Social Buttons
by alexpooley · Social
Selectively add social network buttons to your posts, or theme design.
41 health vs 55 average across 847 Social plugins
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 18+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 2.2.5, well behind 6.8.
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 6634 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
115
now · peak 115
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 70+ in roughly 222 days.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-25 70+ → 60+ down after 49 days in tier
- 2026-05-07 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-06 70+ → 80+ up after 63 days in tier
- 2026-03-04 60+ → 70+ up after 38 days in tier
- 2026-01-25 50+ → 60+ up after 22 days in tier
- 2026-01-03 60+ → 50+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-12-27 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-12-21 60+ → 50+ down after 3 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- N notable 10+ installs · 3.7★ · 3 shared tags D
- T Tilt Social Share Widget 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- D DamnSexyBookmarks 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
- R Recommended Links for WordPress 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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Reddit for WooCommerce 70K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B -
NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 30K+ installs · 3.3★ · 1 shared tag B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/social-buttons" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Social Buttons — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Social Buttons: 60+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/social-buttons