Social Share Buttons
by Arrow Plugins · Social
Social Share is fully loaded with social media options, allows you to add Social buttons on your WordPress site to share your content on the web with …
43 health vs 56 average across 759 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.25, 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 2777 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
23
now · peak 69
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-02 60+ → 50+ down after 132 days in band
- 2025-11-21 70+ → 60+ down after 202 days in band
- 2025-05-03 80+ → 70+ down after 210 days in band
- 2024-10-05 90+ → 80+ down after 132 days in band
- 2024-05-26 100+ → 90+ 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 Social Share Icon 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 5 shared tags D -
Simpliest Social Share 600+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D - J Jamie Social Icons 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags D
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Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/social-share-floating-icons" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Social Share Buttons — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Social Share Buttons: 50+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/social-share-floating-icons