Plugin Simple Social Media Buttons
by bugtoo · Social
Adds a widget for sharing social media in a simple and easy to configure.
41 health vs 62 average across 395 Social plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.18.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1935 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
22
now · peak 47
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D -
OG — Better Share on Social Media 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Iframely – WP media embeds, cards and blocks 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags C
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