Social Media Share Buttons
by fnywebit · Social
Share Buttons is the best sharing Plugin for WordPress based websites.
49 health vs 57 average across 629 Social plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, well behind 6.8.
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 2956 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
20
now · peak 87
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 “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-17 50+ → 40+ down after 62 days in band
- 2025-11-16 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-12 50+ → 40+ down after 130 days in band
- 2025-07-05 60+ → 50+ down after 85 days in band
- 2025-04-11 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-04-09 60+ → 70+ up after 99 days in band
- 2024-12-31 70+ → 60+ down after 13 days in band
- 2024-12-18 60+ → 70+ up 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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AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
WPUpper Share Buttons 4K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Social Share for WooCommerce 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Social Share Buttons & Analytics Plugin – GetSocial.io 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C
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