Sharing Buttons don't work when added to Homepage template

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Impacted plugin

None / Other

Quick summary

When adding a Sharing Buttons block to the default Homepage template (i.e., Index template), and with no posts on the site, clicking the sharing buttons will open the site’s homepage in a new browser window instead of sharing the page.

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Reported in 9611351-zd-a8c

Steps to reproduce

1. Make sure your site has a block theme active and the site has no posts.
2. Set homepage to display 'Your latest posts' under Settings > Reading
3. Add the Sharing Buttons block to the Index template via site editor.
4. Click on the sharing buttons from the Homepage. Each button will open a new window to the Homepage instead of sharing it to the chosen platform.

Site owner impact

Fewer than 20% of the total website/platform users

Severity

Moderate

What other impact(s) does this issue have?

No revenue impact

If a workaround is available, please outline it here.

The workaround is to set a static Homepage and add the Sharing Buttons block to the static page.

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

Atomic, Simple

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• 9611351-zen