Twitter Follow Button
by cmsvoteup · Social
With this plugin, you can embed Twitter Follow Button to let your visitor follow you instantly by just clicking on the button.
41 health vs 55 average across 1,001 Social 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 3.1.4, 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 5523 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
58
now · peak 151
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.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 40+ → 30+ down after 238 days in tier
- 2025-11-14 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-13 40+ → 50+ up after 32 days in tier
- 2025-10-12 50+ → 40+ down after 180 days in tier
- 2025-04-15 60+ → 50+ down after 34 days in tier
- 2025-03-12 50+ → 60+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2025-02-25 60+ → 50+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2025-02-15 50+ → 60+ up after 6 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- F FireCask’s Twitter Follow Button 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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responsive-twitter-widget 90+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social Media Widget 30K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/twitter-follow-button-plugin" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Twitter Follow Button — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Twitter Follow Button: 30+ active installs, 0.0★ (0 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/twitter-follow-button-plugin