10 Best Broadcast Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Broadcast 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 Broadcast
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Nobs • Share Buttons
Closest match4.7 (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 sharing tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated February 20, 2026.
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4.9 (1,911) 10,000+ active installsSocial sharing plugin adding social buttons.
Shares the sharing tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated June 12, 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 sharing tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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4.9 (101) 30,000+ active installsShariff provides share buttons that respect the privacy of your visitors and follow the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Shares the sharing tag on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated May 15, 2026.
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Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder
4.5 (151) 70,000+ active installsFloating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup builder. WhatsApp Chat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Live Chat, Call, SMS, Email & more.
Shares the marketing tag on WordPress.org. About 70 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.9, last updated 25 days ago.
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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.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.9, no update since November 5, 2024.
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4.6 (506) 10,000+ active installsLightweight social sharing and follow buttons for WordPress. Fast, flexible, and easy to use.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 18 days ago.
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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.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 6 days ago.
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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
About 10 times the installs, last updated June 23, 2026.
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4.5 (40) 10,000+ active installsFlexible button creator allowing you to stick floating buttons to the side of your site.
About 10 times the installs, no update since July 2, 2025.
Switching from Broadcast: common questions
What is the best alternative to Broadcast?
Nobs • Share Buttons is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 3,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Broadcast alternative has the most users?
Buttonizer, with 70,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Broadcast 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 Broadcast 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 Broadcast 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 Broadcast 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
Nobs • Share Buttons is the closest match to Broadcast by the data we track, and Buttonizer has the widest reach with 70,000+ 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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