Social Sharing (by Danny)

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

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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Reviewers keep calling it lightweight and simple to set up, with the only gripe being a missing LinkedIn share option.

1. ★★★★★ ijkleban

   6.2y ago

   Lightweight, elegent, non obtrusive custom styling ready. If light, fast and simple is your game this plugin is fot you. I would really kiss people behind this plugin.

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2. ★★★★★ lifestylermary

   7.8y ago

   I am enjoying playing with WordPress.

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3. ★★★★★ limitcracker

   8.3y ago

   Great plugin. Fast and minimal. Worked just great.

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4. ★★★★★ Nick Krastev

   8.6y ago

   Great plugin

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5. ★★★★★ Toronto SEO Guy

   8.8y ago

   I’d been looking high and low for a simple, minimalist social sharing plugin and finally found it in Social Sharing by Danny! Unlike the vast majority of the other social sharing plugins out there, Danny’s frees you of the unwanted bells and & whistles that just needlessly suck up resources and complicate things. This plugin is reliable, flexible, beautiful, and super-easy to implement. Best of all, the developer, Danny, is incredibly responsive and receptive to new ideas. In fact, I recently suggested a new feature and boom – literally within hours Danny had it integrated into the plugin and working perfectly. Thank you Danny! This topic was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by Toronto SEO Guy.

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6. ★★★★★ chekmate

   9.0y ago

   Finally a plugin that doesn’t use the wrong image for posting to Facebook and keeps all the options on facebook available. I can chose my page or my profile to post to. Love it.

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7. ★★★★★ sourabhnandwana

   9.2y ago

   The Only reason I am not using this is, not the availability of Linkedin share. Good Plugin.

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8. ★★★★★ Don Matteo

   9.2y ago

   Smart & Simple Social Sharing Plugin, less is more.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3.12 Bump the minimum requirements to WordPress 4.5 and PHP 7.4. Build social sharing URLs using WordPress URL helpers and escape the generated output. Improve escaping and text domain usage in admin and front-end templates. 1.3.12
2. — Version 1.3.11 Implement some general hardening measures. Bump tested WordPress version to 7.0. 1.3.11
3. — Version 1.3.10 Link to x.com instead of twitter.com Ensure settings are autoloaded correctly. Use short array syntax everywhere. Explicitly specify number of accepted arguments for all hooks. 1.3.10
4. — Version 1.3.9 Address PHP warning introduced by version 1.3.8. 1.3.9
5. — Version 1.3.8 Escape shortcode arguments before outputting to prevent stored XSS from users with edit_post capability. Thanks to Peter Thaleikis for the responsible disclosure. 1.3.8
6. — Version 1.3.7 Remove Google Plus as an option, since it has long been shut down. Add defer attribute to pop-up script tag. Improved sanitization of settings. Disallow the use of elements in the before_text setting if user lacks unfilt 1.3.7

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

1. Medium · 6.4 Social Sharing (by Danny) <= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2024-10-11 CVE-2024-9704 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.3.7 Patched in 1.3.8

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 134 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Plus 110 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-02-15 3K+ → 2K+ down after 20 days in tier
2. 2026-01-26 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-01-25 3K+ → 2K+ down after 422 days in tier
4. 2024-11-29 4K+ → 3K+ down after 193 days in tier
5. 2024-05-20 5K+ → 4K+ down after 168 days in tier
6. 2023-12-04 6K+ → 5K+ down after 331 days in tier
7. 2023-01-07 5K+ → 6K+ up after 40 days in tier
8. 2022-11-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 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).

• E Easy Social Share 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags D
• Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
• Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags C
• Seed Social 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C
• Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D
• Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags C

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Social Sharing (by Danny): 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (68 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/dvk-social-sharing