Genesis Optimized Social Share
by ScorpionGod · Social
Genesis Optimized Social Share loads Popular Social Share Counters without affecting your page Loading Time & PageSpeed Score.
45 health vs 59 average across 502 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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 4230 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
27
now · peak 74
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
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
- 2026-07-10 70+ → 60+ down after 190 days in band
- 2026-01-01 80+ → 70+ down after 94 days in band
- 2025-09-29 90+ → 80+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-09-21 80+ → 90+ up after 80 days in band
- 2025-07-03 90+ → 80+ down after 137 days in band
- 2025-02-16 100+ → 90+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag B -
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D -
Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social Share Button 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing 800+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP-Socialight 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
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