WP Social Preview
by Iain Poulson · Social
Also makes 3 other plugins · 4.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Increase social media engagement by previewing and managing how your content will look on social media sites before sharing it!
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
B 82/100
Few reviews
Active installs
800+
≈850 estimated
Momentum
+110%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “open graph” for “preview”. “open graph” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “preview” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
82 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →8.3%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 9.6K 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.
This plugin shipped 2 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 15 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
3.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
33
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
12%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| social preview | #4 | #24 | down 1 |
| preview | #11 | #19 | down 6 |
| social preview images | #6 | #24 | down 2 |
| twitter card your tag | #24 | #24 | down 1 |
| website preview | #9 | #24 | down 1 |
| preview post | #19 | #23 | down 2 |
| post preview | #19 | #23 | down 3 |
| page preview | #20 | #23 | down 2 |
| image preview | #21 | #24 | up 2 |
| open graph your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social image your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social sharing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 9 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “open graph” for “preview”. “open graph” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “preview” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 800 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
15d ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 16 Oct 2026
4
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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 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 26 Feb 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ simonjonharding5.2y ago
The plugin does what it is supposed to, but it also disables the Widget view in the Admin > Appearance > Widgets area. Possibly due to a conflict with the latest version of WordPress.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ A5hleyRich5.7y ago
Excellent plugin that does the job of allowing me to customize how my site appears when sharing on social platforms like Twitter and Facebook.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 25 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 965 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("social image", "social sharing", "twitter card" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-10 900+ → 800+ down after 175 days in tier
- 2025-10-17 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-16 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-15 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-10-12 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-11 1K+ → 900+ down after 1028 days in tier
- 2022-12-18 900+ → 1K+ up after 76 days in tier
- 2022-10-03 800+ → 900+ up after 133 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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Ocean Social Sharing 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Ocean Product Sharing 20K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Open Graph 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Open Graphite 3K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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