Social Share Text Link

Block Overview

Property	Value
Name	prc-block/social-share-text-link
Title	Social Share Text Link
Category	widgets
Version	1.0.0
Description	Add a text link to a social share group.

Supports

Feature	Enabled
HTML editing	No
Anchor	Yes
Alignment	No
Spacing	blockGap, margin (top/bottom), padding
Typography	fontSize, fontFamily

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Default	Description
label	string	(none)	The visible text of the link.
opensInNewTab	boolean	false	Whether the link opens in a new browser tab.
url	string	(none)	The URL the link points to.

Uses Context

Context Key	Description
openInNewTab	Whether links open in a new tab.
showLabels	Whether to show labels on social links.
iconColor	Color slug for the icon/text color.
iconColorValue	Hex color value for the icon/text.
iconBackgroundColor	Color slug for the background.
iconBackgroundColorValue	Hex color value for the background.

Available Styles

None defined.

Inner Blocks

This block does not accept inner blocks.

Parent / Ancestor Requirements

Required parent: core/social-links

This block must be placed inside a Social Links block.

Usage Instructions

1. Insert a Social Links (core/social-links) block.
2. Add the Social Share Text Link block as a child.
3. Type the link text directly in the block using the inline RichText editor (supports bold formatting).
4. Use Cmd+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows) or the link toolbar button to set the URL.
5. The link will inherit icon color and background color from the parent Social Links block.
6. If no label is set, the block will not render on the frontend.

Example

From block.json:

{
  "attributes": {
    "label": "Read more..."
  }
}

Block Markup Example

<a class="wp-block-prc-block-social-share-text-link has-white-color"
   href="https://example.com/article"
   rel="nofollow"
   target="_blank">
  Read more...
</a>

PHP Rendering

The block is server-side rendered via Social_Share_Text_Link::render_callback():

• Returns empty string if no label is set or if the block object is invalid.
• Reads iconColor and iconBackgroundColor from context and applies them as CSS classes.
• Renders as an <a> tag with:
  • href from the url attribute.
  • rel="nofollow" always set.
  • target="_blank" if opensInNewTab is true.
• The label content is sanitized via wp_kses(), allowing code, em, img, s, span, strong tags.

Frontend Interactivity

No view script. This is a static rendered link.

Related Blocks

• core/social-links — Parent block providing context for colors and layout.
• prc-block/social-share-sheet — Another social sharing child block for native share sheet.
• prc-block/social-share-url-field — Provides a copyable URL field within social links.