10 Best Social Share Button Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Social Share Button 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 Share Button
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Cresta Social Share Counter
Closest match4.8 (55) 2,000+ active installsShare your posts and pages quickly and easily with Cresta Social Share Counter and show share counts.
Shares the share button, social share tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated February 21, 2026.
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Super Web Share – Native Social Sharing Button
4.9 (29) 2,000+ active installsSuper Web Share helps you easily add a native share prompt to your website, allowing you to share a page or post in less than a minute.
Shares the share button, social share tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share
4.8 (522) 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 share, Social Share Buttons tags on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated September 15, 2025.
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4.9 (1,911) 10,000+ active installsSocial sharing plugin adding social buttons.
Shares the share button tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated June 12, 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.
Shares the social share tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 6 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 share tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated January 27, 2026.
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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 share tag on WordPress.org. About 80 times the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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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 tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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4.4 (84) 20,000+ active installsUpload your own social media icons or choose from font-awesome. Use widget|shortcode to place icons anywhere(sidebar, header, footer, page) in theme.
Shares the social share tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated November 9, 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 share tag on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated July 24, 2026.
Switching from Social Share Button: common questions
What is the best alternative to Social Share Button?
Cresta Social Share Counter is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Social Share Button alternative has the most users?
Sassy Social Share, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Social Share Button alternative is rated highest?
Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,911 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Social Share Button 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 Share Button 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 Share Button 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
Cresta Social Share Counter is the closest match to Social Share Button by the data we track, and Sassy Social Share has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. SchedulePress shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 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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