Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons
by Suplugins · Media
Also makes 5 other plugins · 103K+ installs across the portfolio →
Social Media Share Buttons & Follow Buttons. Social Share Icons. 25+ Social networks. Icon & Button Shortcodes. Floating Sidebar.
78 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
829
now · peak 8.8K
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
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
7mo ago
latest release · v1.2.5
22
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 79% 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 “6K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2020-02-11 · 1,424 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.2.5 Added tons of new buttons including Substack, Bilibili, VK, KakaoTalk, Weibo, LINE, WeChat, Locals, Ko-fi, Rumble, Kick and more! 1.2.5
- — Version 1.2.1 Localization fixes. 1.2.1
- — Version 1.2.0 Various fixes and improvements. 1.2.0
- — Version 1.1.9 Fixed link validation for x.com. 1.1.9
- — Version 1.1.8 Minor fixes. 1.1.8
- — Version 1.1.7 Changed Twitter to X. Added Threads button. Added Mastodon button. Added Goodreads button. 1.1.7
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- Medium · 4.3 Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons <= 1.1.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via spbsmAjax ↗2023-04-06 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 1.1.3 Patched in 1.1.5
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 7K+ → 6K+ down after 194 days in tier
- 2025-12-28 8K+ → 7K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-27 7K+ → 8K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-25 8K+ → 7K+ down after 289 days in tier
- 2025-03-11 9K+ → 8K+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2025-02-14 8K+ → 9K+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2025-01-27 9K+ → 8K+ down after 182 days in tier
- 2024-07-29 10K+ → 9K+ down
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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Nobs • Share Buttons 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
ShareLite: Zero-Bloat Social Sharing 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags C -
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
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