Social Linkz – Lightweight and fast social media sharing plugin
by KaizenCoders · Social
Also makes 15 other plugins · 30.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Social Linkz plugin helps you easily share your content to social media.
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Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
90+
≈90 estimated
Momentum
-2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “share buttons”, “share icons” and “sharing” for “tinyurl”, “xing” and “media sharing”. “share buttons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tinyurl” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “share icons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “xing” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “sharing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “media sharing” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 90 of 52.8K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 4 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 19 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
46
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
31%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| tinyurl | #6 | #16 | 0 |
| media sharing | #21 | #24 | up 3 |
| #15 | #24 | 0 | |
| bitly | #19 | #24 | down 1 |
| url shortener | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| social media messenger | #19 | #24 | 0 |
| share buttons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| share icons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social share your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
16 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “share buttons”, “share icons” and “sharing” for “tinyurl”, “xing” and “media sharing”. “share buttons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “tinyurl” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “share icons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “xing” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “sharing” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “media sharing” sits at #21 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 380 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #16,800 to #17,400, alongside the other plugins at 90+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
4
releases in the last 12 months
19d ago
latest release · v1.9.2 · 12 Oct 2026
29
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “90+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band today and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 90.
Install history since 4 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Mark Lincoln13.3y ago
Generally works and it’s great that you can set whether you want the buttons to appear at the top, bottom, or both, but when using the official social buttons the spacing is a bit hap-hazard and when you click the Facebook Like, the pop-up that appears so that you can add a comment before you share it is cropped in half. I’m guessing this is only when the Like button has another button to the right of it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fernyceballos13.8y ago
Plugin works great and the best part is that the author answers your questions directly and if you have an idea for a feature, he’s willing to listen and built it in, if good enough! Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.2
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Social Linkz plugin helps you easily share your content to social media."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, Block editor, Zapier, Telegram and 4 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 9 headings and 4 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 5,919 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "share icons" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-31 80+ → 90+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2026-10-13 90+ → 80+ down after 38 days in tier
- 2026-09-05 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 90+ → 80+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 100+ → 90+ down after 39 days in tier
- 2026-06-29 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 100+ → 90+ down after 102 days in tier
- 2026-03-17 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Social Sharing Plugin – Kiwi 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
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