  10. 1.8.4.1
    • FixNetwork sortable issue.
    • FixColor picker issue.
    • FixLoading of dashboard issue.
    • TranslationsUpdated .POT file.
  11. 1.8.4
    • FixLoading of dashboard issue.
    • TranslationsUpdated .POT file.
  12. 1.8.3
    • FixColor picker issue.
  13. 1.8.2
    • FixSocial network button color issue.
    • NewAdditional social networks.
    • NewAdditional button styles.
    • NewAdditional button layouts.
    • TranslationsUpdated .POT file.
  14. 1.8.1
    • NewAdditional social sharing settings for display and design.
    • New20+ social sharing options. PRO
    • NewCalls to action. PRO
    • NewSocial share counts. PRO
    • TranslationsUpdated .POT file.
  15. 1.8.0
    • NewAdmin settings panel.
    • NewFacebook and Twitter share.
    • UpdateRemoved dependency on other frameworks.
    • UpdateSecurity enhancements.
    • UpdateWordPress 6.6.2 compatibility.
    • TranslationsUpdated .POT file.