Best social networks plugins for WordPress
The most popular social networks plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. NextScripts leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Scriptless Social Sharing (10K+) and Highlight and Share (700+). All 27 plugins tagged “social networks” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 social networks plugins
- 1.
NextScriptsThe most installed social networks plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 617 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Scriptless Social Sharing10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 70 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Highlight and Share700+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 29 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.Youtube Thumbnail as Featured Image
100+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 5.
Social Login by BestWebSoft60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.Social Buttons
50+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.2.5.
- 7.One-Login
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 8.
ShareMe40+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 9.
Social Planner40+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 10.SocialWiggle
20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
All 27 plugins tagged “social networks”

NextScripts
#1,136by NextScripts2 months ago
Automatically publishes blogposts to profiles/pages/groups on Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Blogger, Tumblr ... 22 more
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 3.3(617)
- Downloads
- 135/day

Scriptless Social Sharing
Up in the last 7 days:5#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

Highlight and Share
Down in the last 7 days:7#7,853by BerryPress1 month ago
A lightweight social sharing plugin for showing social networks when users highlight text, share images, headlines, or use Click to Share.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.9(29)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Youtube Thumbnail as Featured Image
Up in the last 7 days:10#13,788by soychuy7 years ago
Use a YouTube Thumbnail as a Featured Image for a WordPress Post. You only have to set a YouTue Video URL and the plugin does the rest.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Social Login by BestWebSoft
Down in the last 7 days:26#19,096by bestweblayout1 year ago
Add social media login, registration, and commenting to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Social Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:180#20,939by alexpooley18 years ago
Selectively add social network buttons to your posts, or theme design.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 7/day
One-Login
Down in the last 7 days:84#21,754by ifkooo12 years ago
All networks in one box to login in your blog
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ShareMe
Up in the last 7 days:13#22,013by tarek.chida9 years ago
Share-me is a simple social share plugin.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Social Planner
Up in the last 7 days:20#22,743by Anton Lukin2 years ago
Social Planner is a WordPress plugin for scheduling announcements of posts to your social networks accounts.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.3(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SocialWiggle
Up in the last 7 days:115#25,296by bradvin12 years ago
Display your social network profiles using catchy looking Metro tiles that wiggle to catch your visitor's attention
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SoGrid Lite
#31,654by ShindiriStudio11 years ago
SoGrid is a WordPress plugin that displays your social network posts / feed in a functional grid.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social News Center
Down in the last 7 days:135#37,422by Phil Gowling9 years ago
Display latest Posts from social media sites like Facebook, Instagram & Twitter. Perform actions such as view profiles, Like, Share, Favorite & …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
cbnet Social Menu
#43,790by Chip Bennett10 years ago
Manage and display your social network profile links using a custom navigation menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Meet Your Commenters
Up in the last 7 days:2,385#44,658by Artberri16 years ago
Displays web pages and social networks' profiles of your commenters in the dashboard.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RusSocialKnopki 23
Down in the last 7 days:1,995#45,455by vsyoprosto15 years ago
Плагин выводить кнопки русских социальных сервисов и закладок.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Social Media Share & Widget
Down in the last 7 days:7,064#45,755by Istiaq Nirab7 years ago
Social Icons Widget to displays links to social sharing websites. Currently its Supports Only 15 sites.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Socnets
Up in the last 7 days:182#45,899by Sam Hotchkiss13 years ago
This plugin was built by the Maine WordPress Meetup group to make it really easy to add social network icons to your posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Social Links Icons
Down in the last 7 days:5,739#46,060by dimbouteille7 years ago
Simply customize and manage links and icons to more than 25 social networks and add your own social networks!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Share Love
Down in the last 7 days:4,634#46,904by noucktourno15 years ago
Social Share Love plugin enables your blog readers to share articles on most important social bookmarking networks like Yahoo, Google, Facebook, etc.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Tweetbox
Down in the last 7 days:1,314#47,263by Riyaz16 years ago
WP Tweetbox adds a highly customizable Tweetbox at the end of blog posts and pages. Tweets are branded with your own website URL.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
notable
#48,497by Scott Grayban11 years ago
Adds social bookmark links to each blog entry.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day

MM Social
#62,631by samarpitabhattacharya6 years ago
Place you social profile at your website's anywhere using shortcode : [MM_SOCIAL_ICON]
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day