AddToAny Share Buttons vs Meta Embeds

The AddToAny Share Buttons plugin for WordPress increases traffic & engagement by helping people share your posts and pages to any service. Services include Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, Pinterest, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Threads, Tumblr, Reddit, X, WeChat, and many more sharing and social media sites & apps. AddToAny is the home of universal sharing, and the AddToAny plugin is the most popular share plugin for WordPress, making sites social media ready since 2006. Share Buttons Standard share buttons — share each piece of content Floating share buttons — responsive & customizable, vertical & horizontal Counters — fast & official share counts in the same style Follow buttons — social media links to your Instagram, YouTube, Discord, Snapchat Image sharing buttons – share buttons for sharing images Vector share buttons & follow buttons — custom color SVG icons Custom share icons — use your own if you prefer Official buttons including the Facebook Like Button, Pinterest Save Button, and LinkedIn Share Button Universal email sharing makes it easy to share via Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook.com (Hotmail), AOL Mail, and any other web or native apps Custom Placement & Appearance Before content, after content, or before & after content Vertical Floating Share Bar, and Horizontal Floating Share Bar As a shortcode, or a widget within a theme’s layout Programmatically with template tags Analytics Integration Google Analytics integration (access guide) for sharing analytics Track shared links with Bitly and custom URL shorteners Display share counts on posts and pages WordPress Optimized Loads asynchronously so your content always loads before or in parallel with AddToAny Supports theme features such as HTML5, widgets, infinite scroll, post formats Supports WooCommerce, multilingual sites, multisite networks, and accessibility standards AddToAny is free — no signup, no login, no accounts to manage Mobile Optimized & Retina Ready AddToAny gives users the choice in sharing from a service’s native app or from a web app Responsive Floating Share Buttons are mobile ready by default, and configurable breakpoints make floating buttons work with any theme AddToAny’s SVG icons are super-lightweight and pixel-perfect at any size, and AddToAny’s responsive share menu fits on all displays Automatic AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) support for social share buttons on AMP pages Customizable & Extensible Choose exactly where you want AddToAny to appear Easily customize sharing on your WordPress site Highly extensible for developers and designers Custom icons let you use any icons from any location (media uploads directory, CDN, etc.) Many more publisher and user features Wide Support Over 10 years of development Over 18 million downloads Translated into dozens of languages Ongoing support from the community This plugin always strives to be the best WordPress plugin for sharing. Development is fueled by your kind words and feedback. Share this plugin See also: The share buttons for all platforms The share buttons for WordPress.com AddToAny Blog | Privacy Policy

Meta Embeds is the official WordPress plugin for embedding social media content from Meta Platforms. Paste a Threads, Instagram, or Facebook URL into the WordPress editor and it automatically renders a rich preview of the media content. Zero configuration required. No app creation, no access tokens, no API keys. Install the plugin and it just works. Features Threads Embeds: Paste a Threads post URL and get a rich, interactive embed. Instagram Embeds: Paste an Instagram image, video, or carousel post URL and get a rich, interactive embed. Facebook Embeds: Paste a Facebook post or reel URL and get a rich, interactive embed. Block Editor Support: Dedicated “Threads”, “Instagram”, and “Facebook” embed blocks with a live preview. Classic Editor Support: Auto-embeds Threads, Instagram, and Facebook URLs via WordPress oEmbed. Lightweight: No external dependencies, no settings page, no bloat. Tokenless: Uses Meta’s tokenless oEmbed APIs for instant, frictionless embeds. Supported URL Formats Threads: Post Permalink: https://www.threads.com/@{username}/post/{media-shortcode}/ Shorthand Post URL: https://www.threads.com/t/{media-shortcode}/ Instagram: Image and Carousel Posts: https://www.instagram.com/p/{media-shortcode}/ Reels: https://www.instagram.com/reel/{media-shortcode}/ Profiles: https://www.instagram.com/{username}/ Facebook: Posts: https://www.facebook.com/{username}/posts/{post-id}/ Reels: https://www.facebook.com/reel/{reel-id}/ Privacy This plugin registers Meta’s oEmbed API endpoints as providers in WordPress. When a Threads, Instagram, or Facebook URL is embedded: WordPress makes a server-side request to graph.threads.com/oembed (Threads), graph.facebook.com/v25.0/instagram_oembed (Instagram), graph.facebook.com/v25.0/oembed_post (Facebook posts), or graph.facebook.com/v25.0/oembed_video (Facebook videos) to fetch the embed HTML. The embed HTML includes a script tag that loads threads.com/embed.js, instagram.com/embed.js, or connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js on the frontend to render the embed. No user data is collected or stored by this plugin. Frontend embed rendering is subject to Meta’s Privacy Policy. Access to and use of this plugin is subject to Meta Platform Terms, Developer Policies, and Meta’s Community Standards, together with all other applicable terms and policies.