Best social share buttons plugins for WordPress
The most popular social share buttons plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Social Sharing Plugin leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar (4K+) and Social Share Button (1K+). All 19 plugins tagged “Social Share Buttons” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 social share buttons plugins
- 1.
Social Sharing PluginThe most installed social share buttons plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 523 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 2.
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar4K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 93 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 3.
Social Share Button1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 17 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 4.
Social Rocket1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 12 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Highlight and Share700+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 29 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Genesis Optimized Social Share60+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 7.
HTML Social Share Buttons60+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 15 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.
WP Social Share50+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 9.
Social Media Share Buttons30+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 10.
WP-Socialight20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 19 plugins tagged “Social Share Buttons”
Social Sharing Plugin
#410by Heateor Support1 year ago
The Simplest and Optimized Social Share buttons. Facebook, X, Reddit, Pinterest, Whatsapp, Grok, ChatGPT, Gab, Gettr and over 100 more.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(523)
- Downloads
- 278/day
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,384by WP-EXPERTS.IN3 years ago
Share buttons with extra features to sharing your website posts/pages on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Whatsapp, Pinterest etc.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(93)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Social Share Button
Up in the last 7 days:13#5,609by PickPlugins5 months ago
Awesome Share Button
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(17)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Social Rocket
Down in the last 7 days:14#5,651by socialrocket1 month ago
Add fully-customizable social sharing buttons to your site. Easy to use and packed with many additional social networking features.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Highlight and Share
Up in the last 7 days:21#7,835by 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
Genesis Optimized Social Share
Down in the last 7 days:109#19,206by ScorpionGod12 years ago
Genesis Optimized Social Share loads Popular Social Share Counters without affecting your page Loading Time & PageSpeed Score.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTML Social Share Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:785#20,062by Alimuzzaman Alim1 month ago
HTML + CSS share buttons and profile links with blocks, builders, local icons, and no frontend JavaScript by default.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.7(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Social Share
Up in the last 7 days:52#20,192by Anas Mir14 years ago
Add Social Networks Share Button at Home, Category and Single Posts Pages.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Media Share Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:265#23,074by fnywebit8 years ago
Share Buttons is the best sharing Plugin for WordPress based websites.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(11)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Socialight
Down in the last 7 days:66#28,166by roeeyossef9 years ago
WP-Socialight is a simple, lightweight social share plugin that will increase the interaction on your website.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Share
Up in the last 7 days:4,958#41,352by PluginsPoint1 year ago
Fancy Social share tool by https://pluginspoint.com
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Media by Lazy Cat Themes
#43,081by dun_edwards10 years ago
This is a plugin that supports sharing of social media (with follower count) for the 10 most common social media providers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
VE Social Share Buttons
Down in the last 7 days:2,833#43,780by Virtual Employee Pvt Ltd8 years ago
A plugin that will help to share your site on social network and help to increase more trafic on your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Hub
#45,030by krishan199 years ago
Social share buttons with style that will increase your social shares and user interaction with your website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Basic Social Share Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:261#45,418by Michael James3 years ago
Basic Social Share Buttons. Easily stylable. Fast loading. No Javascript. No tracking.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Likes System and Social Share Buttons for WordPress and WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:12,001#55,619by Albin6 years ago
Standalone likes system and social share buttons for your website. Custom post types are supported! Working with WooCommerce as well.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- 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
ShareAid
#63,236by Pluginaid1 year ago
Lightweight social share buttons (inline + floating). Privacy-friendly by default; optional local click counter and client-side UTM builder.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day