Custom Social Icons
by Vrajesh Dave · Social
Custom Social Icon is used to set social links with images respectively!
41 health vs 55 average across 906 Social plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 3014 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
51
now · peak 135
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-03-28 20+ → 10+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Social Sharing Block 7K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Social Media Widget 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
Simple Social Icon Widget 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D -
Social Counter & Sharer 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Socicon 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
Social Space 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
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