These are the best WordPress plugins for displaying social sharing buttons and social feeds that I’ve found.
Scriptless Social Sharing
This is a super lightweight plugin for displaying the major social network sharing buttons (including Bluesky but not Threads). It just works with no JavaScript and no hassles.
Note that it won’t show sharing buttons on any post feeds, such as on an archive page, and it doesn’t show share counts.
To show sharing buttons in feeds, you can add an action on ‘the-content’ hook to append the ‘[scriptless]’ shortcode after each blog post in the feed (and on single pages).
You can see examples at SwingDance.LA and 7SummitAdvisors (buttons in blog feed).
AddToAny Share Buttons
This is a great free plugin for displaying sharing buttons, including ones for Threads and Bluesky. This one stands out because it lets you display sharing buttons in post feeds. It can also display share counts. Has very good reviews in the WP repo.
Monarch (Paid Plugin)
This plugin is included with a Divi subscription but works on other themes. Works well but hasn’t been updated in a while. Still shows the old Twitter icon instead of X. Does not have any of the newer networks like Threads or Bluesky.
Displays share counts. You can place the sharing buttons on a variety of locations, including floating on the sides. You can see examples in my home page blog.
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed
Wow, this is a great Instagram plugin that works really well. There are paid features but the free version is very usable. Very easy to connect to your Instagram account too.
For an example, check out the home page for Hope For LA.
Smash Balloon also makes a plugin for other social feeds, which I haven’t tried yet, but is highly rated.
Widgets for Google Reviews
This is a great plugin that lets you place feeds and carousels of Google reviews on your site. You can filter only 4 and 5 star or only 5 star review. Connects directly to the Google API to automatically import reviews. It’s free and it just works!
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I am a freelance web developer and consultant based in Santa Monica, CA. I’ve been designing websites using WordPress and from scratch using HTML, CSS, PHP, and JavaScript since 2010. I create websites and web applications for businesses, nonprofits, and other organizations. I have a degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from California Institute of Technology and a degree in Engineering Management (MSEM) from Stanford University. If you need help with your site, you can hire me!
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