Social Media Feather vs ShareThis Share Buttons

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

Social Media Feather

by socialmediafeather

Health A89

ShareThis Share Buttons

by ShareThis

Health B80

Active-install trajectory

Social Media Feather ShareThis Share Buttons

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	Social Media Feather	ShareThis Share Buttons
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%	-50%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 80
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.54★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	506 ✓	26
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	81/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9d ago	9d ago
Downloads · 30d	10.2K ✓	8.7K
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Social Media Feather ShareThis Share Buttons

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.