Jamie Social Icons
by martiniboy · Social
Also makes 1 other plugin · 210+ installs across the portfolio →
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “facebook”, “google plus” and “linkedin” 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.
46 health vs 58 average across 1,836 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.5%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 38.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,277 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.
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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4962 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4962 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| facebook your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google plus your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| linkedin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social share your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “facebook”, “google plus” and “linkedin” 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 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 110 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
13.6y ago
latest release · v0.9.8.3 · 2 Apr 2013
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ireneherz12.4y ago
I just installed it, set some simple settings and it showed up right where it should
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ electric_sh0ck12.6y ago
Post page before I installed the plugin – no errors, post page after I added the plugin – 5. All related to the plugin, I know no plugin is perfect but 5 are a bit to much for this so I had to deactivate it. Looks well and works though. Thanks
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ yoshimitsu123412.7y ago
worked perfectly
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dklarquist13.0y ago
Super easy to use and works exactly as I expected and wanted.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ benarobinson13.2y ago
It took me a while to find this, it’s perfect if all you need are the simple, default share buttons. I was debating whether to just give up and place them manually into my theme, but this saved me the work. Only thing I could say is that I wish it were better optimized for “social share buttons wordpress” but I know that there’s a lot of competition there.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ray-zin13.6y ago
Fantastic and simple. – Just needs a few more formatting options. I’ve tried many others…. floating, not floating etc. and most just try to be to fancy which is where this plugin kicks @$$. Simple and effective which is what most web builders want. All this needs is a few more styling options. (especially for widget areas.) like: Making the spacing smaller etc.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ FernandoNunes13.9y ago
Thank you and keep up the good work.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
5 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 Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 9 questions in the FAQ.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 4 of 9 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Facebook Icon is not showing").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Analytics, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,782 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-11 300+ → 200+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2025-10-20 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-19 300+ → 200+ down after 545 days in tier
- 2024-04-22 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-04-20 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-04-18 400+ → 300+ down after 320 days in tier
- 2023-06-03 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-02 400+ → 500+ up after 4 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 Media Social Share Icon 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D -
Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags C -
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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