Meks Smart Social Widget vs Social Icons

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

Meks Smart Social Widget

by Meks

Health C55

Social Icons

by ThemeGrill

Health D47

Active-install trajectory

Meks Smart Social Widget Social Icons

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	Meks Smart Social Widget	Social Icons
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	10K–20K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-50%	0% ✓
Overall health	C · 55 ✓	D · 47
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	24/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100	81/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★ ✓	4.21★
Reviews	10	15 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	69/100 ✓	47/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Elevated
Last updated	2.1y ago ✓	5.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	634 ✓	466
Category	Social	Media

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

Release activity

Meks Smart Social Widget Social Icons

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.