Social Share Buttons Generator

What this tool is used for

• Adding share links to a page without loading a third-party script.
• Producing plain anchor tags that carry no cookies or tracking.
• Generating share URLs for a set of platforms in one pass.
• Replacing an existing widget with static markup to cut page weight.
• Getting the intent URL format right for a platform you use rarely.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why plain links instead of the official share widgets?

Because an official widget loads third-party JavaScript that sets cookies and reports every page view back, whether or not anyone clicks. These are ordinary anchors to each platform's own intent URL — no script, no cookie, no request until a visitor actually clicks.

What are intent URLs?

Documented endpoints that pre-fill a share dialogue: `twitter.com/intent/tweet`, `facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php`, `linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite`, `reddit.com/submit`, `t.me/share/url`, `pinterest.com/pin/create/button`. Every parameter is percent-encoded for you.

Why does WhatsApp take one combined parameter?

`wa.me` has a single `text` field rather than separate title and URL fields, so the two are joined with a space and encoded together. WhatsApp then auto-links the URL and generates its own preview card from the target page's Open Graph tags.

Does Facebook still accept a custom title?

No. Facebook dropped the `quote` and `title` parameters, so the sharer only takes the URL and builds the card from that page's own `og:title`, `og:description` and `og:image`. If the preview looks wrong, fix the meta tags — the share link cannot override them.

Should the links open in a new tab?

Yes, and the generated markup adds `rel="noopener"` with it. Without `noopener` the opened page gets a `window.opener` handle back to yours and can navigate it elsewhere — the reverse-tabnabbing trick. Modern browsers imply it, older ones do not.

Do share links carry any tracking?

The plain intent URLs do not — that is their advantage over the official widgets, which load third-party script and set cookies on every page they appear on. Anything you want tracked has to be added as your own campaign parameters.

Common errors and gotchas

• Forgetting to URL-encode the shared title and link, which breaks the parameters.
• Using a platform's official widget when a plain link does the same job without the tracking.
• Hard-coding the current URL rather than reading it, so every share points at one page.
• Assuming intent URL formats are stable, since platforms change them without notice.
• Omitting `rel="noopener"` on a link that opens in a new tab.