10 Best Social Media Icons Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Social Media Icons has 1,000+ 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 Media Icons
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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, twitter tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.1 (22) 1,000+ active installsImage sharing plugin for WordPress. Share exactly needed images with fully customizable content.
Shares the facebook, twitter tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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OG — Better Share on Social Media
4.8 (216) 30,000+ active installsThe simple method to add Open Graph metadata to your entries so that they look great when shared on sites.
Shares the facebook, social media tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated May 15, 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 social media tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since January 11, 2025.
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4.6 (506) 10,000+ active installsLightweight social sharing and follow buttons for WordPress. Fast, flexible, and easy to use.
Shares the social media tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.6 (58) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin allows you to add social media floating sidebar icons connected with your social media profiles.
Shares the social media tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated July 2, 2026.
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4.6 (30) 10,000+ active installsAllow your visitors to contact you via mobile phones, or access your site's pages instantly.
Shares the social media tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated June 15, 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 social media tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since March 27, 2025.
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Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting
4.4 (104) 4,000+ active installsEditorial calendar and social media auto-posting for WordPress. Plan content, schedule shares, and grow reach with powerful automations.
Shares the social media tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
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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 10 times the installs, last updated January 27, 2026.
Switching from Social Media Icons: common questions
What is the best alternative to Social Media Icons?
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 Social Media Icons alternative has the most users?
OG, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Social Media Icons 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 Social Media Icons 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 Media Icons 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 Media Icons 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 Social Media Icons by the data we track, and OG has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. Nelio Content shipped the most recent release, on August 31, 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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