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Social Media Social Share Icon

by SuperHero Plugins · Social

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Social Media Share Icons to increase social traffic and popularity. Social sharing to Facebook , Twitter, Pinterest,LinkedIn and Google Plus social me …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins

100+

Active installs

≈150 estimated

32.8K

Total downloads

since 2016

3.93★

Rating (adjusted)

4.0★ raw · 5 reviews

+15%

71

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.35, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

39 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 8/100
Rating quality 56/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3662 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+15% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

71

now · peak 95

7130d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Social Media Social · #13292 you Simpliest Social Sha · #8635 Jamie Social Icons · #11838 Social Media Widget · #1077

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

710per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

9.7y ago

latest release · v3.0

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.0 · 9.7y ago2.0 · 10.2y ago1.3.0 · 10.3y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
100–200 ≈150

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-11-23 · 1,386 observations

100Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 5 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
1 2★
1 1★
0

Details

Version
3.0
Last updated
10.0y ago
Added
2016-05-09 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.6
Tested up to
4.7.35
Requires PHP
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 5 reviews to 2016-11-27
Mixed PricingPraiseSupport gone quietFeature requests

Reviewers who paid call it effective and easy to use, with one praising a fast support reply, while others say the free version is too limited and pushes you toward the premium upgrade.

Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Robson
    9.8y ago

    A maioria das funções são Premium, precisa pagar. As opções grátis são bem fracas, em posições ruins na página, muito fraco! Só é bom para quem quiser pagar por ele.

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  2. ★★★★★ clayray
    10.0y ago

    I just want a simple plugin for displaying social media icons at the bottom of post and pages. Using this plugin for that purpose is like using a bulldozer to build a sandcastle. All sorts of fancy effects and graphics that are not necessary. But on the free version you cannot even add social icons to pages! Yet more time wasted trying to find a simple, decent social icons plugin!

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  3. ★★★★★ smalldetails
    10.2y ago

    I was having a problem on a client site (CUSTOM WP theme!) and submitted a request for support thinking it would be a week or two before hearing from anyone if at all. I was happily surprised when I had a response within 24 hours and a resolution immediately afterwards. Great plugin that plays nice with just about any theme!

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  4. ★★★★★ Klaus_K
    10.2y ago

    I tried different Plugins for Social Share. But this is the best one and every cent worth. Easy to use and very effective. Made good experience with service.

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  5. ★★★★★ kaleemm
    10.3y ago

    Its very simple and effective awesome plugins

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. Medium · 4.3 Inisev Analyst Module <= Various Versions - Missing Authorization ↗
    2024-04-10 CVE-2024-31435 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.8.6 Patched in 2.8.7

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✕ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-05-11 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-05-09 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-07 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-04 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-03 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-05-01 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-04-30 200+ → 100+ down after 472 days in tier
  8. 2025-01-13 300+ → 200+ down after 435 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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