ShareThis Share Buttons vs Social Icons
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| Feature | ShareThis Share Buttons v2.3.13 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.5/5 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 | 10,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | October 7, 2026 | February 8, 2021 |
| Editions | ShareThis Share Buttons | Social Icons |
| Pros | Inline and sticky share button layouts; Widget and block for placement; GDPR option and asynchronous loading | Widget and shortcode placement; Large bundled icon set with drag-and-drop sorting; Free with no outside requests |
| Cons | Needs a ShareThis property ID from the vendor platform; Front-end script is loaded from ShareThis servers; Settings depend on the ShareThis platform | Icon set is limited to the bundled socicon library |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Inline and sticky share buttons, GDPR compliance option, Share buttons widget, Gutenberg block, Asynchronous platform script loader | 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 | ||
| Social | ShareThis platform API, AI assistant share targets | — |
| Other | ShareThis platform CDN | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.5 | 4.7 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | vendorlist.consensu.org, platform-api.sharethis.com, platform-cdn.sharethis.com | — |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |