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Inline Tweet Sharer vs Social Media Widget

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

Inline Tweet Sharer is the safest pick: health B · 75 against 50 for Social Media Widget, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Inline Tweet Sharer	Social Media Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	30K–40K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	B · 75 ✓	D · 50
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	67/100 ✓	18/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	72/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.4★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	11	84 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100 ✓	61/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	11mo ago ✓	2.4y ago
Downloads, last 30d	182	1.5K ✓
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.	+18%	+20%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.7%	1.4% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Inline Tweet SharerSocial Media Widget

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.