Best sharing buttons plugins for WordPress
The most popular sharing buttons plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Social Sharing Plugin leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Scriptless Social Sharing (10K+) and ShareWave (10+). All 7 plugins tagged “sharing buttons” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 sharing buttons plugins
- 1.
Social Sharing PluginThe most installed sharing buttons plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 186 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Scriptless Social Sharing10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 70 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
ShareWave10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Social Connect10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.Sharekar
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
Plain Social Sharing ButtonsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 7.
Simple Social Sharing by KelpFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
All 7 plugins tagged “sharing buttons”

Social Sharing Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,466by WarfarePlugins1 year ago
The most beautiful, responsive, lightning fast social share buttons built to boost shares and drive more traffic without slowing down your site.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.3(186)
- Downloads
- 72/day

Scriptless Social Sharing
Up in the last 7 days:7#1,748by Robin Cornett1 month ago
This plugin adds super simple social sharing buttons to your content.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(70)
- Downloads
- 94/day

ShareWave
Up in the last 7 days:110#29,932by Mokhtar Bensaid5 months ago
Lightweight social sharing buttons for WordPress. Beautiful, fast, and fully customizable - no external scripts, no trackers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Social Connect
Up in the last 7 days:3,433#44,399by SevenSpan10 months ago
Enhance WordPress blogs with sleek, responsive social share & follow buttons for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, & more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Sharekar
Down in the last 7 days:12,860#68,069by madhavsingh071 year ago
Sharekar is a light-weight social share plugin made with performance in mind.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Plain Social Sharing Buttons
#68,766by cleanCode7 years ago
Simple and lightweight social sharing buttons for your wordpress site
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Social Sharing by Kelp
#74,233by Stefen Phelps3 years ago
A social sharing plugin that's accessible, performant, and looks good.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day