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OG — Better Share on Social Media

by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak) · Social

Also makes 16 other plugins · 95.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

The simple method to add Open Graph metadata to your entries so that they look great when shared on sites.

How scoring works →
90 Health · A
Maintenance 98/100
Rating quality 96/100
Support 70/100

90 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins

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.

98 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 93/100
Listing tuning 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-8% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

2.8K

now · peak 29.6K

2.9K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

OG · #1089 you Social Media Widget · #1075 Open Graph Pro · #5392 Minimal Share Button · #16317

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

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.

97per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

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

2

releases in the last 12 months

4mo ago

latest release · v3.3.9

10

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.3.9 · 4mo ago3.3.8 · 11mo ago3.3.7 · 1.3y ago3.3.6 · 1.3y ago3.3.5 · 1.4y ago3.3.4 · 1.5y ago3.3.3 · 1.7y ago3.3.2 · 1.7y ago3.3.1 · 1.8y ago3.3.0 · 2.4y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 76% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.3 76%
v3.2 9.2%
v3.1 6.8%
Older / other versions 8.2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “30K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
30K–40K ≈34K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2015-03-14 · 1,456 observations

30KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price.

Details

Version
3.3.9
Last updated
4mo ago
Added
2014-10-02 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
8.0

Recent reviews

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  1. Anonymous
    2mo ago

    This is one of those plug-ins that once you set it up, you’ll forget it’s there. If you post links to your site on other social media sites you know half of them either mess up the sizing of your thumbnails or fail to pick them up at all. This plug-in fixed all that for me and I install it on every WP blog I run.

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  2. donatogoods
    5mo ago

    Everyone needs this plugin. It’s unfortunate that WP doesn’t work like this by default, so I am grateful for the developer of this app. It works, it’s effective and beautifully fills up the gap WP left untreated. Thank you!

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  3. twb001
    7mo ago

    Exactly what I needed. Very simple and does precisely what it claims to do. Thanks!

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  4. valegas
    11mo ago

    Hi, I tried to post this on the support page but it says I’m not allowed to. Sorry to bother here. The description is not correct even after the scraping with the Facebook Developer tool. I’m using a Qode Interactive theme and I insert the description following this path Blog posts->Selected post->edit in WP-> Qode SEO-> Meta Description. So, the plugin is perfect to read the featured image of the blog posts but it doesn’t work with descriptions. What can I do? Thank you so much

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  5. pyel
    1.0y ago

    This has been extremely helpful since I discovered it.

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  6. Amr Ali Ibrahim
    1.2y ago

    Thanks for keeping it free.

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  7. eddydavik
    1.4y ago

    No complaints. Easily choose what I want to be viewed and it works!

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  8. Anonymous
    1.6y ago

    Works well

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. 2026-05-15 Version 3.3.9 The iWorks Rate module has been updated to version 2.3.2. 3.3.9
  2. 2025-10-08 Version 3.3.8 The iWorks Rate module has been updated to version 2.3.1. 3.3.8
  3. 2025-05-27 Version 3.3.7 The iWorks Rate module has been updated to version 2.3.0. 3.3.7
  4. 2025-04-28 Version 3.3.6 Missing parameter “twitter” in call to rt_get_time() function has been fixed. Props for benact . #22](https://github.com/iworks/og/issues/22). 3.3.6
  5. 2025-04-14 Version 3.3.5 Add Twitter “Reading Time”. #19 3.3.5
  6. 2025-03-07 Version 3.3.4 The iWorks Rate module has been updated to version 2.2.3. The build process has been improved. The _load_textdomain_just_in_time() notice has been fixed. The itemprop author has been removed. Props for Oliver . #9 3.3.4

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 16 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
Dutch 100%
Polish 100%
Russian 73%
Dutch (Formal) 71%
Ukrainian 64%
German 26%
Romanian 21%
Spanish (Spain) 11%
English (Canada) 9%
French (France) 7%
Italian 7%
Turkish 7%
Bulgarian 4%
Hebrew 4%
Portuguese (Brazil) 4%

Growth timeline

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

No tier crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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