Best follow buttons plugins for WordPress
The most popular follow buttons plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Social Media Feather leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of ShareThis Follow Buttons (400+) and Simple Follow Buttons (20+). All 6 plugins tagged “follow buttons” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 follow buttons plugins
- 1.
Social Media FeatherThe most installed follow buttons plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 506 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
ShareThis Follow Buttons400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Simple Follow Buttons20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
ClikranFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
Trollishly Social Media Profile AssistantFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 6 plugins tagged “follow buttons”
Social Media Feather
#1,474by socialmediafeather6 days ago
Lightweight social sharing and follow buttons for WordPress. Fast, flexible, and easy to use.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(506)
- Downloads
- 213/day
ShareThis Follow Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:6#9,458by ShareThis1 month ago
Add responsive social follow buttons to your WordPress site in minutes with ShareThis.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Follow Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:204#28,619by Simple Share1 month ago
A simple plugin that enables you to add follow buttons to all of your posts and/or pages.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Clikran
Up in the last 7 days:14,885#55,836by Kiran Samileti1 year ago
Easily add Follow us social icons anywhere on your site using a shortcode or widget. Fully customizable from a simple, user-friendly settings page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Trollishly Social Media Profile Assistant
Down in the last 7 days:3,860#69,482by trollishly11 months ago
Adds a customizable Follow bar under the post header with TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube profile links configured from the admin settings screen.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day