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Lightning Simple Social Share alternatives
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Lightning Simple Social Share
20+ installs · #25,769 most popular
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Social Media Widget
by Blink Web Effects
Adds links to all of your social media and sharing site profiles. Tons of icons come in 3 sizes, 4 icon styles, and 4 animations.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rank
- #1,062
- Rating
- 3.9(84)
- Updated
- 2 years ago
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OG
by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)
The simple method to add Open Graph metadata to your entries so that they look great when shared on sites.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rank
- #1,090
- Rating
- 4.8(216)
- Updated
- 10 days ago
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Social Sharing Plugin
by WPKube
This is by far the best free WordPress share plugin. It is simple yet does exactly what it should with plenty of customisation options.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rank
- #3,492
- Rating
- 4.1(18)
- Updated
- 3 months ago
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Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar
by WP-EXPERTS.IN
Share buttons with extra features to sharing your website posts/pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp, Pinterest etc.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rank
- #3,384
- Rating
- 4.8(93)
- Updated
- 3 years ago
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Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent
by jcvangent
Medium like popover menu to share on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email any text selected on the page.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rank
- #4,759
- Rating
- 5.0(21)
- Updated
- 10 years ago
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Social Sharing (by Danny)
by Danny van Kooten
Adds social sharing buttons for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to your blog posts or pages.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rank
- #4,598
- Rating
- 5.0(68)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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AddToAny Share Buttons
by micropat
Share buttons for WordPress including the AddToAny button, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Reddit, many more, and follow icons too.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rank
- #185
- Rating
- 4.7(1.1K)
- Updated
- 5 months ago
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Nextend Social Login and Register
by Nextendweb
One click registration & login plugin for Facebook, Google, X (formerly Twitter) and more. Quick setup and easy configuration.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rank
- #265
- Rating
- 4.9(447)
- Updated
- 3 months ago
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Buttonizer
by Buttonizer
Floating Social Media Icons, Sticky Share Buttons, Facebook Feeds, & Popup builder. Also, create Call, Email, SMS, & Contact buttons to increa …
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rank
- #817
- Rating
- 4.8(396)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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WP Socializer
by vaakash
Simple & easy plugin to add social media sharing icons, buttons like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram & more
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #2,142
- Rating
- 4.5(128)
- Updated
- 1 month ago
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Social Snap
by Social Snap
Social sharing plugin with share buttons for Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn and more. Includes Click to Tweet feature.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #2,012
- Rating
- 4.2(58)
- Updated
- 9 months ago
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Fuse Social Icons
by Daniyal Ahmed (a11n)
Floating social icons, share buttons, a widget & a Gutenberg block, in one fast plugin — completely rebuilt, with a one-click import of your exist …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #1,740
- Rating
- 4.6(58)
- Updated
- 1 month ago
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