10 Best Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar has 4,000+ 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 Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar
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Social Sharing
Closest matchSocial Sharing (by Danny)
5.0 (68) 2,000+ active installsAdds social sharing buttons for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to your blog posts or pages.
Shares the facebook, LinkedIn, twitter tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.8, last updated 18 days ago.
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Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent
5.0 (21) 2,000+ active installsMedium like popover menu to share on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email any text selected on the page.
Shares the facebook, LinkedIn, twitter tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since August 8, 2016.
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OG — Better Share on Social Media
4.8 (216) 30,000+ active installsThe simple method to add Open Graph metadata to your entries so that they look great when shared on sites.
Shares the facebook, LinkedIn tags on WordPress.org. About 7.5 times the installs, last updated May 15, 2026.
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Social Login, Social Sharing by miniOrange
4.6 (356) 10,000+ active installsSocial Login with Discord, Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn and 40+ apps. Social share & comments. Free, fast & easy! WooCommerce Integration.
Shares the facebook, LinkedIn tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated 11 days ago.
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4.8 (28) 1,000+ active installsOur Share Button addon to MaxButtons and MaxButtons Pro plugins gets you up and sharing within minutes. It's easy to setup and offers flexibility …
Shares the facebook, twitter tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated August 7, 2026.
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4.1 (22) 1,000+ active installsImage sharing plugin for WordPress. Share exactly needed images with fully customizable content.
Shares the facebook, twitter tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.8 (30) 600+ active installsSchedule posts without subscription fees. Self-hosted, AI-powered, with full MCP support for intelligent automation.
Shares the facebook, twitter tags on WordPress.org. 600+ installs against 4,000+, last updated 21 days ago.
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Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing
4.9 (29) 700+ active installsA lightweight social sharing plugin for showing social networks when users highlight text, share images, headlines, or use Click to Share.
Shares the Social Share Buttons tag on WordPress.org. 700+ installs against 4,000+, last updated March 10, 2026.
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4.7 (59) 900+ active installsPublish posts automatically to LinkedIn.
Shares the LinkedIn tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated June 25, 2026.
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4.8 (105) 8,000+ active installsWP LinkedIn Auto Publish automatically publishes posts, custom posts and pages to your LinkedIn profile and/or company pages.
Shares the LinkedIn tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
Switching from Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar: common questions
What is the best alternative to Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar?
Social Sharing is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar alternative has the most users?
OG, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar alternative is rated highest?
Social Sharing, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 68 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 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 Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 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 Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 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
Social Sharing is the closest match to Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar by the data we track, and OG has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. miniOrange shipped the most recent release, on August 27, 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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