Posts Social Shares Count
by Bishoy.A · Social
Also makes 3 other plugins · 6.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Plugin that gives you shortcodes and PHP functions to count posts/pages shares on 6 social networks!
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
300+
≈350 estimated
Momentum
+19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “count”, “facebook” and “shares” 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.
43 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.7%
of downloads still active
At least 300 of 8.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3995 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.3.34; the current branch is 6.8
3.7★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3995 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| count your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| facebook your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shares your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcodes your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “count”, “facebook” and “shares” 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 111 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #10,100 to #11,100, alongside the other plugins at 300+ 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
10.9y ago
latest release · v1.4.1 · 24 Nov 2015
6
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 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 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ollakalla9.9y ago
The Problem is that facebook change the json, and you can fix the problem by edit this file wp-content/plugins/posts-social-shares-count/classes/share.count.php and go to function pssc_facebook and change the code inside it with this code $json_string = $this->file_get_contents_curl( 'https://graph.facebook.com/?id='.$this->url ); $json = json_decode( $json_string, true ); return isset( $json['share']['share_count'] ) ? intval( $json['share']['share_count']) : 0; This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by ollakalla. This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by ollakalla. This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by ollakalla. This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by ollakalla.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ guenstig-kochen.at10.1y ago
… slows down wordpress. had to deacitvate it. nothing more to say. google+ doesn’t work, twitter doesn’t work anymore because of its api. now facebook is gone because of api 2.7.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 3nions10.2y ago
Facebook API is not working. Please update it to graph-api
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ryan11.1y ago
Does what it says it will do. Had a small issue with cURL under a specific server setup, but otherwise it works great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jeromeeee11.1y ago
Was looking high and low for a total share counter with caching support, and this plugin was definitely the most helpful!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Manish Pandey12.0y ago
This is one great plugin and it’s being used on my blog. You can see an example here.
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
4 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 No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,246 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
- 2026-04-22 400+ → 300+ down after 255 days in tier
- 2025-08-10 500+ → 400+ down after 205 days in tier
- 2025-01-17 600+ → 500+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-01-08 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-01-06 600+ → 500+ down after 171 days in tier
- 2024-07-19 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-16 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-07-14 700+ → 600+ down after 1 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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Metricool – Social media and site statistics 90K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Like Page – Fast & Privacy-Friendly Page Embeds 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Seed Social 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Social Sharing Plugin – Kiwi 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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