rtSocial

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1. ★★★★★ Gemini23

   12.2y ago

   I have looked at MANY social sharing plugins… and with page load speed a major factor this plugin works and is the best!

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2. ★★★★★ cloudduster

   12.5y ago

   I’m no coder but I can feel it really speeds up my blog.

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3. ★★★★★ johnwebsites

   12.8y ago

   Looking around for good social sharing plugins, not feeling like diving into functions.php for the moment on my Genesis framework child theme and this plugin did exactly what it is designed to do without increasing the load on my site. Thanks.

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4. ★★★★★ Zalium

   12.9y ago

   Cut down on database queries by changing over to this plugin from another. 129 queries to 27

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5. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   13.0y ago

   I tried several other popular social media plugins before this one. All were slow, some of them horribly slow. This one does not slow down my page loads at all. This is the only way to go unless your site has a lot of excess CPU. That said, I’d like to have to option to use the buttons or not for each post/page.

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6. ★★★★★ revixi5

   13.2y ago

   Finally a fast loading social plugin.

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7. ★★★★★ CranialBlaze

   13.4y ago

   Works brilliantly, saved 3 seconds off my load time, which was 4 seconds and took nearly 200 queries off my DTB compared to the existing plugin I was using. Only thing I would like to see is a stumble button, maybe even pocket, but I get a lot of traffic from stumble, but this plugin is worth the loss of button.

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8. ★★★★★ Yael K. Miller

   13.7y ago

   With this plugin activated, my websites still load very quickly. Plus, it can be positioned manually with the php that’s under “FAQ.”

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.2

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-08-07 50+ → 30+ down after 429 days in tier
2. 2025-06-04 60+ → 50+ down after 41 days in tier
3. 2025-04-24 70+ → 60+ down after 37 days in tier
4. 2025-03-18 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in tier
5. 2025-03-11 90+ → 80+ down after 3 days in tier
6. 2025-03-08 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2025-03-06 90+ → 80+ down after 55 days in tier
8. 2025-01-10 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier

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).

• Nobs • Share Buttons 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• T Tilt Social Share Widget 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• QuickShare 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
• J Jetpack Sharing Source Pack 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
• AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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rtSocial: 30+ active installs, 4.7★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rtsocial