Two blocks let readers share the page they are on. A Share Link shares it on one network, so you place one per network, such as X, Facebook and LinkedIn in a row. A Share Button is a single button that opens Ghost's own share window, where the reader picks how to share.
Both work on any page and share that page's address. You can add them to a Section or a Post Content section, and inside a Collection, a Group, a No Results block or a Paywall. In the block picker they sit under Content. To line Share Links up in a row, place them in a Group set to Row. Click it on the canvas to select it. Its settings open in the right sidebar, where "the + menu" in the tables below is the + beside the name of a group of settings, such as General.
Share Link
A Share Link has the settings of an Icon Link, with Network in place of the link and the icon.
Setting
What it does
Variant
The look of this link: Plain, Filled or Outline. Filled and Outline draw a box around the whole link. The circle around the icon is the Icon style. What each variant looks like is set in the Share Link entry of the Blocks panel.
Network
Where the page is shared, and with it the icon, the name and the brand color: X (the default), Facebook, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, WhatsApp, Telegram, Reddit, Pinterest, Hacker News, Email or Copy Link.
Label
The text beside the icon. Empty, it shows the network's name.
Show icon, Show label
Show the icon, the label, or both. One of them stays on. With the label hidden, screen readers still read it.
Icon size
XS, S, M (the default), L or XL, or a length.
Circle padding
The room around the icon inside its circle. Empty, it follows the Icon size.
Text color
Under Colors. Brand (the default) uses the network's own color, such as blue for Facebook. You can also choose Default, Foreground, Muted, Primary, Accent, White, Black or Custom.
Icon style
Under Appearance. Filled (the default) puts the icon in a circle of the text color. The other choices are the same as for an Icon Link.
What each network does when a reader clicks it:
Most networks open their own share page in a new tab, with the page's address filled in. Mastodon shares through mastodon.social.
Email opens the reader's email app with the page's title as the subject and its address in the message.
Copy Link copies the page's address. It is a button, not a link, and opens nothing.
Share Button
A Share Button has the settings of a Button without On click and the link settings, because it always opens Ghost's share window for the page.
Setting
What it does
Variant
Filled (the default), Secondary, Outline or Link: the same variants as your Buttons.
Small
Turns on the Small format of the Button.
Label
The text on the button. The default is "Share".
Icon
An icon beside the label. Add it from the + menu beside General. Position and Accessible Label show once it has one, as on a Button.
Its Typography, Colors, Spacing and Appearance groups work as on a Button.
Two blocks let readers share the page they are on. A Share Link shares it on one network, so you place one per network, such as X, Facebook and LinkedIn in a row. A Share Button is a single button that opens Ghost's own share window, where the reader picks how to share.
Both work on any page and share that page's address. You can add them to a Section or a Post Content section, and inside a Collection, a Group, a No Results block or a Paywall. In the block picker they sit under Content. To line Share Links up in a row, place them in a Group set to Row. Click it on the canvas to select it. Its settings open in the right sidebar, where "the + menu" in the tables below is the + beside the name of a group of settings, such as General.
Share Link
A Share Link has the settings of an Icon Link, with Network in place of the link and the icon.
What each network does when a reader clicks it:
Share Button
A Share Button has the settings of a Button without On click and the link settings, because it always opens Ghost's share window for the page.
Its Typography, Colors, Spacing and Appearance groups work as on a Button.
Settings shared with other blocks
Both blocks also have Width from Layout settings, and the Display settings and Advanced settings of every block. How block variants and formats work explains the variants.