Genesis Simple Share
by OsomPress · Social
Also makes 8 other plugins · 117K+ installs across the portfolio →
Genesis Simple Share allows you to easily add beautiful share buttons to your site using a Genesis child theme
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Health
A 86/100
no flags
Active installs
10K+
≈15K estimated
Momentum
-13%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “share content”, “share count” and “share posts” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #5 and #5 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
86 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.9%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 538K 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.
This plugin shipped 6 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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 44 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 33 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★
4 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.
39
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| googleplus share | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| simple share | #3 | #5 | 0 |
| twitter share | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| share your tag | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| genesis your tag | #5 | #6 | 0 |
| googleplus | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| share content | #4 | #6 | 0 |
| share posts | #5 | #8 | down 1 |
| share on x | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| share count | #5 | #8 | up 4 |
| simple social share | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| share buttons your tag | #11 | #14 | up 1 |
| linkedin share | #7 | #11 | 0 |
| post share | #8 | #15 | 0 |
| share icons | #8 | #11 | down 2 |
| share page | #5 | #9 | 0 |
| share plugin | #5 | #9 | up 2 |
| share post | #9 | #15 | down 3 |
| genesis theme | #5 | #5 | 0 |
| genesis plugin | #5 | #5 | 0 |
| social your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
72 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 37 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “share content”, “share count” and “share posts” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #5 and #5 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “share buttons”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 31.3K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
6
releases in the last 12 months
4mo ago
latest release · v1.2.6 · 23 Jun 2026
23
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 27 Nov 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous User 210678293.2y ago
Simple sharing plugin and easy to configure.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yacosta426.3y ago
This plugin pulls my featured image, not my Pinterest image (which is coded for Pinterest). Also, there’s no option for email. Too bad, I was hoping it would have worked better.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ernesto6.6y ago
Does this plugin use javascript?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ julvanegas6.8y ago
The plugin is great and I like it, but you can add the option of instagram, email, whatsapp to share. thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Robert Gadon8.2y ago
To the Developers: Nice little plugin you have there. I got tripped up initially by not properly setting the ‘Icon Display Position’ option. I like the fact that the plugin allows users to target custom post types (both single- and archive-template pages). The ‘Live Preview’ feature in the Admin is cool too. It allows plugins users to preview how the social icons will appear on the front end. Thanks for developing and sharing this plugin with the community. This topic was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by Robert Gadon.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Lee MFL8.7y ago
The share icons look fantastic on my site, very clean and minimal, and the top ‘n’ bottom placement is great too. So I’d love to keep using the plugin but I cannot because it only lets people pin my posts’ Featured Image to Pinterest. Another share plugin I’m using instead lets the reader choose from all the images in a post, so they can choose the vertical one I made for Pinterest. If Genesis Simple Share allowed this I’d come back to it, because it does look beautiful. Unfortunately, functionality is more important to me right now. I don’t want to be negative. I’ve not been using Genesis for long but I love it so far and do appreciate all the work that goes into everything. Again, if you can make the Pinterest share behave as described above, I think you’d make a lot of bloggers more likely to use this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ foreverlearning9.3y ago
While I agree that some of the icons aren’t particularly attractive, I choose to use this plug in because I develop exclusively with Genesis themes and when choosing a plug in, quality is always a consideration. So, it was a no brainer for me as I know that both Brian and Nathan wouldn’t let anything out the door unless it was done right.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jeff Cleverley9.5y ago
Out of date icons
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2.6 Removed leftover references to the retired proxy endpoint and disabled obsolete share counters. Removed the obsolete Hide Count setting and tidied the share button preview. 1.2.6
- — Version 1.2.5 Security hardening: removed unused server-side proxy endpoint. 1.2.5
- — Version 1.2.4 Iteration on multisite compatibility and translation loading improvements. 1.2.4
- — Version 1.2.3 Improve multisite compatibility. 1.2.3
- — Version 1.2.2 Improve translation loading. 1.2.2
- — Version 1.2.1 Fix issue sharing with Twitter. 1.2.1
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 36 languages, 1 at 90% or more
Plus 12 more locales with partial translations.
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Genesis Simple Share allows you to easily add beautiful share buttons to your site using a Genesis child theme"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 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 Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 823 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "social" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-09-29 20K+ → 10K+ down after 542 days in tier
- 2024-04-05 30K+ → 20K+ down after 551 days in tier
- 2022-10-02 40K+ → 30K+ down after 1442 days in tier
- 2018-10-21 30K+ → 40K+ up after 261 days in tier
- 2018-02-02 20K+ → 30K+ up after 408 days in tier
- 2016-12-21 10K+ → 20K+ up after 472 days in tier
- 2015-09-06 8K+ → 10K+ up after 96 days in tier
- 2015-06-02 6K+ → 8K+ up
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 -
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ocean Social Sharing 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Share Buttons Adder 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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