Social Media Widget vs The Social Links

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

Social Media Widget

by ashirbad.cs

Health D47

The Social Links

by seagyn

Health D46

Active-install trajectory

Social Media Widget The Social Links

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 Widget	The Social Links
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	2K–3K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-70%	0% ✓
Overall health	D · 47 ✓	D · 46
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	81/100 ✓	77/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.22★ ✓	4.09★
Reviews	5	7 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	45/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Elevated ✓
Last updated	10.9y ago	4.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	70	182 ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Social Media Widget The Social Links

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.