Social Share Buttons
by maxfoundry · Social
Also makes 4 other plugins · 103K+ installs across the portfolio →
Our Share Button addon to MaxButtons and MaxButtons Pro plugins gets you up and sharing within minutes. It's easy to setup and offers flexibility …
88 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
1.1K
now · peak 1.4K
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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
12mo ago
latest release · v1.20
22
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2020-01-12 · 1,420 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read. The range spans more than 10x because wp.org publishes install counts as broad bands, and conversion and price compound on top. Read the midpoint as an order of magnitude, not a valuation.
How we estimate this
Assumptions
- Free → paid conversion. 0.5%–2% of active installs pay for the pro tier. Typical for freemium WordPress plugins; the real rate varies a lot by product.
- Annual price per customer. $39–$99 a year, typical for Social plugins rather than this plugin's own pricing.
- Acquisition multiple. 2x–4x annual revenue, the going range for small WordPress-plugin businesses, the typical range for a steady plugin.
- Install base. 1K–2K active installs, from our install estimate (wp.org only publishes the floor).
Inputs
- Active installs
- 1K–2K
- Category
- Social
- Pro tier
- detected (description mentions a Pro or Premium version)
- Download trend
- volatile (a recent download spike, likely a release)
- Reviews
- 28
- Last updated
- 22 days ago
Revenue is installs × conversion × price; value is revenue × a typical acquisition multiple. Every factor is an assumption band, so the output is a wide range on purpose. If you're buying or selling, treat this as a starting point for due diligence.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ taffy13U3A3mo ago
Easy to setup which is a plus for some of the offerings of plugins. Used for a couple of months with no problems to report.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lusitanushorsesale4.1y ago
I am trying to configure the share button so that it is possible to share the link to the product but the photo of the product appears as the cover image. Currently, what happens is that what is shared is the site icon. Is there a way to configure it so that the product image appears?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ octanyum5.1y ago
i tried several over time, but been working only with this plugin for several years… simply the best.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ littleangell585.2y ago
Very easy to set up beautiful buttons. Has a very helpful preview of the button and its hovered version, you can even set the same background color to the preview like you have on your site. Easy to implement where ever the button is needed. Buttons can be easily duplicated and adjusted for multiple buttons with the same look. I couldn’t do it without MaxButtons!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rensesjoers5.7y ago
A simple tool but it works. Love it!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ericvandemert5.8y ago
Maxbuttons is so easy and powerful to use This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by ericvandemert.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ elan3405.9y ago
Very easy to use and creates great result for this amateur web master. At times I think this plug in is a more versatile than the creators think.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ JohnnyKManx.net6.0y ago
Excellent
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- 2024-10-18 CVE-2024-9219 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.19 Patched in 1.20
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 at 90% or more
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-01 2K+ → 1K+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2024-03-23 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-22 2K+ → 1K+ down
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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Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Seed Social 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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