Social Hashtags
by shanaver · Social
Grabs images & videos matching any hashtag from social APIs like instagram & youtube.
44 health vs 60 average across 465 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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 4172 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
49
now · peak 151
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-07-31 30+ → 20+ down after 286 days in band
- 2024-10-18 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-10-17 30+ → 40+ up after 33 days in band
- 2024-09-14 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-09-12 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-09-10 40+ → 30+ down after 4 days in band
- 2024-09-06 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2024-09-04 40+ → 30+ down after 15 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Iframely – WP media embeds, cards and blocks 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP YouTube Player 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Responsive videos – Fitvids 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
SnapWidget Social Photo Feed Widget 600+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Easy Support Videos – Embed videos in the admin 500+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/social-hashtags" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Social Hashtags — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Social Hashtags: 20+ active installs, 4.0★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/social-hashtags