Simple Social – Sharing Widgets & Icons Updated
by fabiancz · Uncategorized
Adds a set of cool icons and widgets at the end of your post for your readers to share.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
-38%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “bookmark”, “bookmarking” and “bookmarks” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 22.7K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,786 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, well behind 7.1.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 5549 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.2.1; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5549 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| bookmark your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bookmarking your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| bookmarks your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| buzz your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “bookmark”, “bookmarking” and “bookmarks” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 98 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
15.2y ago
latest release · v0.3.6 · 25 Aug 2011
8
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 23 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 12 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ igorlaszlo14.0y ago
It is just exactly what i was looking for : i did not want the icons to be shown on the blogroll page, only on the single post pages. Thanks a lot !
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Adds a set of cool icons and widgets at the end of your post for your readers to share."
- ! 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 Mentions Facebook, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 291 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Bookmark", "bookmarking", "bookmarks", "button", "buzz" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-12-03 200+ → 100+ down after 526 days in tier
- 2023-06-26 300+ → 200+ down after 265 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 400+ → 300+ down after 396 days in tier
- 2021-09-03 800+ → 400+ down after 772 days in tier
- 2019-07-24 3K+ → 800+ down
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).
- E El club de la Noticia 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags
- 2 2-Klicks-Button – Socialshareprivacy Plugin 20+ installs · 3.7★ · 4 shared tags D
- S Share It Button 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
- S Sociable Zyblog Edition 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- S Sociable RE 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
- Č České a slovenské linkovací služby 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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