Socials Ignited
by Anastis Sourgoutsidis · Social
Also makes 2 other plugins · 4.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Socials Ignited plugin gives you a widget, allowing you to display and link icons on your website of more than 50 social networks.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 59/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
+30%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “social icons” for “addthis”. “social icons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “addthis” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
59 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 85.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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 554 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 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 554 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| social networking your tag | #15 | #22 | down 3 |
| addthis | #16 | #19 | up 1 |
| social icons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social profiles your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social widgets your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “social icons” for “addthis”. “social icons” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “addthis” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “social networking”. #15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 323 · peaks are release surges
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
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
1.5y ago
latest release · v2.0.0 · 25 Apr 2025
31
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 15 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ anthemakos10.2y ago
Extremely fast replies! Great support!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ laga11.8y ago
What a joke. The old version used to have central settings which I spent time filling out. In the new version, each widget instance has a separate list of links. You have to copy & paste the correct CSS class into the widget settings. Are you kidding me? This plugin is recommended to go with the CSSIgniter Olympic Theme. CSSIgniter has multiple widget locations for blog sidebar, page sidebar, service sidebar etc. I have to reconfigure the widget for each instance. What a waste of time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ The Author Jack Foreigner12.9y ago
Lotsa social icons here and simple to use. What would make it perfect would be shortcodes for page/post insertion — right now, this is just a widget — and maybe an easy graphical custom CSS/HTML control panel — though that’s just nitpicking!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ netpotion13.8y ago
This plugin just plain works. I love CSSIgniter and their products. (No, I don’t work for them – or get paid anything to say so) 😉 Give this a shot. Very nice work! ~ Corey
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0.0 Updated FontAwesome to version v5.15.3 Removed Socials Ignited (deprecated) widget that was deprecated in v1.5 Updated repeating fields and color pickers to work in the Customizer. Added Customizer options for popular so 2.0.0
- — Version 1.11 Prepare existing installations for future FontAwesome version upgrade. 1.11
- — Version 1.10 Updated font-awesome to v4.7.0 Fixed an issue where JS would halt while in Accessibility mode. 1.10
- — Version 1.9.5 Updated font-awesome to v4.6.1 1.9.5
- — Version 1.9.4 Updated font-awesome to v4.5.0 Gettext domain is now changed from ‘cisiw’ to ‘socials-ignited’ for compatibility with language packs. Removed language files en_US PO/MO Added POT file socials-ignited.pot 1.9.4
- — Version 1.9.3 Fixed widgets to use PHP5-style constructors, in preparation for WP v4.3 and PHP 7. 1.9.3
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 129 languages, 4 at 90% or more
Plus 105 more locales with partial translations.
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
1 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 "The Socials Ignited plugin gives you a widget, allowing you to display and link icons on your website of mo..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 524 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 1 of 5 tags appear in the text ("social icons", "social media", "social networking", "social widgets" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-26 3K+ → 2K+ down after 530 days in tier
- 2024-02-12 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-11 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-02-09 4K+ → 3K+ down after 366 days in tier
- 2023-02-08 5K+ → 4K+ down after 225 days in tier
- 2022-06-28 6K+ → 5K+ down after 315 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 7K+ → 6K+ down after 293 days in tier
- 2020-10-28 8K+ → 7K+ down after 350 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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Lightweight Social Icons 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags D -
Simple Social Icons 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
SX Social Icons 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Fuse Social Icons 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Social Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Social Icons Sticky 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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