SimpleSocial
by Web Guy · Social
Display icons for your social media profile links.
77 health vs 58 average across 550 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
92
now · peak 199
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2022-10-22 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in band
- 2022-10-20 100+ → 200+ up
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★ · 3 shared tags D -
Seed Social 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags C -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A - S Social Media Icons Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
- O Open Graph Pro 1K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
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