Best share count plugins for WordPress
The most popular share count plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Booster Extension leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Start Simple Share (10+) and Sk Share Counter (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “share count” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 share count plugins
- 1.
Booster ExtensionThe most installed share count plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 2.Start Simple Share
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 3.
Sk Share CounterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 days ago.
- 4.
MN Softwares NP Fake ShareFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 4 plugins tagged “share count”

Booster Extension
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,757by themeinwp2 years ago
Booster Extension is a free WordPress plugin that supercharges your site with awesome powerful features. There’re numerous plugins in the official Wor …
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 26/day
Start Simple Share
Up in the last 7 days:4,640#38,544by Shah Alom11 years ago
Start Simple Share plugin helps you to share articles to social network like-facebook, twitter, pinterest, stumbleupon, tumblr, linkedin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sk Share Counter
#50,827by Saroj Khanal3 days ago
Social share buttons with visible share counts, floating layouts, click/view tracking, and count multipliers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MN Softwares NP Fake Share
Down in the last 7 days:16,382#72,214by Dipesh Kumar Kushwaha10 months ago
Displays a realistic-looking share count number that increases based on post views with anti-refresh protection.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day