Is Social Hashtags free?

Yes, Social Hashtags is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Social Hashtags?

Social Hashtags has 20 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Social Hashtags alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Social Hashtags include FancyBox for WordPress, Meks Simple Flickr Widget, Free Assets Library – Openverse/Pixabay…. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Social Hashtags work with the latest WordPress?

Social Hashtags has been tested up to WordPress 4.1.42. It requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+.

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Social Hashtags

Name: Social Hashtags
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Author: shanaver

Grabs images & videos matching any hashtag from social APIs like instagram & youtube.

By shanaver·Photos·Free

4(5 reviews)

·20 active installs·Updated 11 years ago

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As of April 2026, Social Hashtags is a WordPress photos plugin with 20 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: FancyBox for WordPress.

4/55 reviews

20active installs

7.1K+total downloads

13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Grabs images & videos matching any hashtag from social APIs like instagram & youtube. Stores thumbnails & details locally for each one in a custom post type so you have full control over the content on your site. This allows you to categorize, make private/public, etc and include them any wayt hat you like on your pages.

Extendable to include twitter, telportd and others as well.

We first developed this for the original Kony2012 site, it was a huge hit. Sorry that it took so long to get it into the WordPress plugins.