Social Media Popup
by gruz0 · Social
Plugin creates the popup window with most popular social media widgets
41 health vs 56 average across 773 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, 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 3645 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
47
now · peak 144
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,383 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Open Graph and Twitter Card Tags 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
OG — Better Share on Social Media 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
OG Tags 2K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
All-in-one Like Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A - S Social Media Icons Widget 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/social-media-popup-free" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Social Media Popup — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Social Media Popup: 10+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/social-media-popup-free