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WP Social Share

by Anas Mir · Social

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Add Social Networks Share Button at Home, Category and Single Posts Pages.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 71/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 55 average across 1,136 Social plugins

50+

Active installs

≈57 estimated

28.1K

Total downloads

since 2012

3.85★

Rating (adjusted)

3.7★ raw · 3 reviews

+66%

48

Downloads · 30d

category median +20%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

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 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 1/100
Rating quality 53/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 5009 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-06 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+66% vs prior 30d
3Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

48

now · peak 74

4830d downloads · Sep 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 Share · #19546 you Social Share · #35506 Social Sharing Plugi · #392 Social Rocket · #5558

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.7Stars · Sep 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.

960per 1k installs · Sep 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

13.7y ago

latest release · v1.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.1 · 13.7y ago1.0 · 13.7y 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.

v1.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
50–60 ≈57

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2015-04-23 · 1,385 observations

50Installs · Sep 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.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
1.1
Last updated
13.7y ago
Added
2012-12-05 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0
Tested up to
3.4.2
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ kfable
    13.5y ago

    for me is ok work well like the wordpress.com sharing buttoms -promoted but forget the “W” buttom for wordpress social share. MAKE IT!!!

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  2. ★★★★★ Anas Mir
    13.7y ago

    Its pretty simple but useful plugin, I used in my all blogs and worked perfactly.

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  3. ★★★★★ railingcompany
    13.7y ago

    no way of changing layout. Very limited options. Very poor considering all of the other buttons plugins out there

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

✓ 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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-09-01 60+ → 50+ down after 191 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-22 70+ → 60+ down after 94 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-20 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in tier
  4. 2025-11-12 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
  5. 2025-11-06 80+ → 70+ down after 22 days in tier
  6. 2025-10-15 70+ → 80+ up after 6 days in tier
  7. 2025-10-09 80+ → 70+ down after 11 days in tier
  8. 2025-09-28 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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