Social Icons Widget
by Curtiss Grymala · Social
A developer-friendly plugin that allows you to add a widget with links to various social media profiles.
41 health vs 59 average across 481 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5439 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
141
now · peak 145
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 “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 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2023-12-16 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-12-15 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in band
- 2023-12-13 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Open Graph and Twitter Card Tags 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
OG — Better Share on Social Media 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Seed Social 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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