10 Best Social Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Social has 2,000+ 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 Social
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Widgets for Social Photo Feed
Closest match4.7 (28) 10,000+ active installsInstagram Feed Widgets. Display your Instagram feed on your website to increase engagement, sales and SEO.
Shares the Instagram tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated June 30, 2026.
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Feed Them Social
Paid version availableFeed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries
4.7 (638) 20,000+ active installsCustom social media feeds for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, & YouTube. Works with Elementor, Beaver Builder, and Gutenberg blocks.
Shares the Instagram, Tiktok tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin
4.9 (4,350) 1 million+ active installsFormerly "Instagram Feed". Display clean, customizable, and responsive Instagram feeds from multiple accounts. Supports Instagram oEmbeds.
Shares the Instagram tag on WordPress.org. About 500 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
- 4
4.3 (50) 50,000+ active installsInstagram feed plugin for WordPress: Display your Instagram photos, videos & reels. Easy setup with Gutenberg block, widget, shortcode & Elementor
Shares the Instagram tag on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, last updated August 7, 2026.
- 5
4.5 (303) 80,000+ active installsFormerly known as "Instagram Feed", this is the best plugin for displaying Instagram feeds on WordPress. It also supports Instagram reels.
Shares the Instagram tag on WordPress.org. About 40 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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Testimonial – Testimonial Slider and Showcase Plugin
4.6 (67) 20,000+ active installsDisplay customer testimonials beautifully with responsive slider and grid layouts. Build trust and boost conversions with this WordPress testimonial p …
About 10 times the installs, last updated 15 days ago.
- 7
WP Travel Engine
Paid version availableWP Travel Engine – Tour Booking Plugin – Tour Operator Software
4.9 (592) 20,000+ active installsWP Travel Engine is the most popular tour and travel booking WordPress plugin. Used by over 20,000 travel agency websites.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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FOMO & Social Proof Notifications by TrustPulse – Best WordPress FOMO Plugin
4.5 (35) 10,000+ active installsTrustPulse is a FOMO social proof plugin that leverages the power of social proof to instantly boost site conversions by up to 15%!
About 5 times the installs, no update since August 11, 2025.
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4.2 (26) 10,000+ active installsTrust badges to increase sales.
About 5 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.1 (114) 20,000+ active installsEmbed Tripadvisor reviews fast and easily into your WordPress site. Increase SEO, trust and sales using Tripadvisor reviews.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
Switching from Social: common questions
What is the best alternative to Social?
Widgets for Social Photo Feed is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 10,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Social alternative has the most users?
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Social alternative is rated highest?
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,350 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Social 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 Social 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 Social 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
Widgets for Social Photo Feed is the closest match to Social by the data we track, and Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Feed Them Social shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 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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