Is Social Shares free?

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

How many websites use Social Shares?

Social Shares has 30 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Social Shares alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Social Shares include WP ULike – Like & Dislike Buttons for…, Favorites, Comments Like Dislike. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Social Shares work with the latest WordPress?

Social Shares has been tested up to WordPress 4.4.34. It requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+.

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Social Shares

Name: Social Shares
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Waterloo Plugins

Get the number of Likes and Twitter Tweets for each post. Sort your posts by share count or display the share count.

By Waterloo Plugins·Like·Free

5(2 reviews)

·30 active installs·Updated 10 years ago

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As of April 2026, Social Shares is a WordPress like plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP ULike – Like & Dislike Buttons for….

5/52 reviews

30active installs

4.1K+total downloads

12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Social Shares uses the Facebook and Twitter APIs to fetch the total number of shares for each of your posts. The number of shares is stored in your database for any plugins to use. Social Shares can optionally display the number of shares on your posts. The number of shares is styleable. You can use the shortcode [social_shares] anywhere in your posts.

In addition, you can sort your posts by the number of shares. You can make a page that displays your posts with the most shares. Simply add ?sort_shares=desc or ?sort_shares=asc to the end of any WordPress URL to sort by the number of shares.

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