Easy Social Sharing
by ThemeGrill · Social
Also makes 12 other plugins · 99.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Easy Social Sharing provides you with an easy way to display various popular social share buttons.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
+37%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “brands”, “sharing” and “social media” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
48 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 89.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1390 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.20★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1390 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| brands your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social share your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “brands”, “sharing” and “social media” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.9K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
3.8y ago
latest release · v1.3.6 · 11 Jan 2023
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 21 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 23 Dec 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ caspinus5.4y ago
Самые красивые кнопки соц.сетей. Не хватает Яндекс.Коллекций. Ещё лишним кажется Google+ и MySpace.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bluelacyseo26.5y ago
I like this plugin, but as of April 20, 2020 it hasn’t been updated in 10 months.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JJNW6.6y ago
I couldn’t ask for an easier social plugin. Getting hundreds of referrals from people sharing on Facebook, Reddit, etc. using this plugin over the past several weeks. Great job. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jennifer2357116.7y ago
I’m so happy that I found this plugin! I was able to make a floating social sharing sidebar for free! Its beautiful and completely custom! So happy with it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ somedev8.2y ago
This is the best social plugin and very light. Most other social plugins dump a ton of code into the pages, but this is very well-written and light. Thank you to the developer.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ abdullahalnahid9.5y ago
This is highly recommended. This is premium quality plugin but it’s absolutely free! It’s amazing!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ santoshbrl207310.3y ago
I really love this plugin. Now, People and Me too are able to share the links to social websites. Thank You so much
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 2 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easy Social Sharing provides you with an easy way to display various popular social share buttons."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,010 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "brands", "social media" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-02-23 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-20 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-02-17 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-02-14 2K+ → 1K+ down after 553 days in tier
- 2023-08-11 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-10 2K+ → 3K+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2023-08-03 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 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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Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Social Icons Sticky 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
QuickShare 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Social Linkz – Lightweight and fast social media sharing plugin 90+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Social Sharing Buttons by ThemesMatic 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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