Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone

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337 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 204 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

Directory rank vs rivals

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Share 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.

Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 2.1 years to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ George Braidwood

   6mo ago

   I really like this plugin, it’s so simple! Great work WordPress!

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2. ★★★★★ wizfinger

   11mo ago

   Using it for years, excellent support and many features.

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3. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   1.4y ago

   Excellent plug-in with great features and easy interface.

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4. ★★★★★ thecanuckian

   1.4y ago

   Not much more to say. The set up was easy. Everything was easy. I like easy.

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5. ★★★★★ ابوالقاسم کریمی

   1.6y ago

   …عالی

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6. ★★★★★ 8268987s

   1.7y ago

   strong

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7. ★★★★★ medinfe

   1.9y ago

   Simple and do what is supposed to do. I have contacted the support and I was surprise about the very fast answer and the kindness in the answer. The negative point is that there are many social icons missing but I suppose they are working on that.

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8. ★★★★★ Andrew Macaulay

   2.1y ago

   Moved from another social share plugin (used for simple shares on sidebar) as had broken for my use. Tried a number of options out, and most required subscription/payment for sidebar use (if they had it)., This plugin includes sidebar use in the free version, so is ideal for my use. Had a small number of layout issues in this mode (my being a perfectionist on these things) which they responded to in hours and which were resolved in under a day. A great product and amazing good support by the team.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-10-19 Version 7.2.0 New Feature: Added a sticky Save button that follows you while scrolling settings. New Feature: Added an icon-spacing control for inline and sidebar layouts. New Feature: Added an admin bar menu to purge share-count cach 7.2.0
2. 2026-08-04 Version 7.1.0 New Feature: Added lowercase [ssb] shortcode support alongside [SSB]. New Feature: Added an “Upgrade to Pro” admin menu link for Lite users. New Feature: Added a Twitter/X username field (appended as via= on share links) 7.1.0
3. 2026-07-16 Version 7.0.0 New Feature: Rebuilt the entire settings screen as a modern React-based interface for faster loading and a smoother experience. New Feature: Added new share buttons — Mastodon, Line, VK, and Snapchat. New Feature: Added 7.0.0
4. 2026-03-17 Version 6.2.1 Security: Added nonce verification and capability checks to prevent CSRF attacks. 6.2.1
5. 2025-08-07 Version 6.2.0 Bugfix: Removed unnecessary CSS loading from frontend when SSB is not configured Bugfix: og:type Property: Corrected Open Graph type detection in add_meta_tags() function. Bugfix: Resolved potential array access issues i 6.2.0
6. 2025-04-19 Version 6.1.0 Bugfix: Restrict resources only on Simple Social Buttons configured pages. Bugfix: Import/Export setting concerning custom JS. New Feature: Improve Import/Export page styling. Enhancement: Code optimization. Enhancement: 6.1.0

All 8 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (7.2.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.3 Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone <= 6.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2026-04-07 CVE-2026-34904 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 6.2.0 Patched in 6.2.1
2. Patched Medium · 4.4 Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 5.4.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-03-25 CVE-2024-13610 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 5.4.0 Patched in 6.0.0
3. Patched Medium · 5.3 Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 5.1.0 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Post Disclosure ↗
   2023-12-06 CVE-2023-5845 Improper Authentication Affects <= 5.1.0 Patched in 5.1.1
4. Patched Medium · 4.8 Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.2.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-09-13 CVE-2021-24656 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.3 Patched in 3.2.4
5. Patched Medium · 5.4 Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.2.2 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2021-07-26 CVE-2021-24486 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.2 Patched in 3.2.3
6. Patched Medium · 6.1 Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.2.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2020-12-18 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.2.0 Patched in 3.2.1
7. Patched Medium · 6.1 Simple Social Media Share Buttons <= 3.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2020-12-17 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects < 3.2.0 Patched in 3.2.0
8. Patched Medium · 6.3 Simple Social Media Share Buttons 2.0.4 - 2.0.21 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2019-02-11 Missing Authorization Affects 2.0.4 - 2.0.21 Patched in 2.0.22

Translated into 13 languages, 0 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-12-09 30K+ → 20K+ down after 752 days in tier
2. 2022-11-18 40K+ → 30K+ down after 1750 days in tier
3. 2018-02-02 50K+ → 40K+ down after 99 days in tier
4. 2017-10-26 60K+ → 50K+ down after 296 days in tier
5. 2017-01-03 70K+ → 60K+ down after 94 days in tier
6. 2016-10-01 80K+ → 70K+ down after 36 days in tier
7. 2016-08-26 90K+ → 80K+ down after 56 days in tier
8. 2016-07-01 100K+ → 90K+ down

Competes with

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Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone: 20K+ active installs, 4.8★ (194 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-social-buttons