Social Preview and Open Graph Tags vs Optimize Social Share

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

Social Preview and Open Graph Tags

by Saad Iqbal

Health A89

Optimize Social Share

by Heateor Support

Health B70

Active-install trajectory

Social Preview and Open Graph Tags Optimize Social Share

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 Preview and Open Graph Tags	Optimize Social Share
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40K–50K ✓	3K–4K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-33%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 70
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	65/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	90/100 ✓	77/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.57★ ✓	4.08★
Reviews	122 ✓	11
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	88/100 ✓	84/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	27d ago ✓	12mo ago
Downloads · 30d	23.5K ✓	340
Category	Social	Social

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

Release activity

Social Preview and Open Graph Tags Optimize Social Share

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.