Genesis Simple Share

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1. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 21067829

   3.0y ago

   Simple sharing plugin and easy to configure.

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2. ★★★★★ yacosta42

   6.1y ago

   This plugin pulls my featured image, not my Pinterest image (which is coded for Pinterest). Also, there’s no option for email. Too bad, I was hoping it would have worked better.

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3. ★★★★★ Ernesto

   6.4y ago

   Does this plugin use javascript?

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4. ★★★★★ julvanegas

   6.7y ago

   The plugin is great and I like it, but you can add the option of instagram, email, whatsapp to share. thanks

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5. ★★★★★ Robert Gadon

   8.0y ago

   To the Developers: Nice little plugin you have there. I got tripped up initially by not properly setting the ‘Icon Display Position’ option. I like the fact that the plugin allows users to target custom post types (both single- and archive-template pages). The ‘Live Preview’ feature in the Admin is cool too. It allows plugins users to preview how the social icons will appear on the front end. Thanks for developing and sharing this plugin with the community. This topic was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by Robert Gadon.

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6. ★★★★★ Lee MFL

   8.5y ago

   The share icons look fantastic on my site, very clean and minimal, and the top ‘n’ bottom placement is great too. So I’d love to keep using the plugin but I cannot because it only lets people pin my posts’ Featured Image to Pinterest. Another share plugin I’m using instead lets the reader choose from all the images in a post, so they can choose the vertical one I made for Pinterest. If Genesis Simple Share allowed this I’d come back to it, because it does look beautiful. Unfortunately, functionality is more important to me right now. I don’t want to be negative. I’ve not been using Genesis for long but I love it so far and do appreciate all the work that goes into everything. Again, if you can make the Pinterest share behave as described above, I think you’d make a lot of bloggers more likely to use this plugin.

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7. ★★★★★ foreverlearning

   9.1y ago

   While I agree that some of the icons aren’t particularly attractive, I choose to use this plug in because I develop exclusively with Genesis themes and when choosing a plug in, quality is always a consideration. So, it was a no brainer for me as I know that both Brian and Nathan wouldn’t let anything out the door unless it was done right.

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8. ★★★★★ Jeff Cleverley

   9.3y ago

   Out of date icons

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.2.6 Removed leftover references to the retired proxy endpoint and disabled obsolete share counters. Removed the obsolete Hide Count setting and tidied the share button preview. 1.2.6
2. — Version 1.2.5 Security hardening: removed unused server-side proxy endpoint. 1.2.5
3. — Version 1.2.4 Iteration on multisite compatibility and translation loading improvements. 1.2.4
4. — Version 1.2.3 Improve multisite compatibility. 1.2.3
5. — Version 1.2.2 Improve translation loading. 1.2.2
6. — Version 1.2.1 Fix issue sharing with Twitter. 1.2.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 36 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 12 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-09-29 20K+ → 10K+ down after 542 days in tier
2. 2024-04-05 30K+ → 20K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A
• Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
• Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• Ocean Social Sharing 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• Simple Share Buttons Adder 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A

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Genesis Simple Share: 10K+ active installs, 4.4★ (33 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/genesis-simple-share