10 Best Genesis Simple Share Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Genesis Simple Share has 10,000+ 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 Genesis Simple Share
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Buttonizer
Closest matchButtonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds
4.8 (396) 40,000+ active installsFloating Social Media Icons, Sticky Share Buttons, Facebook Feeds, & Popup builder. Also, create Call, Email, SMS, & Contact buttons to increa …
Shares the share, share buttons, social tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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AddToAny Share Buttons
4.7 (1,113) 300,000+ active installsShare buttons for WordPress including the AddToAny button, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Reddit, many more, and follow icons too.
Shares the share, share buttons, social tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated May 22, 2026.
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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 tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since January 11, 2025.
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4.3 (627) 40,000+ active installsA simple plugin that enables you to add share buttons to all of your posts and/or pages.
Shares the share, share buttons tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 18 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 tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since April 30, 2024.
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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. A similar number of installs, last updated June 12, 2026.
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4.9 (196) 4,000+ active installsFree social share buttons, share to Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, Twitter, Reddit and much more.
Shares the share, share buttons tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since March 27, 2025.
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4.7 (93) 3,000+ active installsJuiz Social Post Sharer is now Nobs • Share Buttons. Add beautiful share buttons in your posts to allow visitors to share your content on social media …
Shares the share, social tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated February 20, 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 tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated February 21, 2026.
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4.8 (5,334) 100,000+ active installsShare buttons and pop up share icons for social media sharing
Shares the share, social tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
Switching from Genesis Simple Share: common questions
What is the best alternative to Genesis Simple Share?
Buttonizer is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 40,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Genesis Simple Share alternative has the most users?
AddToAny, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Genesis Simple Share 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 Genesis Simple Share 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 Genesis Simple Share 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 Genesis Simple Share 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
Buttonizer is the closest match to Genesis Simple Share by the data we track, and AddToAny has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 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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