Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing
by BerryPress · Social
Also makes 13 other plugins · 82.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
A lightweight social sharing plugin for showing social networks when users highlight text, share images, headlines, or use Click to Share.
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Health
A 91/100
no flags
Active installs
700+
≈770 estimated
Momentum
+159%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “social networks”, “social share” and “social share buttons” for “content sharing”, “web share api” and “text share”. “social networks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “content sharing” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social share” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “web share api” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social share buttons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “text share” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
91 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.7%
of downloads still active
At least 700 of 104.7K 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 8 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 22 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.9★ over 29 reviews, smoothed to 4.39★
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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
27%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| highlight | #4 | #5 | up 1 |
| highlight text your tag | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| web share your tag | #6 | #9 | up 2 |
| content sharing | #6 | #7 | 0 |
| text share | #10 | #11 | up 1 |
| lightweight | #12 | #13 | down 2 |
| web share api | #9 | #11 | up 1 |
| text highlight | #6 | #6 | 0 |
| sharing | #21 | #20 | up 1 |
| share | #22 | #18 | up 1 |
| share content | #14 | #15 | up 2 |
| auto share | #18 | #20 | up 5 |
| linkedin share | #18 | #19 | up 3 |
| share count | #19 | #18 | down 2 |
| essential social share | #12 | #15 | 0 |
| social bookmark | #20 | #16 | up 1 |
| social bookmarks | #20 | #17 | 0 |
| twitter share | #23 | #19 | 0 |
| share link | #24 | #17 | 0 |
| content share | #16 | #15 | — |
| social networks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social share your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social share buttons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
89 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 67 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “social networks”, “social share” and “social share buttons” for “content sharing”, “web share api” and “text share”. “social networks” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “content sharing” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social share” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “web share api” sits at #9 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social share buttons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “text share” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.7K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
8
releases in the last 12 months
22d ago
latest release · v6.1.0 · 9 Oct 2026
98
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 72% of the way through.
Install history since 6 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ wpuser532.5y ago
I really love this plugin (and some others from the creators). The support is perfect, couldn’t be better.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gauchoc3.8y ago
The plugin developer did a really good job
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ richardsan4.0y ago
Easy to use and lightweight sharing plugin for WordPress website
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Alex Navarro IA4.9y ago
Muy completo y muy interesante. Lo estoy incluyendo en varios proyectos. Lo recomiendo. This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by Alex Navarro IA.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ collin541115.2y ago
This plugin is AMAZING! I am absolutely psyched about it. Never have I installed a plugin that was this fast to install and customize. Thank you! One cool thing to add would be to add custom colors.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chriskal5.7y ago
It is a small, fast, good coded and very useful plugin. It did not slow down my website in any way, which is what most free plugins I know do very often. Furthermore, it is very simple to use, works out of the box and can be easily customized in the way you need it to work. For me, as an example, I don’t like big, colorful buttons screaming “Share me! Share me” right in front of the reader’s face. Others see it the other way round. With this plugin, it is easy to choose between different ways of popping up buttons. It provides the highlighted text to Twitter, Facebook and others, next to a link to the website and a “via” tag. It is fast, easy to understand (for me for setting it up and for the user of the website for sharing some text) and absolutely useful. Best of all is the support. I had a little suggestion for a feature, and it was implemented within hours, I had a very friendly email contact and the update to a newer version came ultrafast. I absolutely can recommend the work of Ronald Huereca. He has other useful plugins on his website, too, which I don’t need, but I guess they are as good, simple and useful as this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ smaffulli5.8y ago
It does exactly what you need, easy to configure, no nagging screens, easy configuration, stays out of the way and just works. Thank you! Well done.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ HollyJahangiri5.8y ago
And thanks to Ronald’s quick fix workaround, works with Elegant Themes Divi – perfectly! I love it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (6.1.0). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Highlight and Share – Social Text and Image Sharing <= 5.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58260 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 5.1.1 Patched in 5.2.0
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 3 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 17 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 17 of 17 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("great for", "who needs", "if you have").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Block editor, Cloudflare, Pinterest, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,452 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "social share", "Social Share Buttons" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-21 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-20 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-19 800+ → 700+ down after 188 days in tier
- 2026-01-12 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-11 800+ → 900+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2025-12-29 900+ → 800+ down after 157 days in tier
- 2025-07-25 1K+ → 900+ down after 1025 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 2K+ → 1K+ down after 997 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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Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Super Web Share – Native Social Sharing Button 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Share Button 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - W WP Social Share 50+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP-Socialight 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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