Shortlinks for Jetpack sharing buttons vs Sharing buttons shortcode for Jetpack

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

Sharing buttons shortcode for Jetpack is the safest pick: health D · 53 against 47 for Shortlinks for Jetpack sharing buttons, led by lower removal risk.

Shortlinks for Jetpack sharing buttons

by Jeremy Herve

Health D47

Sharing buttons shortcode for Jetpack

by Jeremy Herve

Health D53

Active-install trajectory

Sharing buttons shortcode for Jetpack moved down one install band, 800+ to 700+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Shortlinks for Jetpack sharing buttons	Sharing buttons shortcode for Jetpack
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	700–800 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-13%
Overall health	D · 47	D · 53 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	26/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	71/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	3.8★
Reviews	5	15 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	66/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	6.3y ago	2.0y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	93	176 ✓
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.	-9%	+24%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	2.4% ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Social

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

Release activity

Shortlinks for Jetpack sharing buttonsSharing buttons shortcode for Jetpack

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.