Social Share Buttons — Grow Traffic with One-Click Sharing
Social sharing buttons for PrestaShop 1.7, 8 and 9. Let your visitors share
products and pages on Facebook, X (Twitter), WhatsApp, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
Telegram, Reddit and email with a single click — turning every shopper into a
free word-of-mouth promoter.
- Module technical name:
socialpower
- Version: 3.1.1
- Author: MEG Venture
Installable zip: the archive GitHub generates on the releases page is a source snapshot, not an installable module — PrestaShop rejects it because the folder inside carries the version number. Download the ready-to-install zip from megventure.com.
Why this module
Every share sends your product link to a new audience for free. More shares mean
more inbound visitors, more social proof and better organic reach — without
paying for ads.
Unlike old "social button" modules, this one loads no third-party JavaScript.
The buttons are plain share links (share intents), so:
- Your pages stay fast — no Facebook/Twitter SDKs slowing them down.
- You stay GDPR / cookie-consent friendly — no external tracking scripts and
no cookies dropped before consent.
- The buttons never break when a social network changes its widget API.
Supported networks
| Network | What it does |
|---|
| Facebook | Opens the Facebook share dialog for the page |
| X (Twitter) | Pre-fills a tweet with the page title, link and your handle |
| WhatsApp | Shares the link in a chat (mobile & WhatsApp Web) |
| Pinterest | Pins the product image with a description |
| LinkedIn | Shares the page on LinkedIn |
| Telegram | Shares the link on Telegram |
| Reddit | Submits the page to Reddit |
| Email | Opens the visitor's mail app with the link |
| Copy link | Copies the page URL to the clipboard (with confirmation) |
| Native share | Uses the phone's built-in share sheet (mobile only) |
Quick start
- Install the module from Modules → Module Manager.
- Open its configuration page.
- Tick the networks you want, choose where the buttons appear (product pages,
floating bar, or both) and pick a style.
- Save and open your storefront — the buttons are live.
A live preview on the configuration page shows exactly how your buttons will
look with the current settings.
Where the buttons can appear
-
Product pages — a share row under each product (on by default).
-
Floating bar — a vertical bar pinned to the left or right edge of every
page (or product pages only). It automatically moves to the bottom on phones.
-
Anywhere in your theme — drop this snippet where you want the buttons:
{widget name='socialpower'}
-
Any hook — from Design → Positions, transplant the module onto another
hook (for example the footer or a column).
Settings
| Setting | Description |
|---|
| Networks | Which share buttons to show |
| Show on product pages | Share row under each product |
| Show floating bar | Fixed share bar on the side of the screen |
| Floating bar side | Left or right |
| Floating bar pages | All pages, or product pages only |
| Button style | Solid, outline or minimal (icon only) |
| Button shape | Rounded, circle or square |
| Button size | Small, medium or large |
| Colors | Official brand colors, or one neutral color |
| Show text labels | Show the network name next to each icon |
| Show "Share" heading | Small heading above the buttons |
| X (Twitter) handle | Your handle (without @); tweets are tagged via @handle |
The share URL, page title and (for Pinterest) the product image are detected
automatically: from the product on product pages, and from the page's canonical
URL / title everywhere else.
Privacy & GDPR
This module does not load any external script or set any cookie. Sharing only
happens when a visitor clicks a button, which opens the chosen network in a new
window. Nothing is sent anywhere until the visitor acts.
Troubleshooting
The buttons do not appear on product pages.
Make sure Show on product pages is enabled. Some heavily customised themes
override the product template — in that case use {widget name='socialpower'}
where you want the row, or transplant the module onto another hook from
Design → Positions.
Pinterest does not pick up an image.
Pinterest needs a product image. On non-product pages, Pinterest falls back to
letting the user choose an image from the page.
The floating bar overlaps my content on mobile.
It automatically switches to a centred bar at the bottom of the screen on small
screens. If your theme has its own sticky footer, choose Product pages only or
turn the floating bar off and use the product-page row instead.
Nothing happens when I click a button.
Share buttons need JavaScript. Check that your theme is not blocking the module's
front.js, and that a pop-up blocker is not silently closing the share window.
I use several shops (multistore).
Settings are stored per shop context. Select the shop (or "All shops") in the
top bar before saving.
Upgrading from 2.x
Version 3.0.0 is a full modernisation. The old embedded platform widgets
(Facebook Like SDK, the Twitter/LinkedIn/Google+ scripts) are gone — Google+ and
the old LinkedIn/Twitter widgets no longer exist, and the Facebook SDK was slow
and privacy-invasive. They are replaced by lightweight share links.
The upgrade runs automatically and:
- removes the old
socialpower / socialpower_lang database tables (all
settings now live in PrestaShop configuration);
- unregisters the legacy hooks and registers the modern ones;
- deletes the obsolete 2.x files (the PS 1.4 backward-compatibility shim, the
SocialpowerClass model, the seven near-identical templates and the widget
screenshot images).
Your previous cosmetic choices are not migrated because the underlying widgets no
longer exist; review the settings once after upgrading.
Fixed in 3.0.0
- Dead widgets removed: Google+ (shut down in 2019), the old LinkedIn
in.js and the legacy Twitter count button no longer work; they were removed.
- No more insecure
http:// scripts: the old Facebook/LinkedIn includes
loaded over http://, causing mixed-content warnings on HTTPS shops.
- Multistore data loss fixed: applying a template used to run
DELETE FROM socialpower WHERE id > 0, wiping every shop's settings. There are
no such templates or raw deletes anymore.
- No PHP 8 fatals: the configuration page no longer relies on the fragile
getContent() flow that could call methods on a false object.
- Lighter footprint: ~260 KB of widget screenshots and seven duplicated
templates were removed.
Uninstall
Uninstalling removes all of the module's settings and hooks. It leaves no
database tables behind.
© 2019–2026 MEG Venture & Consulting Ltd. — released under the MIT License.
