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Social Snap — Social Share Buttons & Click to Tweet

By Social Snap

E-commerce & Shopping /

Reviewed by Omar Dabbas

Trusted WordPress expert with 20+ years of experience evaluating plugins for the WP ecosystem.

Social Snap — Social Share Buttons & Click to Tweet Review - In-Depth Analysis

Social Snap is a social sharing plugin that adds customizable share buttons for popular networks like Facebook, X (Twitter), and LinkedIn. It includes a Click to Tweet feature to enhance engagement.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.87/10

User Rating

4.2/5 (based on 58+ reviews)

Active Installations

10,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

4 / 10 (Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

Social Snap is a WordPress social sharing plugin that helps you drive more traffic and increase engagement by leveraging the power of social media. Within minutes, you can have Social Snap up and running, giving your new and repeat visitors the ability to share your content like wildfire.

Social Snap is designed with high-end UX/UI, making it a great choice for both beginners and advanced users. The plugin loads asynchronously and uses vector icons, ensuring it won't slow down your website.

You can easily add beautiful and highly customizable social share buttons for various networks, including Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn, and more. The plugin also allows you to display individual and total share counts, edit share button labels, and customize the appearance for mobile and desktop screens.

Social Snap Pro offers additional features, including more share buttons and actions, share count recovery, social login, and automatic posting to social networks. The Click to Tweet feature lets you add share boxes easily, allowing visitors to tweet your content with just one click.

Social Snap is fully responsive and retina-ready, ensuring your social sharing tools look great on any device. With shortcode, widget, and Gutenberg support, you have total control over where and how you implement social sharing on your site.

Comparing to Alternatives

Social Snap offers a robust set of social sharing features with a pro version, competing with several other social sharing plugins available for WordPress.

Top alternatives

Strengths

Includes both social share buttons and click-to-tweet features.
Offers a pro version with additional premium features.
Generally positive user ratings with a majority 5-star reviews.
Supports follower count display for social media platforms.
Regularly updated to fix security vulnerabilities.

Weaknesses

Some users report forced branding that cannot be disabled easily.
Support responsiveness is reported as poor by multiple users.
Configuration can be confusing, especially for follower counts.
Has had security vulnerabilities in past versions, though fixed promptly.

User Sentiment Analysis

With a 4.2 average rating from 58 reviews, most users appreciate the plugin's functionality, though nearly 20% of ratings are 1 or 2 stars, reflecting notable dissatisfaction mainly around support and branding.

Positive highlights

"Good, thank you!" — Emil Atanasov
"Social Snap was a useful plugin until one day..." — thewritingthing (noting branding issues)
"When it does work it's great." — richards1052
"Thank You For the Refund" — valkyrjaeir (positive refund experience)

Common complaints

Lack of support and unresponsiveness to user queries.
Failure to process refunds as promised.
Forced branding added without user consent or opt-out option.

Weaknesses

Support is often unresponsive or ineffective.
Forced branding negatively impacts user experience.
Some features like follower counts can be difficult to configure properly.
Past security vulnerabilities may concern cautious users.

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users looking for a feature-rich social sharing plugin with both free and premium options, and who are comfortable troubleshooting or configuring settings themselves.

Not ideal for

Users who require responsive support, dislike forced branding, or are highly concerned about past security issues should consider alternatives.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version includes basic social share buttons and click-to-tweet functionality, suitable for most standard social sharing needs.

Pro version

The pro version offers additional premium features such as advanced customization, more social networks, follower counts, and priority support.

Final Verdict

Social Snap is a capable social sharing plugin with a strong feature set and mostly positive user feedback. Its free version is useful for basic needs, while the pro version adds valuable enhancements. However, users should be aware of past security issues that have been addressed and the reported lack of responsive support.

Potential users should weigh the plugin's strengths against its weaknesses, particularly the forced branding and support concerns. Those prioritizing strong customer service or avoiding branding may want to explore the available alternatives listed.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Social Snap — Social Share Buttons & Click to Tweet plugin.

Social sharing

Share buttons

Click to Tweet

Screenshots

FAQ

Social Snap is perfect for bloggers, small businesses, large businesses, photographers, designers and basically everyone else. If you have a WordPress website and want a simple way to drive more traffic and increase engagement, then you should use Social Snap.