Minimal Share Buttons

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

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.

8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank

Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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 21 Oct 2026.

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 84% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 16 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ tshhopov

   11mo ago

   Thanks for your work and the plugin provided for the community!

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2. ★★★★★ clickforcharity.net

   2.4y ago

   Thanks for making something that is good but not full of silliness that seems to make thousands download it. The few who care about not leaking users’ data to data selling corporations will appreciate it as well as its low use of resources. I am surprised to see that although the few support requests of the last few years seem to have no replies yet the plugin is still being updated. Still it’s better than not updating at all.

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3. ★★★★★ Samot80

   4.4y ago

   Cansado de utilizar plugins pesados que afectan los resultados en Google. Este es perfecto aunque me gustaría que se pudiera añadir Wahtasapp para compartir

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4. ★★★★★ Tyler Tork

   4.9y ago

   Supported social networks currently are: Native share dialog (don’t know what this does, no apparent effect in Firefox on Windows) Facebook Twitter Google Plus (why?) LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Email There’s no control over appearance — icons are black squares with transparent cutouts. You can elect to display share buttons on all posts or none, all pages or none, all “templates” or none. There’s not an option to disable on specific pages, but you can disable for pages generally and use the “Share” block or their shortcode to insert the buttons on pages where you do want it.

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5. ★★★★★ thiagoalencar

   6.6y ago

   I miss share via WhatsApp.

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6. ★★★★★ Atanas Antonov

   6.9y ago

   Very fast, very easy to use and modify, no users tracking, no GDPR compliance needed This topic was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by Atanas Antonov. Reason: Add more details

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7. ★★★★★ dimal

   7.2y ago

   Light and Simple. No spying also. What is needed are some options. 1. Display or not the :Share This: and it is also huge letters 2. Show this before or after the Content of the post (now only after) 3. Some priority settings, so the Sharing doesn’t show before other plugins or after them

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8. ★★★★★ stardaug

   8.0y ago

   Works well. Simple. Would like to see control for where the share icons are placed; top of post or page or on the bottom etc. For my theme, it adds share icons for each widget in footer (when pages is selected) which isn’t desirable. Individual post/page control of displaying icons would be good to. A very good light weight plugin overall.

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The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (1.8.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 Minimal Share Buttons <= 1.7.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via align Parameter ↗
   2025-05-29 CVE-2025-5259 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.7.3 Patched in 1.7.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

Translated into 2 languages, 2 at 90% or more

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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-07-19 90+ → 100+ up after 4 days in tier
2. 2025-07-15 100+ → 90+ down after 11 days in tier
3. 2025-07-04 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in tier
4. 2025-06-28 100+ → 90+ down after 302 days in tier
5. 2024-08-30 90+ → 100+ up after 92 days in tier
6. 2024-05-30 100+ → 90+ down after 37 days in tier
7. 2024-04-23 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
8. 2024-04-21 100+ → 90+ down after 48 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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Minimal Share Buttons: 100+ active installs, 4.6★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/minimal-share-buttons