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WP Social Preview

by Iain Poulson · Social

Also makes 1 other plugin · 4.8K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Increase social media engagement by previewing and managing how your content will look on social media sites before sharing it!

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 4/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins

800+

Active installs

≈850 estimated

8.7K

Total downloads

since 2020

3.84★

Rating (adjusted)

3.5★ raw · 2 reviews

+111%

99

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.12.

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.

50 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 10/100
WP compatibility 46/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1379 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+111% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

99

now · peak 199

9530d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP Social Preview · #7584 you Ocean Social Sharing · #638 Ocean Product Sharin · #1277 Professional Social · #1497

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.5Stars · Aug 26

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.

119per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

3.8y ago

latest release · v1.0.2

3

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.2 · 3.8y ago1.0.1 · 6.5y ago1.0.0 · 6.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
800–900 ≈850

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2021-02-26 · 1,425 observations

800Installs · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
1 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.2
Last updated
3.8y ago
Added
2020-02-25 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
5.3
Tested up to
6.1.12
Requires PHP
7.1
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ simonjonharding
    5.0y 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.

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  2. ★★★★★ A5hleyRich
    5.5y 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.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.6.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

German 84%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-10 900+ → 800+ down after 175 days in tier
  2. 2025-10-17 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-10-16 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-10-15 1K+ → 900+ down after 3 days in tier
  5. 2025-10-12 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2025-10-11 1K+ → 900+ down after 1028 days in tier
  7. 2022-12-18 900+ → 1K+ up

Competes with

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