10 Best The Social Links Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
The Social Links 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 The Social Links
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WPSocialite
Closest match4.7 (21) 200+ active installsLong page loads aren't fun for anyone. Use WPSocialite to take control of heavy social sharing links and load them how you want!
Shares the social links, social networking tags on WordPress.org. 200+ installs against 2,000+, no update since October 10, 2013.
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Simple Like Page – Fast & Privacy-Friendly Page Embeds
4.3 (24) 10,000+ active installsEmbed Meta™ Page content without slowing down your site or loading third-party scripts before user interaction.
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated April 28, 2026.
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Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic
4.4 (1,052) 10,000+ active installsBoost Audience Engagement with Award Winning Speed Optimized Social Tools: Share Buttons, Related Posts, Monetization & Google Analytics.
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since November 5, 2024.
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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 social tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated February 20, 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 social tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 2 days ago.
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Social 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 social tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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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 tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated February 21, 2026.
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4.4 (105) 5,000+ active installsAdvanced chat plugin for WordPress with AI ChatGPT bots. Requires no server, supports multiple channels, appearance settings, moderation, bans.
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated March 9, 2026.
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4.4 (33) 10,000+ active installsGenesis Simple Share allows you to easily add beautiful share buttons to your site using a Genesis child theme
Shares the social tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated June 23, 2026.
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4.3 (92) 100,000+ active installsDisplay icons linking to your social profiles, via the classic widget or the core Social Icons block variations.
Shares the social networking tag on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated July 27, 2026.
Switching from The Social Links: common questions
What is the best alternative to The Social Links?
WPSocialite is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 200+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which The Social Links alternative has the most users?
Simple Social Icons, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which The Social Links 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 The Social Links 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 The Social Links 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 The Social Links 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
WPSocialite is the closest match to The Social Links by the data we track, and Simple Social Icons has the widest reach with 100,000+ 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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