Simple X Buttons – Share, Follow, Mention & Hashtag for WordPress
by topdevs.net · Social
Add X (Twitter) share, follow, mention, and hashtag buttons to your WordPress site. No API key, no external scripts, no rate limits. Pure Web Intents.
83 health vs 56 average across 782 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
156
now · peak 251
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 “80+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-28 90+ → 80+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-06-22 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-06-21 90+ → 80+ down after 30 days in band
- 2026-05-22 80+ → 90+ up after 17 days in band
- 2026-05-05 90+ → 80+ down after 74 days in band
- 2026-02-20 100+ → 90+ down after 908 days in band
- 2023-08-27 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Seed Social 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C - Я Яндекс Поделиться 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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ShareLite: Zero-Bloat Social Sharing 400+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags C - W WP Ya Share 200+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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Twitter Follow Button 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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