Social Share – Bar
by Santosh Panta · Social
Social Share Bar provides your the feature to add your social links to your site with multiple options.
45 health vs 55 average across 1,136 Social plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.15.
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 1837 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
143
now · peak 143
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
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
5.0y ago
latest release · v2.0.2
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,386 observations
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Ananta Mishra6.4y ago
It’s the WordPress Plugin which I was searching for This topic was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Ananta Mishra. This topic was modified 4 years ago by Ananta Mishra.
Read on wp.org ↗
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ocean Social Sharing 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds 40K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Meks Smart Social Widget 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags C -
Genesis Simple Share 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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