URL: /rules/social/share-buttons

---
title: "Share Buttons"
description: "Checks for social sharing buttons on content pages"
---

Checks for social sharing buttons on content pages

| | |
|---|---|
| **Rule ID** | `social/share-buttons` |
| **Category** | [Social Media](/rules/social) |
| **Scope** | Per-page |
| **Severity** | info |
| **Weight** | 2/10 |

## Solution

Social share buttons encourage content sharing and can drive traffic. Place them prominently on blog posts, articles, and shareable content. Include major platforms: Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn. Consider sticky share bars for long content. Avoid too many buttons - 3-4 is optimal.

## Enable / Disable

### Disable this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["social/share-buttons"]
```

### Disable all Social Media rules

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["social/*"]
```

### Enable only this rule

```toml squirrel.toml
[rules]
enable = ["social/share-buttons"]
disable = ["*"]
```