Share on Social vs WPB Social Master

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

WPB Social Master is the safest pick: health A · 85 against 45 for Share on Social, led by lower removal risk.

Share on Social

by Maithilish

Health D45

WPB Social Master

by WPBean

Health A85

Active-install trajectory

Share on SocialWPB Social Master

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	Share on Social	WPB Social Master
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	40–50 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	-20%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 85 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	1	3 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	41/100	89/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	5.7y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	50	186 ✓
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.	-8%	0%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	0.7% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Share on SocialWPB Social Master

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.