Shareaholic vs Social Icons
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| Feature | Shareaholic v9.7.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.4/5 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 | 10,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | November 5, 2024 | February 8, 2021 |
| Editions | Shareaholic · Shareaholic Premium ($) | Social Icons |
| Pros | Share buttons, related posts and share counts; Shortcode and dashboard settings; Free core plugin | Widget and shortcode placement; Large bundled icon set with drag-and-drop sorting; Free with no outside requests |
| Cons | Needs a Shareaholic account and API key; Sends post details to Shareaholic when posts are published; Premium upgrade for advanced features | Icon set is limited to the bundled socicon library |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Social share buttons, Related posts, Share count API, Shareaholic shortcode, Upgrade to Premium link ($) | 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 | ||
| Analytics | HubSpot analytics | — |
| Social | Shareaholic API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| Requires PHP | 5.3 | — |
| Tested up to | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | www.shareaholic.com, web.shareaholic.com, cm-web.shareaholic.com, api.shareaholic.com | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 1 |