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Optimize Social Share vs Social Preview and Open Graph Tags

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

Social Preview and Open Graph Tags is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 66 for Optimize Social Share, led by stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

Optimize Social ShareSocial Preview and Open Graph Tags

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	Optimize Social Share	Social Preview and Open Graph Tags
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	50K–60K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33%	-17% ✓
Overall health	C · 66	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	55/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	77/100	90/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	11	122 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	75/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.2y ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	460	12.7K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+32%	+41%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.3% ✓	2.0%
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Optimize Social ShareSocial Preview and Open Graph Tags

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.