Follow us on widget
by Vijayakumar Selvaraj · Admin & Utilities
This plugin is the most efficient way to integrate the important social media links in your blog/website through widget.
45 health vs 54 average across 2,307 Admin & Utilities 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 4.9.29, 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 3155 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
65
now · peak 179
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-12 300+ → 200+ down after 7 days in band
- 2026-04-05 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-04-04 300+ → 200+ down after 259 days in band
- 2025-07-19 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-18 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-17 400+ → 300+ down after 230 days in band
- 2024-11-29 500+ → 400+ down after 218 days in band
- 2024-04-25 600+ → 500+ down after 166 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- F Follow Us Badges 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
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Social Slider Feed – Social Media Feed & Gallery Widgets 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Easy Social Icons 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Fuse Social Floating Sidebar 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Easy Share Solution For WordPress 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Showeblogin Social Plugin 400+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/follow-us-on-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Follow us on widget — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Follow us on widget: 200+ active installs, 4.5★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/follow-us-on-widget