Social Sharing Buttons by ThemesMatic
by ThemesMatic · Social
Plugin Documentation: https://www.themesmatic.com/documentation/social-sharing-buttons
45 health vs 59 average across 508 Social plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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 2332 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
61
now · peak 164
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-25 100+ → 90+ down after 946 days in band
- 2023-09-22 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in band
- 2023-09-18 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-09-17 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
Social Icons Sticky 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Easy Social Sharing 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D -
Fastest Share Buttons 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B
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