10 Best Ocean Social Sharing Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Ocean Social Sharing has 60,000+ 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 Ocean Social Sharing
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WP Socializer
Closest matchWP 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, social share, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 60,000+, no update since January 11, 2025.
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Simple Social Media Share Buttons
Paid version availableSimple 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 social share, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. About a third of 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 half the installs, last updated July 24, 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, social share tags on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 60,000+, last updated February 21, 2026.
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Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic
4.4 (1,052) 10,000+ active installsBoost Audience Engagement with Award Winning Speed Optimized Social Tools: Share Buttons, Related Posts, Monetization & Google Analytics.
Shares the social, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 60,000+, no update since November 5, 2024.
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Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter
4.6 (67) 80,000+ active installsWp social lets you add social login, social counter, and social share buttons of different styles to your WordPress website.
Shares the social, social share tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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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, social tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated May 22, 2026.
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Buttonizer – 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, social tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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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 1.7 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.4 (33) 10,000+ active installsGenesis Simple Share allows you to easily add beautiful share buttons to your site using a Genesis child theme
Shares the share, social tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 60,000+, last updated June 23, 2026.
Switching from Ocean Social Sharing: common questions
What is the best alternative to Ocean Social Sharing?
WP Socializer is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Ocean Social Sharing alternative has the most users?
AddToAny, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Ocean Social Sharing alternative is rated highest?
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 5,334 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Ocean Social Sharing 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 Ocean Social Sharing 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 Ocean Social Sharing 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
WP Socializer is the closest match to Ocean Social Sharing 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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