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Web Stories option to disable/hide share button

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Type: Feature Request WG: stories
Dominant language
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Description

## Describe the new feature or change to an existing feature you'd like to see

A user of the Web Stories WordPress plugin requested to hide/remove the share button in the story player. Submitting this as a feature request since disabling sharing is not possible by default.

## Additional context

See the following related issues in the Web Stories WordPress forum:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-remove-the-share-button/
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-hide-the-share-button/
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/twitter-linkedin-at-the-end-of-the-story/
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-can-i-add-custom-css-to-story-page/#post-14250792

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Research direction

Start by tracing the Web Stories story-player entry point that renders the share button, then review the three linked WordPress forum reports and the issue discussion for expected behavior. Done should provide a documented way to hide or remove the share button while preserving the default sharing behavior when the option is not used.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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