Best social media share plugins for WordPress
The most popular social media share plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Social Media Share Buttons leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Social Sharing Plugin (10K+) and Catch Social Share (50+). All 9 plugins tagged “social media share” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 social media share plugins
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Simple Social Media Share ButtonsThe most installed social media share plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 194 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Social Sharing Plugin10K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 186 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Catch Social Share50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Stylish Social Share10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.
Ultimate Social Media Share10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
Rigororus Social Share10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 7.
Social Media Sharing by FVP10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 8.
Ultimate Social Share Buttons10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 9.
Plain Social Sharing ButtonsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 9 plugins tagged “social media share”
Simple Social Media Share Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,339by Adnan21 days ago
This Social Share Plugin adds advanced social media sharing buttons to your WordPress sites, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, X, LinkedIn, & Pinterest.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(194)
- Downloads
- 248/day
Social Sharing Plugin
Down in the last 7 days:2#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
- 68/day
Catch Social Share
#21,016by Catch Plugins5 months ago
Catch Social Share - Catch Social Share is a simple yet feature-rich social sharing WordPress plugin that adds social share buttons on your site.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Stylish Social Share
Down in the last 7 days:267#31,162by WPManiax9 years ago
Add nice looking social share bar to your Wordpress site. 12 designs to choose from.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ultimate Social Media Share
Down in the last 7 days:191#32,349by wpclubz10 months ago
Ultimate Social Share lets users easily share content on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Reddit, and 100+ social platforms.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rigororus Social Share
#42,179by Rigorous Themes5 years ago
Add differnet social share to your website including social share count.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Media Sharing by FVP
Down in the last 7 days:4,915#46,409by franvipa10 years ago
Add buttons to share your posts and pages in most popular social media, you can choose between various styles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ultimate Social Share Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:11,299#46,609by Habibur Rahman5 months ago
Ultimate Social Share Buttons is a most useful Social Media Share Plugin for your blog page and single page. It is a unique social sharing plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Plain Social Sharing Buttons
#62,895by cleanCode7 years ago
Simple and lightweight social sharing buttons for your wordpress site
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day