Strx Simple Sharing Sidebar Widget
by straps · Uncategorized
Dynamic widget to insert classic social buttons and counters on your sidebar.
44 health vs 62 average across 4,955 Uncategorized 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, 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 5483 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
19
now · peak 65
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 · 1,363 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-02-06 40+ → 30+ down after 24 days in band
- 2026-01-13 30+ → 40+ up after 27 days in band
- 2025-12-17 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-16 30+ → 40+ up after 12 days in band
- 2025-12-04 40+ → 30+ down after 288 days in band
- 2025-02-19 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-02-15 40+ → 50+ up after 13 days in band
- 2025-02-02 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
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