10 Best WP Socializer Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Socializer 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 WP Socializer
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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 share buttons, social share, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated 3 days ago.
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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 share buttons, social media, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.6 against 4.5, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.6 (58) 10,000+ active installsFloating social icons, share buttons, a widget & a Gutenberg block, in one fast plugin — completely rebuilt, with a one-click import of your exist …
Shares the share buttons, social media, social share tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.6 against 4.5, last updated September 12, 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 media, social share, social sharing tags on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated September 14, 2026.
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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 share buttons, social media, social share tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.2 against 4.5, last updated January 27, 2026.
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Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds
4.8 (396) 40,000+ active installsFloating Social Media Icons, Sticky Share Buttons, Facebook Feeds, & Popup builder. Also, create Call, Email, SMS, & Contact buttons to increa …
Shares the share, share buttons, social media tags on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated August 13, 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 share, share buttons, social media tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.5, no update since March 27, 2025.
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AddToAny Share Buttons
4.7 (1,114) 300,000+ active installsShare buttons for WordPress including the AddToAny button, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Reddit, many more, and follow icons too.
Shares the share, share buttons, social media tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated May 22, 2026.
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4.9 (1,911) 10,000+ active installsSocial sharing plugin adding social buttons.
Shares the share, share buttons tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.9 against 4.5, last updated 12 days ago.
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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, social share tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated August 24, 2026.
Switching from WP Socializer: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Socializer?
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 WP Socializer alternative has the most users?
AddToAny, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Socializer 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 WP Socializer 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 WP Socializer 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 WP Socializer 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 WP Socializer by the data we track, and AddToAny has the widest reach with 300,000+ active installs. Simple Social Media Share Buttons shipped the most recent release, on October 19, 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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