Socials Ignited vs Lightweight Social Icons

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

Socials Ignited

by Anastis Sourgoutsidis

Health C62

Lightweight Social Icons

by Tom

Health D51

Active-install trajectory

Socials Ignited Lightweight Social Icons

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	Socials Ignited	Lightweight Social Icons
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	C · 62 ✓	D · 51
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	47/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★	4.61★ ✓
Reviews	4	63 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	76/100 ✓	50/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	Elevated
Last updated	1.3y ago ✓	6.5y ago
Downloads · 30d	201	462 ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Socials Ignited Lightweight Social Icons

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.