Best social widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular social widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Social Slider Feed leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Easy Share Solution For WordPress (900+) and Showeblogin Social Plugin (400+). All 20 plugins tagged “social widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 social widget plugins
- 1.
Social Slider FeedThe most installed social widget plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 127 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.
Easy Share Solution For WordPress900+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Showeblogin Social Plugin400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 50 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 4.
Social Media Widget300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 5.
Candy Social Widget200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.Follow us on widget
200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 7.
MagicPost200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.Social Share
100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 9.Yet Another Social Media Icon Plugin (YASIP)
100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 10.
FloatySocial80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 20 plugins tagged “social widget”

Social Slider Feed
Down in the last 7 days:6#1,475by Themeisle3 days ago
Display Instagram, Facebook and YouTube feeds in widgets, posts, pages, or anywhere else on your website.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.9(127)
- Downloads
- 213/day

Easy Share Solution For WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:24#7,011by Noor Alam21 days ago
A powerful, easy-to-use WordPress social sharing plugin with modern share buttons, built-in analytics, and smooth dashboard integration.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 31/day

Showeblogin Social Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:9#9,924by Suresh Prasad1 year ago
Brings the power of simplicity to display or embed Facebook Page Plugin widget into your WordPress website by using latest Graph API Version 22.0.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(50)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Social Media Widget
Up in the last 7 days:14#10,675by SuperHero Plugins10 years ago
Social media widget is a simple plugin to show social icons in your site sidebar . With lots of social icon themes and animations .
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Candy Social Widget
Down in the last 7 days:44#11,848by AJ Clarke8 months ago
Social Widget plugin for displaying links to your social media in any widget area. Created by WPExplorer, this plugin allows you to add colorful icons …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Follow us on widget
Up in the last 7 days:20#11,964by Vijayakumar Selvaraj9 years ago
This plugin is the most efficient way to integrate the important social media links in your blog/website through widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

MagicPost
Down in the last 7 days:78#12,922by wbolt.com1 year ago
MagicPost(中文为魔法文章),如其名,该插件的主要目的是为WordPress的文章管理赋予更多高效,增强的功能。如定时发布管理,文章搬家,文章翻译,HTML代码清洗,下载文件管理,编辑器增强,社交分享小组件和TOC内容目录。
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Social Share
Down in the last 7 days:10#14,772by Agnel Waghela14 years ago
Simple Social Sharing widget.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Yet Another Social Media Icon Plugin (YASIP)
Up in the last 7 days:166#15,384by mitchbartlett6 years ago
By simply dragging this widget into your sidebar or any widgetized area, you can easily place icon links to your various social profiles.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

FloatySocial
Down in the last 7 days:54#17,453by codebari1 year ago
This plugin lets you add floating sidebar icons to your site that link directly to your social media profiles.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Mirror App
Up in the last 7 days:329#17,475by mirrorapp6 months ago
Embed a LinkedIn feed on WordPress via Mirror App - no API keys, tokens, or coding required.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cool Social Icons Widget
Down in the last 7 days:352#19,501by mr-koder12 years ago
This plugin allows you to insert cool social icons in widget area with dark and light color scheme according to your site.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ruven Themes
Down in the last 7 days:15#27,809by Ruven12 years ago
RT Social Widget adds a widget to display links to your social networks.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Counter Widget
Down in the last 7 days:26#28,073by d3wp15 years ago
This widget will display your RSS subscribers, Twitter followers and Facebook fans in one nice looking box.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day

Mirror App
#33,020by mirrorapp6 months ago
Display a unified Social Media Mix Feed from Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, and LinkedIn – beautifully on your WordPress site using …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Social Like Box
Up in the last 7 days:1,900#36,259by Hasib Shahabuddin1 year ago
A lightweight WordPress plugin that adds a Social Like Box widget and shortcode for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (X), and LinkedIn with live preview.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Total Social Counter
Down in the last 7 days:2,107#42,731by d3wp15 years ago
This widget combines the number of your RSS readers, twitter followers, and fans of your facebook fan page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Social Bar
Down in the last 7 days:5,793#45,429by telepathy15 years ago
A simple, easy to use, easy to configure social share bar that follows you down the page for sharing your posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
My Social Widgets With ShortCode
#45,471by krishna71113 years ago
Add social media widgets in the sidebar via widget or shortcode. Support Facebook, Twitter, Recent Posts. Fully Customizable
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Xolo Widgets
#49,503by Xolo Software6 years ago
Xolo Widget gives you a collection of widgets in fastest way to add more widgets into your WordPress website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day