Social Space
by Shah Rishabh · Social
A ridiculously simple plugin for showing your social network links using a simple widget so that people can connect with you more easily.
47 health vs 58 average across 572 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.28, 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 3709 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
34
now · peak 74
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 “100+”. 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
- 2025-07-02 200+ → 100+ down after 465 days in band
- 2024-03-24 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in band
- 2024-03-16 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-03-15 300+ → 200+ down after 294 days in band
- 2023-05-26 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-05-25 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in band
- 2023-05-22 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-05-21 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
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Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
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