Fastest Share Buttons
by alexmoise · Social
Fastest Share Buttons for WordPress - An extremely fast and mobile friendly social share plugin - no JS, no external API, with SVG icons, cache compat …
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “share buttons”, “share post” 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.
47 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 2.5K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with 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
45/100Maintenance 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.
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 1236 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1236 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| share buttons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| share post 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 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “share buttons”, “share post” 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 144 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.3 years 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 1 Oct 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ LateNightBirds6.4y ago
I tried this plugin on couple of my sites. Superfast. But the issue is – twitter is not working.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ audex8.3y ago
Works perfectly, but unfortunately email button on my site does not work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Glitch Guards8.8y ago
I have to say I was highly skeptical when I read the name of this plugin, but seeing as how it was either try this or code my own I decided to give it a shot. Not only did this plugin save me a few hours of coding, but it works magnificently and has a nice bit of features which newbies can use to get up and running quickly without taking a hit to their ranking due to slow loading speeds often caused by share buttons. My only complaint is the shortcode functionality (which works great). Unfortunately it doesn’t provide much in the way of customizing said shortcode so for my application I ended up having to style it via CSS to get it to stretch each button to fit the share area. I’ll include the code below (works for 5 buttons; if more/less just divide/multiply for 100%: .mofsb-wrapper-static .mofsb-button { height: 48px; min-width: 20%; } I really hope more people see this plugin and begin to use it as it definitely keeps your site running fast and smooth. Nice job developer! This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by Glitch Guards.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2.2
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
Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-07-19 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-16 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2024-07-07 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-06 10+ → 20+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-06-30 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-06-26 10+ → 20+ up after 19 days in tier
- 2024-06-07 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-06-06 10+ → 20+ up after 5 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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WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A -
Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Social Media Feather 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
ShareThis Share Buttons 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Fuse Social Icons 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
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