Round Social Media Buttons vs Social Media Widget

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

Round Social Media Buttons

by solomon_s_scott

Health D44

Social Media Widget

by Blink Web Effects

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Round Social Media Buttons Social Media Widget

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	Round Social Media Buttons	Social Media Widget
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	80–90	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-20%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 44	D · 51 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	21/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	72/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.85★	3.90★ ✓
Reviews	3	84 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	67/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	12.4y ago	2.2y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	49	1.2K ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

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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.