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Best WordPress Plugins for Social Links

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Social Links

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for social links comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Powerkit Best overall 83/100
  2. 2. Link in Bio Creator 80/100
  3. 3. Sticky Social Link 80/100
  4. 4. Tooltips for WordPress 72/100
  5. 5. Authorsy 72/100
  6. 6. Author Box & Pages for E-E-A-T Optimization 71/100
  7. 7. WP Social Widget 70/100
  8. 8. RaraTheme Companion 69/100
  9. 9. WP About Author 66/100
  10. 10. The Social Links 51/100
  11. 11. rtSocial 50/100
  12. 12. Easy Sticky Buttons 49/100
  13. 13. Social Media Widget 48/100
  14. 14. WPSocialite 48/100
  15. 15. Social Profile Linking 46/100
1 Powerkit
Best overall Free by codesupplyco

Powerkit

Essential components for every WordPress site: share buttons, social links, social media integrations, galleries, lazyload, custom widgets, and more.

4.5★
from 14 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
83

WPScore

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2 Link in Bio Creator
Free by Chadwick Marketing

Link in Bio Creator

Build link in bio pages directly on your site. Customizable, accessible and SEO-friendly.

4.3★
from 21 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
80

WPScore

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3 Sticky Social Link
Free by Habibur Rahman

Sticky Social Link

Sticky Social Link is a Floating/Sticky Social Link Plugin. This Plugin will make Your social media links sticky/floating on your website.

5★
from 4 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
80

WPScore

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4 Tooltips for WordPress
Free by Tomas

Tooltips for WordPress

Add custom tooltip automatically for post's content/title/tag/excerpt/gallery/menu, easily add image / video / audio / social/link tooltips

3.8★
from 75 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
72

WPScore

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5 Authorsy
Free by Apselo

Authorsy

Authorsy is a powerful WordPress author box plugin. Add customizable author profiles, multiple authors, guest authors, bios, social links, and post ra …

1k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
72

WPScore

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10 The Social Links
Free by seagyn

The Social Links

The Social Links plugin adds a widget and shortcode to your WordPress website allowing you to display icons linking to your social profiles.

4.4★
from 7 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Nov 2021
Tested to
WP 5.8.15
51

WPScore

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11 rtSocial
Free by rtCamp

rtSocial

This plugin uses non-blocking JavaScript to display social media sharing counters on posts/pages

4.7★
from 9 ratings
30+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2024
Tested to
WP 6.6.7
50

WPScore

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12 Easy Sticky Buttons
Free by Buğra Özdur

Easy Sticky Buttons

With the Easy Sticky Buttons plugin, you can add 1 to 4 sticky buttons at the bottom of your site's mobile view.

5★
from 5 ratings
600+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2023
Tested to
WP 6.1.12
49

WPScore

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13 Social Media Widget
Free by ashirbad.cs

Social Media Widget

Easily create beautiful social media link with the install of this plugin.This widget takes a simple, extendable approach for displaying your social m …

5★
from 5 ratings
300+
active installs
Updated
Sep 2015
Tested to
WP 4.3.34
48

WPScore

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14 WPSocialite
Free by Tom Morton

WPSocialite

Long page loads aren't fun for anyone. Use WPSocialite to take control of heavy social sharing links and load them how you want!

4.7★
from 21 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2013
Tested to
WP 3.6.1
48

WPScore

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