Webshare
by Sami Keijonen · Social
Also makes 5 other plugins · 250+ installs across the portfolio →
Adds social sharing icons.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
+19%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “genericons”, “sharing” and “social” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 4.7K 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.
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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4197 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.2.39; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 4197 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| genericons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “genericons”, “sharing” and “social” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 78 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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
11.5y ago
latest release · v1.2.7 · 6 May 2015
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ David Chandra Purnama10.7y ago
It’s a good sharing plugin without “fat”. It’s lean and minimal and easy to use too. Nothing else matters. Several (maybe) improvement that can be implemented: – no genericons. this plugin only use several icons but uses genericons which is a large icon font library. – no autosave on drag and drop icons. It’s redundant because the settings page have a “save” button. it’s probably better to save when clicking “save” instead of partially save the order and different mechanism to save other settings.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Lucy Tomas11.5y ago
I’m a big fan of simplicity, so I really like this plugin. I was going to code something my self as all I found were plugins with hundreds of options I didn’t want. I am pleased I came across with this one. Good work! thanks a lot for sharing 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ junioratoms12.5y ago
No bloat, just perfect.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 26 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 3 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,110 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-03 40+ → 30+ down after 26 days in tier
- 2026-04-07 30+ → 40+ up after 124 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 40+ → 30+ down after 251 days in tier
- 2025-03-28 50+ → 40+ down after 365 days in tier
- 2024-03-28 60+ → 50+ down after 147 days in tier
- 2023-11-02 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-10-31 60+ → 70+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2023-10-26 70+ → 60+ down after 324 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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Nobs • Share Buttons 3K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Crafty Social Buttons 900+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C - T Tilt Social Share Widget 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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