Best social shares plugins for WordPress
The most popular social shares plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Basic Social Share Buttons leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Easy Social Shares (fewer than 10) and All social share button (fewer than 10). All 4 plugins tagged “social shares” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 social shares plugins
- 1.
Basic Social Share ButtonsThe most installed social shares plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 2.Easy Social Shares
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 3.
All social share buttonFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
SocioscopeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
All 4 plugins tagged “social shares”

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
Easy Social Shares
Up in the last 7 days:4,666#56,752by Mahesh Waghmare6 years ago
Zero configuration. Simply use shortcode [easy_social_shares].
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

All social share button
Down in the last 7 days:3,784#57,188by ajaymalhotra159 years ago
This a very simple plugin for WordPress. What it does is add easy social networking sharing button for each of your blog posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Socioscope
Down in the last 7 days:2,592#70,082by Engramium5 years ago
Enables Facebook, Twitter and Email Share Button on Posts
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day