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Social Media Widget

by SuperHero Plugins · Social

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Social media widget is a simple plugin to show social icons in your site sidebar . With lots of social icon themes and animations .

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins

300+

Active installs

≈370 estimated

17.0K

Total downloads

since 2016

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+27%

122

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 10+ 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.

37 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 6/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3739 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+27% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

122

now · peak 940

12230d downloads · Aug 26

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

Social Media Widget · #10748 you Social Media Share B · #412 Meks Smart Social Wi · #1546 Social Icons · #2076

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.

407per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈370

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2017-02-12 · 1,387 observations

300Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0
Last updated
10.2y ago
Added
2016-06-04 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.6
Tested up to
4.5.33
Requires PHP
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  1. ★★★★★ jdubbedition
    10.2y ago

    This app is amazing and the live preview feature is amazing as well. The ability the icons have to adapt to the surrounding is impressive. It works great with 4.5.2 version and i would recommend this to everyone. Thank you JDuBBedition

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-12-29 400+ → 300+ down after 329 days in tier
  2. 2025-02-03 500+ → 400+ down after 2 days in tier
  3. 2025-02-01 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-01-31 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-01-30 400+ → 500+ up after 3 days in tier
  6. 2025-01-27 500+ → 400+ down after 15 days in tier
  7. 2025-01-12 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2025-01-11 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier

Competes with

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