Easily add social sharing buttons to posts: float beside content or place in a call-to-action box below.
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Health
C 61/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈250 estimated
Momentum
+9%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “call to action” and “share buttons” for “google buzz” and “buzz”. “call to action” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “google buzz” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “share buttons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buzz” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
61 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 198.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 524 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.3★ over 6 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 524 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
33
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| google buzz | #8 | #7 | 0 |
| opengraph | #17 | #15 | 0 |
| buzz | #24 | #14 | 0 |
| call to action your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| share buttons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social svg your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
8 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “call to action” and “share buttons” for “google buzz” and “buzz”. “call to action” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “google buzz” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “share buttons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “buzz” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 372 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.4y ago
latest release · v3.0.1 · 25 May 2025
34
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 27% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 7 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ sa1azuan13.4y ago
easy to use
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ reikob13.4y ago
Powerful Social Media plugin, does everything I need.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mark McIntyre13.6y ago
I’ve tried every social sharing plugin but keep coming back to this one. I think it is the best plugin for WordPress.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User13.8y ago
Saving and editing properties in the backend didn’t have proper feedback. Then when checking the frontend, all the social buttons were really misaligned… I’ll search some more.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Bonsubus13.8y ago
I tried many social plugins, I like this one, only thing: need to decide where to place buttons, but I’m sure it’s a matter of time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ CaptainsLog13.9y ago
This is well designed, loads ‘after’ everything on the page loads, has the kind of options you really need to place the icons. It is the only social sharing plugin that works with all of my themes. Great work. This one is worth donating to or supporting . . . Thanks you!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easily add social sharing buttons to posts: float beside content or place in a call-to-action box below."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use this"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,645 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("call to action", "share buttons", "social svg" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-02 300+ → 200+ down after 376 days in tier
- 2024-11-21 400+ → 300+ down after 214 days in tier
- 2024-04-21 500+ → 400+ down after 223 days in tier
- 2023-09-11 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-10 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-09-09 600+ → 500+ down after 171 days in tier
- 2023-03-22 700+ → 600+ down after 150 days in tier
- 2022-10-23 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Shariff Wrapper 30K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Media Feather 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
ShareThis Share Buttons 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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