WP Social Share vs Social Share

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

Social Share is the safest pick: health C · 57 against 44 for WP Social Share, led by lower removal risk.

WP Social Share

by Anas Mir

Health D44

Social Share

by PluginsPoint

Health C57

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	WP Social Share	Social Share
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60 ✓	10–20
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-29%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 44	C · 57 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	31/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	78/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	3	3
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	36/100	64/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	13.9y ago	1.8y ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	74 ✓	38
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.	+7%	-45%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	0.2% ✓
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.