Minimal Share Buttons — WordPress Social Media Plugin
by Milen Petrinski - Gonzo · WordPress.org page · Website
Minimal Share Buttons has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 6,391 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on June 13, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.
Minimal Share Buttons at a glance
Is Minimal Share Buttons well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Minimal and elegant look that blends with your theme (tested with all latest default WordPress themes as well as with some other popular themes)
- Minimal impact on your site’s performance – the plugin loads only a small SVG file with the icons, less than 1k CSS and 3.5к unminified and uncompressed…
- Doesn’t spy on your users – the plugin doesn’t load any thitd-party scripts that record your user’s activity on your site, doesn’t set or read any cookies
- Sharing through the native share dialog on devices that support it
- GDPR-hasle-free – since the plugin doesn’t leak personal information to third parties, this makes it easier for website owners to comply with the European…
- Accessibility – the share links have labels, read by screen readers, and visible for keyboard users
- Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0 ready – the plugin provides block that displays the share buttons so that authors can place them wherever they want in the post…
Minimal Share Buttons reviews and ratings
9 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Amazing plugin
Thanks for your work and the plugin provided for the community!
tshhopov -
Very efficient and easy to use
Thanks for making something that is good but not full of silliness that seems to make thousands download it. The few who care about not leaking users' data to data selling corporations will appreciate it as well as its low use of resources. I am surprised to see that although the few support requests of the last few years seem to have no replies yet the plugin is still being updated. Still it's better than not updating at all.
clickforcharity.net -
Excelente Plugin, justo lo que necesito
Cansado de utilizar plugins pesados que afectan los resultados en Google. Este es perfecto aunque me gustaría que se pudiera añadir Wahtasapp para compartir
Samot80 -
Does just what it says
Supported social networks currently are: Native share dialog (don't know what this does, no apparent effect in Firefox on Windows) Facebook Twitter Google Plus (why?) LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Email There's no control over appearance -- icons are black squares with transparent cutouts. You can elect to display share buttons on all posts or none, all pages or none, all "templates" or none. There's not an option to disable on specific pages, but you can disable for pages generally and use the "Share" block or their shortcode to insert the buttons on pages where you do want it.
Tyler Tork -
Simple to use and minmalist aesthetic
I miss share via WhatsApp.
thiagoalencar -
Light and easy to use
Very fast, very easy to use and modify, no users tracking, no GDPR compliance needed
Atanas Antonov
Details
A social share plugin that doesn't spy on users and doesn't slow down your site.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings Minimal Share Buttons competes in
Tags
- share buttons
- social media
- social sharing
- x
- Version
- 1.8.0
- Last updated
- Jun 13, 2025
- First published
- Aug 10, 2017
- Requires WordPress
- –
- Tested up to
- 6.8.8
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Minimal Share Buttons FAQ
What does Minimal Share Buttons do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Minimal Share Buttons offers Minimal and elegant look that blends with your theme (tested with all latest default WordPress themes as well as with some other popular themes), Minimal impact on your site’s performance – the plugin loads only a small SVG file with the icons, less than 1k CSS and 3.5к unminified and uncompressed, Doesn’t spy on your users – the plugin doesn’t load any thitd-party scripts that record your user’s activity on your site, doesn’t set or read any cookies, Sharing through the native share dialog on devices that support it and GDPR-hasle-free – since the plugin doesn’t leak personal information to third parties, this makes it easier for website owners to comply with the European.
How many active installs does Minimal Share Buttons have?
WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for Minimal Share Buttons as of September 7, 2026.
Is Minimal Share Buttons still maintained?
The last release was on June 13, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Minimal Share Buttons free?
Minimal Share Buttons is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.