Social Media Share Buttons
by fnywebit · Social
Also makes 1 other plugin · 90+ installs across the portfolio →
Share Buttons is the best sharing Plugin for WordPress based websites.
49 health vs 55 average across 1,135 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 4.8.30, 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 3002 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
47
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
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
9.0y ago
latest release · v1.8
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-09-20 · 1,384 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Reviewer account pattern
from wp.org reviewer profiles10 of the last 11 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review, and 8 of those landed between 2017-05-04 and 2017-05-04.
Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ rahulrolly7.0y ago
Awesome
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mobili9.3y ago
User friendly plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tech13guru9.3y ago
good plugin, works perfect
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jtdev9.3y ago
Fast and simple.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yuril9.3y ago
красиво,удобно,просто!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ khaykwpdev9.3y ago
Significant efforts
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ terminas9.3y ago
Fast and simple plugin
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ frutopia9.3y ago
This plugin is a very easy to install and very easy to use with just the right amount of options to have a simple and straightforward social sharing buttons on your posts or pages. Bravo and thanks to the developer.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-17 50+ → 40+ down after 62 days in tier
- 2025-11-16 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-11-12 50+ → 40+ down after 130 days in tier
- 2025-07-05 60+ → 50+ down after 85 days in tier
- 2025-04-11 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-04-09 60+ → 70+ up after 99 days in tier
- 2024-12-31 70+ → 60+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2024-12-18 60+ → 70+ up 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).
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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 C -
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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