10 Best Sticky Side Buttons Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Sticky Side Buttons has 10,000+ 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 Sticky Side Buttons
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Simple 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 buttons tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated August 4, 2026.
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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 buttons tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.3 (627) 40,000+ active installsA simple plugin that enables you to add share buttons to all of your posts and/or pages.
Shares the social buttons tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.5 (89) 4,000+ active installsUptolike Social Share Buttons - social bookmarking widget with sharing statistics.
Shares the social buttons tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.8 (55) 2,000+ active installsShare your posts and pages quickly and easily with Cresta Social Share Counter and show share counts.
Shares the social buttons tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated February 21, 2026.
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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 buttons tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated July 24, 2026.
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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 social buttons tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 10,000+, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.7 (93) 3,000+ active installsJuiz Social Post Sharer is now Nobs • Share Buttons. Add beautiful share buttons in your posts to allow visitors to share your content on social media …
Shares the buttons tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated February 20, 2026.
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4.8 (5,334) 100,000+ active installsShare buttons and pop up share icons for social media sharing
About 10 times the installs, last updated 13 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.
About 10 times the installs, last updated September 15, 2025.
Switching from Sticky Side Buttons: common questions
What is the best alternative to Sticky Side Buttons?
Simple Social Media Share Buttons is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 20,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Sticky Side Buttons alternative has the most users?
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Sticky Side Buttons alternative is rated highest?
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 5,334 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Sticky Side Buttons 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 Sticky Side Buttons 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 Sticky Side Buttons 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
Simple Social Media Share Buttons is the closest match to Sticky Side Buttons by the data we track, and Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 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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