Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler vs Social Icons
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| Feature | Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler v9.1.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details | Social Icons v1.7.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 40,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | October 12, 2026 | February 8, 2021 |
| Editions | Blog2Social · Blog2Social Premium ($) | Social Icons |
| Pros | Auto-posts and schedules content to many social networks; Free version covers basic sharing and scheduling | Widget and shortcode placement; Large bundled icon set with drag-and-drop sorting; Free with no outside requests |
| Cons | Advanced automation and extra networks need Premium plans; Many features depend on the vendor's online service | Icon set is limited to the bundled socicon library |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Automatic posting of new content, Content curation, Post calendar, Video upload to networks ($), Pinterest network sessions | Social icons widget for sidebars, social_icons_group shortcode, Icon groups stored as a social_icon post type, Drag-and-drop ordering of icons in admin, Large bundled set of social network icons |
| Integrations | ||
| Storage | Blog2Social video upload service ($) | — |
| Social | — | |
| Other | Blog2Social cloud API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 6.2 | 4.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | ipinfo.io, developer.blog2social.com, api-upload.blog2social.com, api.assistini.com, service.blog2social.com | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |
| Custom tables | 11 | — |