Cool Social Icons Widget
by mr-koder · Social
This plugin allows you to insert cool social icons in widget area with dark and light color scheme according to your site.
45 health vs 62 average across 391 Social plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4333 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 154
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-06 80+ → 70+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-31 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-05-27 80+ → 70+ down after 90 days in band
- 2026-02-26 90+ → 80+ down after 211 days in band
- 2025-07-30 100+ → 90+ down after 929 days in band
- 2023-01-13 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-01-12 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-01-09 200+ → 100+ down after 7 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Fuse Social Floating Sidebar 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Crafty Social Buttons 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D - S Social Icon Widget 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Social Media Widget 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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