10 Best Social Share Block Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Social Share Block has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Social Share Block
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Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone
4.8 (194) 20,000+ active installsThis Social Share Plugin adds advanced social media sharing buttons to your WordPress sites, such as Facebook, WhatsApp, X, LinkedIn, & Pinterest.
Shares the share buttons, social share, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons
4.7 (173) 30,000+ active installsYour content is worth sharing. Let's makes it easier!
Shares the social share, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, last updated July 24, 2026.
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SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher
4.6 (201) 10,000+ active installsAutomate your WordPress content scheduling with a visual calendar, auto/manual schedulers, missed‑post handler, social sharing options & templates.
Shares the social share tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons
4.5 (128) 10,000+ active installsSimple & easy plugin to add social media sharing icons, buttons like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram & more
Shares the share, share buttons, social share tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since January 11, 2025.
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4.6 (506) 10,000+ active installsLightweight social sharing and follow buttons for WordPress. Fast, flexible, and easy to use.
Shares the share buttons, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Social Snap — Social Share Buttons & Click to Tweet
4.2 (58) 10,000+ active installsSocial sharing plugin with share buttons for Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn and more. Includes Click to Tweet feature.
Shares the share buttons, social share tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated January 27, 2026.
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4.9 (1,911) 10,000+ active installsSocial sharing plugin adding social buttons.
Shares the share, share buttons tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated June 12, 2026.
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4.8 (55) 2,000+ active installsShare your posts and pages quickly and easily with Cresta Social Share Counter and show share counts.
Shares the share, social share tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated February 21, 2026.
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Super Web Share – Native Social Sharing Button
4.9 (29) 2,000+ active installsSuper Web Share helps you easily add a native share prompt to your website, allowing you to share a page or post in less than a minute.
Shares the share, social share tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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Social Share Buttons & Analytics Plugin – GetSocial.io
4.4 (154) 2,000+ active installsFree share buttons for 30+ of your favorite social networks. Increase traffic through social sharing with GetSocial buttons.
Shares the share, share buttons, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since April 30, 2024.
Switching from Social Share Block: common questions
What is the best alternative to Social Share Block?
Simple Social Media Share Buttons is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Social Share Block alternative has the most users?
Hubbub Lite, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Social Share Block alternative is rated highest?
Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,911 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Social Share Block alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Social Share Block score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Social Share Block on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Simple Social Media Share Buttons is the closest match to Social Share Block by the data we track, and Hubbub Lite has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. SchedulePress shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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