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Social Share Buttons vs Social Media Social Share Icon

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

Social Media Social Share Icon and Social Share Buttons are close on health (D · 44 vs D · 43), with nothing separating them on the sub-scores.

Active-install trajectory

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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 Share Buttons	Social Media Social Share Icon
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	100–200 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-33% ✓	-50%
Overall health	D · 43	D · 44 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	69/100	73/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.8★	3.9★ ✓
Reviews	2	5 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	38/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	High
Last updated	7.9y ago ✓	10.2y ago
Downloads, last 30d	75	106 ✓
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.	+25%	-6%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	0.3% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

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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.