Best social menu plugins for WordPress
The most popular social menu plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Toolbelt leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Social Menu (10+) and Simple Social Menu (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “social menu” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 social menu plugins
- 1.
ToolbeltThe most installed social menu plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 16 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.0.
- 2.
Social Menu10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 3.
Simple Social MenuFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
All 3 plugins tagged “social menu”
Toolbelt
Up in the last 7 days:102#10,995by Cool Plugins2 years ago
Fast, privacy focused, utilities to improve your website. Includes a Markdown block, spam protection, related posts, cookie banner, and more.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Social Menu
Up in the last 7 days:885#42,880by seothemes7 years ago
Displays a social menu using plain CSS.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Social Menu
Up in the last 7 days:11,374#58,583by Kirill5 years ago
Embedding your social accounts to your Awesome WordPress Site!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day