Need To Share is a plugin to show sharing buttons (Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus) on posts pages as a fixed layer.
45 health vs 58 average across 1,788 Social plugins
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, well behind 6.8.
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
To rank higher: Last updated 4368 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2024-09-26 · 728 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
18
now · peak 18
Estimated active installs
wp.org publishes an install count once a plugin has enough of them. This one has none yet.
wp.org reports no install count for this plugin yet.
Install history · since 2026-09-23 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Social Share for WooCommerce 3K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Nobs • Share Buttons 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
mowomo Social Share 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
ShareLite: Zero-Bloat Social Sharing 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Better Share Buttons 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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