Social Icons Sticky
by ScriptsTown · Social
Also makes 4 other plugins · 14.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add social sharing icons to a post or page of your WordPress website and allow visitors to share your content on various social media sites.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “social media”, “social share” and “social sharing” for “sharing icons”, “social icon” and “share icons”. “social media” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sharing icons” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social share” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “social icon” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social sharing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “share icons” sits at #12 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 114.3K 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.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 87 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
40
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
23%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sticky icons your tag | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| sticky social | #3 | #16 | 0 |
| social icons your tag | #10 | #24 | up 3 |
| sticky share icons | #4 | #18 | 0 |
| sharing icons | #11 | #23 | up 1 |
| social sharing sticky icons | #5 | #16 | — |
| social sharing icons | #13 | #23 | up 1 |
| social icon | #11 | #24 | up 1 |
| share icons | #12 | #22 | down 1 |
| social media icons | #13 | #24 | up 1 |
| sticky | #24 | #20 | 0 |
| social media sharing | #15 | #24 | 0 |
| awesome social media icons | #9 | #20 | down 1 |
| sticky social link | #9 | #22 | down 1 |
| social share icons | #10 | #22 | 0 |
| social profile share | #11 | #22 | up 2 |
| social media icon | #13 | #24 | up 1 |
| social media share | #24 | #24 | down 2 |
| media sharing | #17 | #23 | 0 |
| share social media | #21 | #24 | down 2 |
| social media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social share your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
34 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 12 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “social media”, “social share” and “social sharing” for “sharing icons”, “social icon” and “share icons”. “social media” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sharing icons” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social share” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “social icon” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social sharing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “share icons” sits at #12 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 6.7K · peaks are release surges
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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v1.7.7 · 6 Aug 2026
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 83% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; the previous band took 2 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 18 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ caradawc4.8y ago
I can’t find where to configure the links This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by caradawc.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kaizerking5.0y ago
This plugin is not working with AMP enabled. The buttons are visible but on clicking they don’t redirect to that social media web site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ johnroyer5.6y ago
Easy to configure.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ amitkumargunsara47.0y ago
Hi ScriptsTown, – Your plugin is very easy to use – Its GUI is really simple – I am using it before 4 months not found any issue till. – Thank you, ScriptsTown team, for this great plugin. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ usharthomas7.4y ago
Worked very well. Did what I needed.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add social sharing icons to a post or page of your WordPress website and allow visitors to share your conte..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,515 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
- 2025-10-29 2K+ → 1K+ down after 730 days in tier
- 2023-10-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 175 days in tier
- 2023-05-08 2K+ → 3K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2023-05-04 3K+ → 2K+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2023-04-19 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-04-17 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2023-04-14 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-04-12 3K+ → 2K+ 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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Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Fuse Social Icons 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Easy Social Sharing 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Social Sharing Buttons by ThemesMatic 90+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
DP Easy Social Share 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B
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