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ShareThis Share Buttons vs Social Media Feather

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

Social Media Feather is the safest pick: health A · 89 against 80 for ShareThis Share Buttons, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

ShareThis Share Buttons moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+; Social Media Feather moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	ShareThis Share Buttons	Social Media Feather
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K ✓	10K–20K
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	20K+ → 10K+	20K+ → 10K+
Overall health	B · 80	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	89/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.6★	4.5★ ✓
Reviews	26	506 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	95/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	29d ago	3d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	11K	18K ✓
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.	+45%	+17%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.5% ✓	0.5%
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

ShareThis Share ButtonsSocial Media Feather

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.