Frizzly – Social Share Buttons
by Abhishek Kumar · Social
Also makes 3 other plugins · 620+ installs across the portfolio →
Frizzly allows you to add share buttons on images and in post content.
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Health
A 86/100
no flags
Active installs
300+
≈360 estimated
Momentum
+4%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “facebook”, “pinterest” and “social sharing” 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.
86 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 33.2K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 84 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.2★ over 20 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
38%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| social share buttons | #23 | #22 | up 1 |
| share buttons your tag | #23 | #20 | up 1 |
| share button | #23 | #21 | up 1 |
| social share button | #24 | #20 | — |
| facebook your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| pinterest your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
10 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 6 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “facebook”, “pinterest” and “social sharing” 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 1 Nov 2024 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 208 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history since 15 Sep 2026
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.1.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2025-04-01 CVE-2025-30554 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.0 Patched in 1.1.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Frizzly allows you to add share buttons on images and in post content."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,253 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "social sharing" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags C -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simpliest Social Share 500+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Social Media Social Share Icon 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D - N Naked Social Share 100+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
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Minimal Share Buttons 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags C
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