WP Social Share
by Anas Mir · Social
Add Social Networks Share Button at Home, Category and Single Posts Pages.
44 health vs 55 average across 1,091 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 4963 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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 74
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-22 70+ → 60+ down after 94 days in tier
- 2025-11-20 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-11-12 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-11-06 80+ → 70+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2025-10-15 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-10-09 80+ → 70+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2025-09-28 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-27 80+ → 70+ down after 18 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Social Share 10+ installs · 4.1★ · 5 shared tags C -
Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags B -
Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Share Button 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing 800+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP-Socialight 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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