Best social plugins for WordPress
The most popular social plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. TZ Plus Gallery leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of Heateor Login (20+) and MRZ Social (10+). All 5 plugins tagged “social plugin” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.
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Top 4 social plugins
- 1.
TZ Plus GalleryThe most installed social plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 10 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 2.
Heateor Login20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.MRZ Social
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 4.
AS MetaboxFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 5 plugins tagged “social plugin”

TZ Plus Gallery
Down in the last 7 days:60#10,430by tuyennv6 years ago
TZ Plus Gallery - Display WordPress albums, social gallery like Facebook, Flickr, Instagram and Google+.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Heateor Login
#26,234by Heateor Support1 year ago
Allow your website visitors to login to your website via their Facebook accounts
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MRZ Social
Down in the last 7 days:3,183#48,299by MRazorZ12 years ago
Just another social icons plugin, but with funky likes, followers, +1 counter and childishly simple configuration!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AS Metabox
Up in the last 7 days:8,807#63,617by anuislam9 years ago
As Metabox Easy To Use WordPress Metabox Framework.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day