SocialWiggle
by bradvin · Social
Display your social network profiles using catchy looking Metro tiles that wiggle to catch your visitor's attention
45 health vs 55 average across 971 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41, 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 4520 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
21
now · peak 73
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,368 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-03-17 40+ → 30+ down after 429 days in tier
- 2025-01-12 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-11 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-10 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-09 40+ → 50+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-01-05 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-04 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-03 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S Structured Social Profiles 30+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Simple Social Icons 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B -
Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Metricool – Social media and site statistics 80K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag A
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