Showcase Social Media (icons)
by KNEET · Social
The Showcase Social Media (icons) plugin enables you to easily display social media icons anywhere on your WordPress website via a shortcode.
52 health vs 56 average across 700 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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 686 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2024-08-30 · 686 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 103
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2024-08-31 · 682 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-05-23 — → 10+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Social Divi 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
Icon List 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Meks Smart Social Widget 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C
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