Social Share Buttons
Social Share Buttons helps you to share content easily on the web. Using the stylish social share buttons your users will share your content in a fun way. Social Share Buttons comes with alot of stylish icons and with…
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Social Share Buttons shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 3/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 26/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (50+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 7 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.0 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Social Share Buttons stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
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Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3 from 2 reviews
About Social Share Buttons
From the official readme · v3.0Description
Social Share Buttons helps you to share content easily on the web. Using the stylish social share buttons your users will share your content in a fun way. Social Share Buttons comes with alot of stylish icons and with many hover over animations you’ll love to see. Animations on social share icons will let your user share your content in a fun way.
Premium Support
Social Share Buttons team provide support for the Social Share Buttons plugin on the WordPress.org forums and One-on-one email support. Both are only available to people who bought the Social Share Buttons Premium plugin only.We created the premium version with many extra features and an optimized interface, so it’s even more intuitive and quick to share your content on the web. It will be well worth of your investment!
From simple to fancy but useful, yes, you can transform your website. This plugin will allow you to add social share buttons to your posts. Social Share Buttons has the capability to support the relevant social media platforms that people commonly use.
- Google Plus
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LinkedIn
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Over 16 Social Skins
- Add Social Share icons on Left of your Post
- Add Social Share icons on Right of your Post
- Add social Share icons on Top of your Post
- Add social Share icons at Bottom of your Post
- Add social Share icons on Both Top and Bottom of your Post
- Set your margin top of social share icons from your header
- Set margin between icons of social share icons
- Simple social share icons configuration and design
- Easy to setup with just simple and easy options
Increase Numbers of Social Sharing
With our Social Share Buttons you will increase your social popularity and will take social sharing on a next level. It will contribute of increase the social activity on your site. Social Share Buttons is an easy and fast way to let your visitors share your content to social networks, helping you in growth of your social traffic on your website.
Over 15+ Social Sharing Skins
Social Share Buttons supports Five most popular social networks – LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Facebook share icons which help your visitors to choose the most suitable network for them.
Different Placement Options of Social Share Icon
Social Share Buttons provides you the ability to choose where to show share buttons – on the left side of your post or on the right side of your post. With Social Share Icons, you have much more chances to attract a wide variety of your website visitors. Plugin also allows you to choose which social media icon to show for sharing .
Installation
To install a social share buttons plugin via FTP
1. Download the Social Share Floating Icon plugin
2. Unzip Social Share Floating Icon plugin
3. Copy the social-share-floating-icon folder
4. Open the ftp \wp-content\plugins\
5. Paste the folder inside plug-ins folder
6. Go to admin panel => open item \”Plugins\” => activate Social Share Buttons
Changelog
not at the moment
3.0
Update admin UI for better user experience.
Bug Fixes.
Added Float Right.
Bug Fixes causing margining issue.
2.2
Bug Fixes
Change theme positions issue.
2.1
Fixed alignment issue.
2.0
Added new feature – You can add social share icons on top/bottom/both of the post.
1.7
Fixed Margining Issues.
Fixed issue where in some themes underline appeared on social images.
1.4
Fixed CSS issues on front-end.
1.3
Fixed CSS issues.
1.2
Fixed Admin page issues.
1.0
Initial version.
If you think, that you found a bug in our social share buttons plugin or have any question tell us via support forum .
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FAQ
Social Share Buttons: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 6, 2026
Is Social Share Buttons free?
Yes. Social Share Buttons is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Social Share Buttons safe to use in 2026?
Social Share Buttons shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 50+ sites, is rated 3/5 and was last updated 8 years ago, and scores 26/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Social Share Buttons?
Social Share Buttons is active on 50+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 15,360 times since it launched in June 2016. It was downloaded 82 times in the last 30 days.
Does Social Share Buttons work with WordPress 7.1?
Social Share Buttons is officially tested up to WordPress 5.0.29, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Social Share Buttons last updated?
The latest version, 3.0, was released on December 9, 2018 (8 years ago).
Who makes Social Share Buttons?
Social Share Buttons is developed and maintained by Arrow Plugins.
What are the best alternatives to Social Share Buttons?
The most popular alternatives to Social Share Buttons are Meta for WooCommerce (400K+ installs), Meta pixel for WordPress (400K+ installs) and Nextend Social Login and Re… (200K+ installs).
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