10 Best OG Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
OG has 20,000+ 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 OG
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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 tags on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, rated 5.0 against 4.8, last updated August 20, 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.
About half the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.6 (122) 50,000+ active installsControl how your WordPress posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and custom post types look when shared on Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Slac …
Shares the open graph tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.3 (92) 100,000+ active installsDisplay icons linking to your social profiles, via the classic widget or the core Social Icons block variations.
Shares the social media tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.8, last updated September 17, 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 social media tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated August 13, 2026.
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4.8 (5,333) 100,000+ active installsShare buttons and pop up share icons for social media sharing
Shares the social media tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated September 18, 2026.
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4.6 (58) 10,000+ active installsFloating social icons, share buttons, a widget & a Gutenberg block, in one fast plugin — completely rebuilt, with a one-click import of your exist …
Shares the social media tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated September 12, 2026.
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Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share
4.8 (523) 100,000+ active installsThe Simplest and Optimized Social Share buttons. Facebook, X, Reddit, Pinterest, Whatsapp, Grok, ChatGPT, Gab, Gettr and over 100 more.
Shares the social media tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since September 15, 2025.
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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 media tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated September 14, 2026.
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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 social media tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.2 against 4.8, last updated January 27, 2026.
OG against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
Switching from OG: common questions
What is the best alternative to OG?
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 OG alternative has the most users?
Simple Social Icons, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which OG 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 OG 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 OG 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 OG 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 OG by the data we track, and Simple Social Icons has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. SchedulePress shipped the most recent release, on October 18, 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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