{"id":5229,"date":"2021-01-18T11:08:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T05:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=5229"},"modified":"2025-02-25T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T09:01:17","slug":"5-best-social-media-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-best-social-media-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2021","title":{"rendered":"5 Best Social Media Plugins for WordPress in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-best-social-media-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2021\/#Shared_Counts\" title=\"Shared Counts\">Shared Counts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-best-social-media-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2021\/#Sassy_Social_Share\" title=\"Sassy Social Share\">Sassy Social Share<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-best-social-media-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2021\/#Simple_Social_Icons\" title=\"Simple Social Icons\">Simple Social Icons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-best-social-media-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2021\/#AddtoAny\" title=\"AddtoAny\">AddtoAny<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/5-best-social-media-plugins-for-wordpress-in-2021\/#Smash_Balloon_Social_Photo_Feed\" title=\"Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed\">Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today, there are several social media plugins available for WordPress website. With the right plugin, you can engage with the visitors on social media in a better way. It also makes social media followers to convert on your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With so many options out there, it becomes difficult to decide which social media plugin to choose. This post has listed some of the best social media plugins that you can install, and are the current favorite of the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/wordpress-development\/\">WordPress web development company<\/a><\/span>. Let\u2019s take a look:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shared_Counts\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Shared Counts<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This WordPress plugin is fast and easy to use. It provides a limited number of popular social networks that includes Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Google+. Additionally, it comes with multiple button styles, and you can choose the location of the button. This plugin is helpful in getting the social share count for different networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sassy_Social_Share\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Sassy Social Share<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sassy Social Share is simple to use and comes with tons of options. With this plugin, the support for many different social media websites comes, and you can even include buttons in post content. It also comes with social share count feature. However, you will require third party service for the retrieval of stats. For the icon styles, the plugin offers three basic styles: rounded, square, or rectangular buttons.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 40px auto; border: 2px solid #065beb; padding: 20px 25px; border-radius: 6px; background: 0;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 62%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Are You Looking to Hire Dedicated WordPress Developers?<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; width: 36%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a style=\"padding: 10px 22px; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: middle; cursor: pointer; color: #ffffff; background-color: #065beb; -moz-border-radius: 3px; -webkit-border-radius: 3px; border-radius: 3px; display: block;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/dedicated-wordpress-developer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Call us today!<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Simple_Social_Icons\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Simple Social Icons<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As the name suggests, this plugin will display social media icons in a sidebar widget. You have the option to choose colors and type the URLs for social media accounts that you need to display. It provides a limited number of social media platforms that cover important and popular services. It is simple to use and has less effect on the performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/wordpress-development-trends-that-you-need-to-follow-in-2021\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WordPress Development Trends That You Need to Follow in 2021<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AddtoAny\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>AddtoAny<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This is a social sharing tool which is also available as a WordPress plugin. It provides various social media platforms, floating and standard social sharing bars with a universal sharing menu. You can see social share count without any need to create an account and also provides Google Analytics integration.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Smash_Balloon_Social_Photo_Feed\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With the help of this social media plugin, you can display your recent Instagram photos in WordPress. You have to generate an Instagram access token. After that, you can utilize the available short codes for displaying the feed anywhere on your website that includes posts, pages, and sidebar widgets. You can even create multiple feeds by customizing the short code parameters.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"\/blog\/tips-on-creating-seasonal-landing-page-for-your-wordpress-website\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Tips on Creating Seasonal Landing Page for your WordPress Website<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, there are several social media plugins available for WordPress website. With the right plugin, you can engage with the visitors on social media in a better way. It also makes social media followers to convert on your website. 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