Hydra's new Share kit: share every article to social media in seconds

why it matters/

Social media sharing shouldn't take longer than writing the post

Most small businesses know they should share every article they publish. Few do it consistently, because each network wants something slightly different: LinkedIn rewards a longer, thoughtful post, X allows 280 characters, Instagram needs a portrait picture, and Bluesky and Threads have limits of their own. Get it wrong and your post is cut off, your picture is cropped badly, or your link shows the wrong title.

Even when the posts go out, most businesses have no idea which ones worked. A like is not a visitor, and a visitor is not an enquiry. The Share kit fixes both problems at once, inside the CMS you already use.

• 6networks in one panel

  LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Instagram, Bluesky and Threads, each with its own ready-made post.

• 3picture sizes made for you

  Landscape for LinkedIn, Facebook and X, portrait for Instagram, plus a square version.

• 30 daysof visits back, per network

  Every card shows how many visitors its link has brought to your website over the last month.

how it works/

How the Share kit works

The Share kit sits below the images on every saved page and blog post in Hydra. There's nothing to set up and nothing to install.

1. Publish your article

   Write and save your page or blog post as usual. Hydra reads its headline, description, headings, questions and hashtags.

2. Open the Share kit

   One card per network, each with a post already written to fit that network's length limit, and a label saying which network suits this article best.

3. Copy, tweak and post

   Edit the words if you like, then Copy post and Open composer. The network's own post window opens in a new tab, ready to paste and send.

4. Watch the visits come back

   Mark the card as posted. Every click on your link is counted in Hydra's built-in analytics, by network and by page.

what you get/

Everything you need to share an article, on one card

track conversions/

See which social networks actually send you visitors

Every link in the Share kit carries tracking tags that name the network (for example ?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social). When someone clicks through, Hydra's built-in analytics records which network they came from and which article they read. That turns each social post into a measurable result: not just likes, but real visits to your website.

• Visits and visitors by network in Analytics › Shared links
• Clicks broken down by the page that was shared
• A 30-day visit count on every Share kit card
• App clicks counted as social, not "direct"
• A dashboard reminder when a post is three months old and ready to reshare
• No cookies, no third-party scripts and no IP addresses stored

Because Hydra's analytics are cookieless and run on your own website, they work alongside Google Analytics and your wider digital marketing without adding another tracking service or another cookie banner choice.

Post where your audience is, then let the numbers tell you where that is. The Share kit turns social media from guesswork into something you can measure.

the difference/

Sharing by hand vs sharing with Hydra

common questions/

Hydra Share kit: frequently asked questions

related reading/

More on getting your content seen

Sharing works best when there's something worth sharing. Our website maintenance checklist covers keeping your content current and your meta descriptions accurate, both of which shape how your links look when shared. For more on social media's role in marketing, read the power of the micro-influencer and the power of digital marketing. And because the Share kit is built into Hydra rather than bolted on, there's no third-party sharing plugin to keep patched; see is plugin debt killing your business growth?