Sharing Image
by Anton Lukin · Social
Also makes 1 other plugin · 640+ installs across the portfolio →
Sharing Image is a WordPress plugin for generating sharing posters in social networks.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈690 estimated
Momentum
+35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “facebook”, “social image” and “twitter” for “sharing”, “file sharing” and “posters”. “facebook” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sharing” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social image” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “file sharing” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “twitter” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “posters” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
81 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.4%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 17.6K 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 2 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 154 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 3 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.
51
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
47%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
+0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sharing image your tag | #1 | #6 | 0 |
| og image your tag | #3 | #8 | 0 |
| image sharing | #2 | #12 | 0 |
| sharing | #7 | #22 | up 1 |
| posters | #10 | #18 | 0 |
| file sharing | #8 | #20 | up 1 |
| sharing buttons | #12 | #22 | up 1 |
| facebook sharing | #9 | #22 | up 2 |
| social sharing plugin | #20 | #23 | down 1 |
| facebook og | #11 | #21 | up 1 |
| social media sharing | #24 | #24 | — |
| social network sharing | #15 | #23 | 0 |
| social networks sharing | #16 | #23 | 0 |
| facebook your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
48 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 13 listed. 35 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 “facebook”, “social image” and “twitter” for “sharing”, “file sharing” and “posters”. “facebook” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sharing” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “social image” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “file sharing” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “twitter” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “posters” sits at #10 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 2.9K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v3.10 · 1 Jun 2026
28
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 44% 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 2.4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 25 Sep 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ laurencedoherty4.3y ago
Works perfectly and is super easy to use. The plugin developer is really helpful too.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ happysalamander4.4y ago
Best tool I have seen so far for individual post sharing image creation.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tom Finley4.7y ago
I want to love Sharing Image. There’s so much about it that’s well thought out. At the same time, aspects of it feel like Classic WordPress and lacking cohesion with the Block Editing experience. Don’t get me wrong, it definitely gets the job done, but at present needs a range of tweaks to become production-worthy (I can’t turn a client loose with this iteration). *Fourth star added because Anton responded so quickly to my review and asked for feedback. This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn “Tobi” Fjellner). This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Tom Finley.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 1 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
0 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 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 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 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 950 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("facebook", "og-image", "social image", "twitter" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-06-16 500+ → 600+ up after 99 days in tier
- 2024-03-09 400+ → 500+ up after 83 days in tier
- 2023-12-17 300+ → 400+ up after 136 days in tier
- 2023-08-03 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-08-02 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2023-07-25 200+ → 300+ up after 163 days in tier
- 2023-02-12 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-02-10 200+ → 100+ 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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Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags C -
Seed Social 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags C -
Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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