ShareThis Reaction Buttons
by ShareThis · Social
Also makes 6 other plugins · 91K+ installs across the portfolio →
Integrate ShareThis Reaction Buttons seamlessly into your WordPress site.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈660 estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “share this” and “emoji” for “follow buttons” and “share buttons”. “share this” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “follow buttons” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “emoji” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “share buttons” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.5%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 23.7K 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.
This plugin shipped 4 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 23 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.8★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.07★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
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.
37
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| reaction buttons your tag | #1 | #7 | 0 |
| reaction your tag | #1 | #7 | 0 |
| sharethis your tag | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| reactions | #2 | #13 | up 1 |
| emoji reaction | #2 | #8 | 0 |
| buttons | #14 | #21 | up 1 |
| follow buttons | #13 | #20 | down 2 |
| emoji your tag | #24 | #23 | — |
| share buttons | #24 | #22 | 0 |
| add buttons | #20 | #24 | up 1 |
| share this your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
25 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 10 listed. 15 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “share this” and “emoji” for “follow buttons” and “share buttons”. “share this” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “follow buttons” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “emoji” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “share buttons” sits at #24 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 896 · 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.
4
releases in the last 12 months
23d ago
latest release · v1.3.8 · 9 Oct 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 57% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Nov 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ bender636310mo ago
My feedback is definitely positive, I used this plugin for a long time, until strange things started happening with the site. It worked fine on a computer, but it wouldn’t load on a mobile device at all. I couldn’t figure out the reason for a long time, so I asked the hoster, and then I started disabling plugins one by one, and it turned out that without this plugin, the site started working on my phone. So I’m warning others, just in case it might be useful to someone.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ EdKrasnov3.7y ago
After moving the site to a new server, emoticons stopped being displayed. The reason is unclear, the plugin is connected, on the site https://platform.sharethis.com/reaction-share-buttons – authorized, the code is inserted. When you try to enter the settings, the inscription appears:“Sorry, you are not allowed to view this page.”https://skr.sh/sIVCasIqkNi ——— После переезда сайта на новый сервер перестали отображаться смайлы. Причина непонятна, плагин подключен, на сайте https://platform.sharethis.com/reaction-share-buttons – авторизован, код вставлен.<div class=”sharethis-inline-reaction-buttons”></div> При попытке зайти в настройке появляется надпись:“Sorry, you are not allowed to view this page.”https://skr.sh/sIVCasIqkNi This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by EdKrasnov. This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by EdKrasnov. This topic was modified 3 years, 5 months ago by EdKrasnov.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ GVT Noticias5.6y ago
Muy bueno!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ brabrubra5.8y ago
Thanks, everything is fine
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Albert Adaikkalam8.1y ago
This plugin is simple and easy to use. The only thing is we need to log in to their account and enable this option. But… It is adding a lot of 3rd party tracking scripts on our website. This will lead to a slowing loading website and this will track user data and serve ads without the owner of the website’s concern and visitors concern. Screenshot: https://cl.ly/88c1f6116bec This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by Albert Adaikkalam. This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by Jan Dembowski.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Integrate ShareThis Reaction Buttons seamlessly into your WordPress site."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,244 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "share this" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-28 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-05-26 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-21 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-17 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 600+ → 700+ up after 6 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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Newmoji — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
ShareThis Share Buttons 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Native Emoji 5K+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag D -
Emoji Settings 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C -
Emoji Toolbar 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
Super Emoji Plus+ 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for ShareThis Reaction Buttons into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
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