Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons vs AddToAny Share Buttons

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

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 86 for AddToAny Share Buttons, led by stronger maintenance.

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

by Inisev

Health A91

AddToAny Share Buttons

by micropat

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons	AddToAny Share Buttons
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100K–200K	300K–400K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	A · 91 ✓	A · 86
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	89/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	97/100 ✓	94/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.8★ ✓	4.7★
Reviews	5,333 ✓	1,114
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	2mo ago ✓	6mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	20.9K	33.9K ✓
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.	-15%	+17%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.8%	1.6% ✓
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing IconsAddToAny 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.