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Simple X Buttons – Share, Follow, Mention & Hashtag for WordPress

by topdevs.net · Social

Also makes 2 other plugins · 10.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

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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.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
82 Health · B
Maintenance 96/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

82 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins

80+

Active installs

≈87 estimated

11.1K

Total downloads

since 2011

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+16%

207

Downloads · 30d

category median +21%

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.

88 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+16% vs prior 30d
5Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

207

now · peak 251

20730d downloads · Aug 26

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

Simple X Buttons · #17663 you Superb Social Media · #2777 Seed Social · #2876 Яндекс Поделиться · #7166

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.

2.6Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

2

releases in the last 12 months

4mo ago

latest release · v2.0

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0 · 4mo ago1.2 · 4mo ago1.0.1 · 14.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 26% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 74%
v2.0 26%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
80–90 ≈87

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2016-06-03 · 1,387 observations

80Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
2.0.0
Last updated
4mo ago
Added
2011-09-08 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
5.8
Tested up to
6.9.7
Requires PHP
7.2
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Illia
    12.5y ago

    Simple and easy to use, as much as it possible with latest Twitter API version.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-28 90+ → 80+ down after 6 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-22 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-21 90+ → 80+ down after 30 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-22 80+ → 90+ up after 17 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-05 90+ → 80+ down after 74 days in tier
  6. 2026-02-20 100+ → 90+ down after 908 days in tier
  7. 2023-08-27 200+ → 100+ down

Competes with

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