Simple Social Media Share Buttons vs Hubbub Lite

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

Simple Social Media Share Buttons

by Adnan

Health A90

Hubbub Lite

by NerdPress

Health A90

Active-install trajectory

Simple Social Media Share Buttons Hubbub Lite

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	Simple Social Media Share Buttons	Hubbub Lite
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20K–30K	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 90	A · 90
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	94/100 ✓	93/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.72★ ✓	4.67★
Reviews	194 ✓	173
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	99/100 ✓	98/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	21d ago ✓	1mo ago
Downloads · 30d	15.9K ✓	8.8K
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Simple Social Media Share Buttons Hubbub Lite

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.