G Social Buttons vs Social Share For WooCommerce

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

G Social Buttons

by Sinan Yorulmaz

Health D41

Social Share For WooCommerce

by Kuldip Makadiya

Health D43

Active-install trajectory

G Social Buttons Social Share For WooCommerce

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	G Social Buttons	Social Share For WooCommerce
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	400–500 ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-20%
Overall health	D · 41	D · 43 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	68/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	3.75★ ✓
Reviews	0	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	48/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	7.2y ago	4.1y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	49	116 ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

G Social Buttons Social Share For WooCommerce

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.