WP-Socialight
by roeeyossef · Social
WP-Socialight is a simple, lightweight social share plugin that will increase the interaction on your website.
45 health vs 60 average across 453 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.33, 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 3484 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 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
25
now · peak 68
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 “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-06 30+ → 20+ down after 51 days in band
- 2025-08-16 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-15 30+ → 20+ down after 34 days in band
- 2025-07-12 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-07-10 30+ → 20+ down after 346 days in band
- 2024-07-29 40+ → 30+ down after 7 days in band
- 2024-07-22 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-07-21 40+ → 30+ down after 8 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags B -
Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons 30K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
TP Social Media Bar 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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