Crafty Social Buttons vs QuickShare

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Crafty Social Buttons

by Sarah

Health D50

QuickShare

by Nick Halsey

Health D50

Active-install trajectory

Crafty Social Buttons QuickShare

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Crafty Social Buttons	QuickShare
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	900–1K ✓	200–300
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-10% ✓	-33%
Overall health	D · 50	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	9/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100 ✓	83/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.53★ ✓	4.28★
Reviews	40 ✓	12
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	46/100	59/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	8.8y ago	3.0y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	119 ✓	74
Category	Social	Social

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Crafty Social Buttons QuickShare

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.