FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating Sidebar
by codebari · Social
This plugin lets you add floating sidebar icons to your site that link directly to your social media profiles.
70 health vs 56 average across 771 Social plugins
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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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Since 2023-03-24 · 1,211 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
41
now · peak 139
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 90+ in roughly 128 days.
Install history · since 2023-03-23 · 1,207 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 90+ → 80+ down after 113 days in band
- 2026-03-26 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-25 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-03-24 80+ → 90+ up after 105 days in band
- 2025-12-09 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-08 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-06 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-05 80+ → 70+ down after 1 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★ · 5 shared tags A -
Lightweight Social Icons 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP Social Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Socials Ignited 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
Social Icons Sticky 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy Share Solution For WordPress 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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