Best follow links plugins for WordPress
The most popular follow links plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Social Media Engine leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Simple Follow Buttons (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “follow links” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 follow links plugins
- 1.
Social Media EngineThe most installed follow links plugin, with 40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 2.
Simple Follow Buttons20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “follow links”
Social Media Engine
Down in the last 7 days:129#22,729by kvasnyi10 years ago
Social follow links shortcode. Built on FontAwesome icons. 30 social networks supported: 500px, behance, bitbucket, delicious, deviantart, digg, drib …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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