The {{social_url}} helper generates a URL for a specified social media platform based on the provided platform type. It takes a single argument, type, which specifies the social media platform (e.g., facebook, mastodon, etc.). The helper looks for the specified platform in the given context (usually author) and constructs the appropriate URL. For facebook and twitter, the helper will fall back to the sitewide values if they’re not set on the local context. For the remaining platforms the fallback behaviour is to output nothing. Supported platforms include: facebook, twitter, linkedin, threads, bluesky, mastodon, tiktok, youtube, instagram.

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Examples

Output the author’s Threads URL, using an author block: 
{{#author}}
  {{#if threads}}<a href="{{social_url type="threads"}}">Follow me on Threads</a>{{/if}}
{{/author}}
Globally, Twitter and Facebook are available and can be accessed from anywhere in the theme. 
{{#if @site.twitter}}<a href="{{social_url type="twitter"}}">Follow us on Twitter</a>{{/if}}
{{#if @site.facebook}}<a href="{{social_url type="facebook"}}">Follow us on Facebook</a>{{/if}}