QuickShare
by Nick Halsey · Social
Also makes 23 other plugins · 20.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin, like many others, adds content-sharing functions after your posts (and optionally pages and media attachments).
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
-12%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “share” for “stumbleupon”. “share” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “stumbleupon” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
49 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 18.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 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.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1140 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.7★ over 12 reviews, smoothed to 4.22★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1140 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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 8d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 8d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| stumbleupon | #23 | #19 | 0 |
| share your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “share” for “stumbleupon”. “share” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “stumbleupon” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 101 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
3.1y ago
latest release · v1.5 · 17 Sep 2023
7
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 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 22 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ MassimoD12.0y ago
From what i have tried so far, this is the BEST sharing/bookmarking plugin for WordPress. Thanks for the great work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ iSarpress12.1y ago
Lightweight: The best choise if you already use genericons in front-end; Good looking: Back-end consistent with wp admin styles; Easily customizable: I don’t like direct styles in front-end so I removed some functions in a few minutes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ curtwiebe12.8y ago
Simple, clean and fast! Works exactly like it should. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ella1wp12.9y ago
GREAT GREAT GREAT!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gutte13.0y ago
I have searched for hours after a social plugin that lets me use my native language on ‘Share this’ (this plugin lets me write any text) AND lets the user choose an image from the page or post to go with the shared content on Facebook. This plugin can all this – and the implementation was soo easy. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ G13.0y ago
as the title says…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ maartenjochem13.1y ago
Good plugin and nice styling, that’s great. For my website I’m not able to use it. I use different custom options, and not all of them are seen the right way. Example: The link: http://website.com/tips/view/subpost1/ Outcome: http://website.com/tips/ So it does show pages, posts and custom post, just not special custom options. (In this situation it shows only the main page) I hope this could be fixed, because this plugin would fit great in the website and has nice options! Idea: 1) count people visited (sub)page/ post 2) count people shared (sub)page/ post
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ KHannibal13.3y ago
Perfect plugin. I was looking for a sharing plugin that doesn’t share (strange, uh ?) data with third parties, and that is fast and light. Seems I found it, and it’s great ! Thank you !
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "This plugin, like many others, adds content-sharing functions after your posts (and optionally pages and me..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Google Analytics, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and 1 more.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,616 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "social sharing" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-25 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-01-23 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-01-22 300+ → 200+ down after 435 days in tier
- 2024-11-13 400+ → 300+ down after 473 days in tier
- 2023-07-29 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-07-27 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-26 500+ → 400+ down after 248 days in tier
- 2022-11-20 600+ → 500+ 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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AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Ocean Social Sharing 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Nobs • Share Buttons 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B
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