rtSocial
This plugin uses non-blocking JavaScript to display social media sharing counters on posts/pages
4.7(9 reviews)
·50 active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, rtSocial is a WordPress share plugin with 50 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 29K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: AddToAny Share Buttons.
4.7/59 reviews
50active installs
29K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Normally social sharing codes provided by facebook, twitter, etc renders iframes at run-time. These iframes increases page-size and slow-down your website (on client-side).
The power of this plugin lies in non-blocking JavaScript. Normally social sharing links use iframes to output their content viz. icon images, share counts etc. The load time of these iframes block the page load, and hence slow down the site. The slowest is on pages with multiple instances of sharing links (e. g. blog indexes). rtSocial uses non blocking JavaScript to get all the data in one shot, and injects them in the mark-up. And it uses a single sprite with all the images required, hence eliminating the need to load the images from the service provider’s CDN. Comes with minimal settings, options to display th…
Ratings & Reviews
4.79 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.6.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
2.2.4
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ENHANCEMENTS
- Updated hide count checkbox to toggle button in plugin settings.
- Added conditional check for Facebook access token.
- Compatible with WordPress v6.4.2.
- Compatible with PHP v8.2.
…and 2 more changes
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