ShareThis Share Buttons vs WPZOOM Connect (formerly Social Icons Widget by WPZoom)
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| Feature | ShareThis Share Buttons v2.3.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.5/5 Visit Details | WPZOOM Connect (formerly Social Icons Widget by WPZoom) v4.7.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 10,000+ | 90,000+ |
| Last updated | October 7, 2026 | September 25, 2026 |
| Editions | ShareThis Share Buttons | WPZOOM Connect: AI Chat, Click to Chat, Social Icons & Share Buttons · WPZOOM Social Icons PRO ($) |
| Pros | Inline and sticky share button layouts; Widget and block for placement; GDPR option and asynchronous loading | Click to Chat for several messaging apps from one button; Social icons, share buttons, widget, block and Elementor widget; Free core needs no account |
| Cons | Needs a ShareThis property ID from the vendor platform; Front-end script is loaded from ShareThis servers; Settings depend on the ShareThis platform | AI chat needs an external Yamidoo account; Customer data sharing with Yamidoo is opt-in but adds a data flow; Several features are upsold to the PRO edition |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 2 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Inline and sticky share buttons, GDPR compliance option, Share buttons widget, Gutenberg block, Asynchronous platform script loader | Floating Click to Chat links for WhatsApp, Telegram and Messenger, Social profile icons with a widget and shortcode, Share buttons for posts (Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest and more), AI chat widget connected to a Yamidoo account (opt-in), Optional sharing of customer email with Yamidoo (off by default), Elementor social icons widget, PRO upgrade links and upsell page |
| Integrations | ||
| Social | ShareThis platform API, AI assistant share targets | — |
| E-commerce | — | Easy Digital Downloads |
| Plugins | — | Elementor |
| Other | ShareThis platform CDN | Yamidoo AI chat |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| Requires PHP | — | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | vendorlist.consensu.org, platform-api.sharethis.com, platform-cdn.sharethis.com | app.yamidoo.ai |
| Blocks | — | 2 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |