Likely
by Azim Hikmatov · Social
Likely are "the social sharing buttons that aren't shabby". Social sharing buttons with two themes, three sizes, ten social networks, a …
53 health vs 58 average across 540 Social plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 834 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
32
now · peak 88
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-01 40+ → 30+ down after 30 days in band
- 2026-05-02 30+ → 40+ up after 25 days in band
- 2026-04-07 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-03-29 50+ → 40+ down after 135 days in band
- 2025-11-14 40+ → 50+ up after 26 days in band
- 2025-10-19 30+ → 40+ up after 106 days in band
- 2025-07-05 50+ → 30+ down after 136 days in band
- 2025-02-19 60+ → 50+ down after 7 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Nobs • Share Buttons 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A - T Tilt Social Share Widget 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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Ocean Social Sharing 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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