Best Google plus plugins for WordPress
The most popular Google plus plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Google Plus Authorship leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Jamie Social Icons (200+) and WP Google Authorship (200+). All 45 plugins tagged “google plus” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 Google plus plugins
- 1.Google Plus Authorship
The most installed Google plus plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 8 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 2.Jamie Social Icons
200+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 3.WP Google Authorship
200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Social Media Social Share Icon100+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 5.Single Author G+ META
90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 6.Rel Publisher
90+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 7.Sharing is Caring
60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 8.Wp Fixed Social Profile Icons
60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 9.Social Share Buttons
40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 10.Google+ Comments
30+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 10 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 45 plugins tagged “google plus”
Google Plus Authorship
Down in the last 7 days:10#6,616by mlazarov9 years ago
Add Google Plus Profile Picture to Google Search Results. Very Easy to implement! Google authorship for multiple authors
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Jamie Social Icons
Up in the last 7 days:38#11,859by martiniboy13 years ago
Share your posts & pages with your favourite social sites - Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest And LinkedIn and now trackable with your Goo …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Google Authorship
Down in the last 7 days:45#12,948by Mervin Praison1 year ago
Google Plus Profile Picture appear in Google Search. Very Easy to implement. Including Google authorship for multiple authors and multisite.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Social Media Social Share Icon
Down in the last 7 days:16#13,543by SuperHero Plugins10 years ago
Social Media Share Icons to increase social traffic and popularity. Social sharing to Facebook , Twitter, Pinterest,LinkedIn and Google Plus social me …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Single Author G+ META
Down in the last 7 days:46#17,139by williampatton12 years ago
This Plugin adds the required Author Meta Tags to the header of all the pages on your WordPress site. It is specifically designed to be as simple as p …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rel Publisher
Down in the last 7 days:7#17,386by chrisguitarguy14 years ago
Rel Publisher is a simple plugin that lets you easily add <link rel="publisher" /> to your site.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sharing is Caring
Up in the last 7 days:34#19,296by michaelbeacom14 years ago
Displays the social widgets from Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest with your posts. Also adds some meta tags for opengraph and schema.org.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wp Fixed Social Profile Icons
Up in the last 7 days:117#19,604by Aman3 years ago
Fixed Social Icons for your wordpress website
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Share Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:95#21,492by Arrow Plugins8 years ago
Social Share is fully loaded with social media options, allows you to add Social buttons on your WordPress site to share your content on the web with …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google+ Comments
#23,708by Alex Moss13 years ago
The Google+ Comments WordPress plugin makes it easier for you to setup, administer and customise Google+ comments from your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.6(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google+ Badge Widget
Down in the last 7 days:22#23,712by ahmedeqbal14 years ago
Google+ Badge Widget integrated with Official Google Plus API. Google+ Widget enable users to adds beautiful widget on your Wordpress Blog.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Strx Simple Sharing Sidebar Widget
Down in the last 7 days:78#24,617by straps15 years ago
Dynamic widget to insert classic social buttons and counters on your sidebar.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

ThemeDiv Social Widget
Up in the last 7 days:166#26,509by faizykhan10 years ago
This plugin allows you to quickly and easily add the new Google Plus badge widget and facebook like box widget with timeline and messages to your blog …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Media User Detection
Up in the last 7 days:334#26,656by croakingtoad14 years ago
Detects the login status of social media users and records to your site's Google Analytics. (Currently supports Facebook, Twitter, Google, Google …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CSS Share Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:278#28,287by Purab10 years ago
Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and LinkedIn Share buttons. Super Fast Loading, No Javascript, Only CSS. Responsive Design, Floting Sidebar Option
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Google Plus Connect
Down in the last 7 days:235#30,150by Brian Messenlehner15 years ago
Add Google+ Direct Connect Badge & allow your WordPress/BuddyPress users to register or login via their Google+ account & import their stream …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GP
Down in the last 7 days:159#30,627by Louy Alakkad13 years ago
All the tools you need to integrate your WordPress and Google+.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Glutton
Down in the last 7 days:367#30,828by Nevets32114 years ago
Display Facebook's facepile, and feeds from Pinterest, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and Google+, with tabs
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Networks
#34,011by Invoice12 years ago
Most popular social widgets in one plugin. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
showGplus
Up in the last 7 days:10,306#36,987by niry14 years ago
A small plugin whose purpose is to show G+ "Follow us", using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Grisha's GPlus Gallery Shortcode
#37,815by Grigory Metlenko11 years ago
Shortcode that lets you display your public Google Albums as a photo gallery on your website
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Business Badges
Down in the last 7 days:1,045#38,636by qualisure11 years ago
Business Badges allows you to display customizable social badges on your website, like Google Business badge, facebook badge. Google+ badge Widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Google+ Widget
Down in the last 7 days:638#39,447by Michal Ozogan13 years ago
Googles+ widget which provides you public post from your timeline.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RS Social Sidebar
Up in the last 7 days:7,986#39,466by Rohit Singhal10 years ago
Another social plugin :). Difference is the hover effect.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Skysa Google +1 App
#40,320by Skysa12 years ago
A Google +1 button which you can configure to share any page on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google+ for Page
Up in the last 7 days:6,508#40,411by Darko Mitrovic15 years ago
Add the Google+ Badge or Icon to your website to increase engagement and create a lasting connection with your audience.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SM Google+ Plugins
Up in the last 7 days:5,400#40,524by Mahabubur Rahman10 years ago
The Google+ Plugins is a wordpress widget plugin. It lets you easily embed and promote any Google Plus Page or User profile follow button on your webs …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gunner Technology Authorship
Down in the last 7 days:3,557#40,767by gunnertech14 years ago
The Gunner Technology Authorship plugin allows WordPress authors to add their social credentials to their articles and author pages and creates the au …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Google plus stream Widget
Up in the last 7 days:5,436#40,863by sudipto15 years ago
This plugin creates a widget which displays Google+ stream in your sidebar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
KdTips Google Plus badge
Up in the last 7 days:5,073#41,585by Purvesh13 years ago
Anyone tell you that it is very easy to add Google Plus Badge to your wordpress Blog or website damm easy with KD Google Plus Badge plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gunner Technology OpenGrapher
Down in the last 7 days:3,464#42,169by gunnertech14 years ago
The Gunner Technology OpenGrapher plugin allows WordPress admins to configure OpenGraph info for their site and add official badges with tracking.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google+ Page Badge
Down in the last 7 days:2,613#42,420by Alex Moss15 years ago
Lets you insert a Google+ Page Badge to your site via shortcode. Easy to intall and implement.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Metronet Embed Google Plus
#42,547by Ryan Hellyer13 years ago
Easily embed Google+ posts into your pages
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wpp Link Social
Up in the last 7 days:4,541#42,559by piyushkapoor78611 years ago
Social Links is a sidebar widget that displays icon links to your profile pages on other social networking sites.The plugin supports adding of social …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

VCP Events
Down in the last 7 days:5,390#45,293by kpmediadesigner8 years ago
Add a google plus comment stream next to a your livestream or video.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Chat
#45,500by Arthur Ronconi10 years ago
Just a simple chat based on google chat for logged users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.1(10)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google+ Page Badge
#46,088by bkmacdaddy14 years ago
Show one or multiple Google+ badges for your G+ page in a widget, using a shortcode, or with template tags.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WidgPlus Google Widget
#46,711by Ken15 years ago
WidgPlus allows you to show your latest Google Plus posts on your blog or site. Therefore its a great opportunity to get in touch with your visitors!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
All-Social FW Style
Down in the last 7 days:2,507#46,848by Angelverde15 years ago
Todos tus sitios web en un solo widget: Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus y FeedBurner.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Google+1
Down in the last 7 days:13,028#47,450by sebat15 years ago
Adds Google +1 stuff to the blog. E.g. a overview of the number of shared articles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Google+ Author Button
#47,974by dantaylorseo14 years ago
This plugin adds a 'Add [author_name] on Google+' button to the end of every post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zoomph
#48,337by John Seaman11 years ago
Easily embed Zoomph visuals within your Wordpress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day