Social Sharing (by Danny)
Adds social sharing buttons for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to your blog posts or pages.
5(68 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Social Sharing (by Danny) is a WordPress social plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 68 reviews. It has been downloaded 120K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.7+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: AddToAny Share Buttons.
5/568 reviews
2.0K+active installs
120K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Social Sharing By Danny
The simplest sharing links possible for Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Most WordPress plugins that add social sharing functionality are too ugly, heavy, complicated or poorly coded for my liking. This plugin aims to be better: simple, efficient and flexible.
No script dependencies
From itself, the buttons are actually plain text links which require no external scripts. It makes no sense to load over 50 kilobytes of scripts and styles for a functionality 95% of your users will not use.
Simple, yet pretty and user-friendly
You can have the plugin load two very small files to add icons and a pop-up functionality to the sharing links. This way, users do not have to leave your website after clicking a sharing option. Both files are optional and you are free to craft yo…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
I would kiss the author
by ijkleban·5 years ago
Lightweight, elegent, non obtrusive custom styling ready. If light, fast and simple is your game this plugin is fot you. I would really kiss people behind this plugin.
Love the Plugin
by lifestylermary·7 years ago
I am enjoying playing with WordPress.
Fast and Minimal
by limitcracker·7 years ago
Great plugin. Fast and minimal. Worked just great.
Great plugin
by Nick Krastev·8 years ago
Great plugin
Just what I was looking for!
by Toronto SEO Guy·8 years ago
I’d been looking high and low for a simple, minimalist social sharing plugin and finally found it in Social Sharing by Danny! Unlike the vast majority of the other social sharing plugins out there, Danny’s frees you of the unwanted bells and & whistles that just needlessly suck up resources and complicate things.
This plugin is reliable, flexible, beautiful, and super-easy to implement. Best of all, the developer, Danny, is incredibly responsive and receptive to new ideas. In fact, I recently suggested a new feature and boom – literally within hours Danny had it integrated into the plugin and working perfectly.
Thank you Danny!
- This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by Toronto SEO Guy.
Download Trends
Today: 25Yesterday: 24This week: 183Period total: 9K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.3
97.7%
v1.2
2.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.3.10 – Feb 13, 2026
- Link to x.com instead of twitter.com
- Ensure settings are autoloaded correctly.
- Use short array syntax everywhere.
- Explicitly specify number of accepted arguments for all hooks.
Contributors
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