Scriptless Social Sharing
This plugin adds super simple social sharing buttons to your content.
5(68 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 8 months agoAs of April 2026, Scriptless Social Sharing is a WordPress social sharing plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 68 reviews. It has been downloaded 196K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Download volume is stable this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Social Icons Widget & Block – Social….
5/568 reviews
10K+active installs
0%resolved
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Scriptless Social Sharing is a wee plugin to add buttons to your posts/pages, to make it easier for your readers to share your content on social networks.
The sharing links use the most basic methods provided by each network. There is no JavaScript, nothing fancy included in this plugin, so if you want fancy, this is not the plugin you’re looking for. It just builds a set of links.
The sharing buttons are accessible–even if you choose the “Icons Only” button styles, the network names are still part of the buttons, just hidden in an accessible-ready manner.
There is a small settings page, so you can make decisions about which content types should have sharing buttons and where, what buttons should be added, and whether or not to use the plugin’s styles. Beyond…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Excellent.
by Pawel Slabiak·11 months ago
I’ve been using Scriptless Social Sharing for about five years now and have never had a problem—as other reviewers have said, it just works. The plugin is lightweight, accessible, and does exactly what it’s supposed to. The settings are straightforward and the output is easy to style. Now links to Bluesky are also included. Kudos to Robin Cornett for developing this excellent little plugin.
A great minimalistic plugin
by weigertj·1 year ago
After uninstalling JetPack and using its sharing function, I had look for something else. I looked for a minimalistic sharing pluging ,which doesn’t slow down my site and I am happy that I found this.
Accessible social icons
by redkite·2 years ago
I tried several social sharing plugins along with the Accessibility Checker scan and this was the only one without accessibility issues related to color contrast.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by redkite.
I love this plugin!
by cientiros·3 years ago
It’s simple and to the point without the bloat! Thank you very much!
quite successful
by aga2442·3 years ago
quite successful
It takes up very little space. it works flawlessly.
Download Trends
Today: 16Yesterday: 20This week: 158Period total: 25K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.2+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.3
86.4%
v3.2
11.9%
v3.1
1.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
3.3.1
- changed: update heading, shortcode output
Contributors
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