Social Media Widget
by Blink Web Effects · Social
Adds links to all of your social media and sharing site profiles. Tons of icons come in 3 sizes, 4 icon styles, and 4 animations.
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Health
C 57/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
30K+
≈35K estimated
Momentum
+11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “facebook”, “google” and “linkedin” for “google buzz”, “buzz” and “stumbleupon”. “facebook” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “google buzz” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “google” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buzz” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “linkedin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “stumbleupon” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
57 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.4%
of downloads still active
At least 30K of 2.2M lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 874 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14; the current branch is 6.8
3.9★ over 84 reviews, smoothed to 3.97★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 874 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
4%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| friendfeed | #3 | #1 | 0 |
| google buzz | #5 | #3 | 0 |
| buzz | #14 | #6 | down 1 |
| stumbleupon | #20 | #14 | 0 |
| digg | #23 | #12 | 0 |
| facebook your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| linkedin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| twitter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
30 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 5 listed. 25 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 “facebook”, “google” and “linkedin” for “google buzz”, “buzz” and “stumbleupon”. “facebook” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “google buzz” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “google” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buzz” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “linkedin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “stumbleupon” sits at #20 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 35.7K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.4y ago
latest release · v4.0.9 · 10 Jun 2024
56
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% run the current release. 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 “30K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 16 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 7 Jul 2021
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 4.0.9 Use esc_url() to escape URLs. 4.0.9
- — Version 4.0.8 Properly escape widget output to prevent XSS. 4.0.8
- — Version 4.0.7 Properly escape widget output to prevent XSS. 4.0.7
- — Version 4.0.6 Fix class constructor for PHP7 support. 4.0.6
- — Version 4.0.5 Fixed some undefined index notices per support tickets Support for mixed http/https protocol 4.0.5
- — Version 4.0.4 Update for WP 4.3 compatibility 4.0.4
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (4.0.9). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Social Media Widget <= 4.0.8 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-06-21 CVE-2024-0974 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 4.0.8 Patched in 4.0.9
- 2013-04-09 Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere Affects 4.0 Patched in 4.0.1
- 2013-04-08 CVE-2013-1949 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 4.0 Patched in 4.0.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.5
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
7 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 "Adds links to all of your social media and sharing site profiles. Tons of icons come in 3 sizes, 4 icon sty..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and 4 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,132 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-30 40K+ → 30K+ down after 375 days in tier
- 2024-06-20 50K+ → 40K+ down after 343 days in tier
- 2023-07-13 60K+ → 50K+ down after 372 days in tier
- 2022-07-06 70K+ → 60K+ down after 204 days in tier
- 2021-12-14 80K+ → 70K+ down after 226 days in tier
- 2021-05-02 90K+ → 80K+ down after 184 days in tier
- 2020-10-30 100K+ → 90K+ down after 1366 days in tier
- 2017-02-02 200K+ → 100K+ down
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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Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
OG — Better Share on Social Media 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
Social Login, Social Sharing by miniOrange 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags C -
Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
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