Social Media Stats
by WP Republic · Social
Also makes 3 other plugins · 20.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Social Media Stats is a social analytics plugin that tracks and reports the performance of your blog or website posts on social networks.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈55 estimated
Momentum
+166%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “social media”, “social media analytics” and “social media metrics” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
44 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 17.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1563 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.0.18; the current branch is 6.8
4.0★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1563 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media analytics your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media metrics your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media stats your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “social media”, “social media analytics” and “social media metrics” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 101 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,200, alongside the other plugins at 50+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
4.3y ago
latest release · v2.0.7 · 21 Jul 2022
10
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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 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 6 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ FolioVision11.5y ago
I doubt this works properly as the support page is a 404 and as a social stats plugin it hasn’t been updated in a year and a half. I’ll change my rating if I hear otherwise. Two stars for the idea.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chiwaili12.5y ago
I can’t help wonder why I didn’t i think about tracking stats sooner. Very good to know what works
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zepolo13.5y ago
Great and efficient
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0.1
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Social Media Stats is a social analytics plugin that tracks and reports the performance of your blog or web..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,336 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "social media analytics", "social media metrics" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-14 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-12 60+ → 50+ down after 87 days in tier
- 2025-11-17 80+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-16 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-15 80+ → 70+ down after 98 days in tier
- 2025-08-09 90+ → 80+ down after 99 days in tier
- 2025-05-02 100+ → 90+ down after 6 days in tier
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Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for Social Media Stats into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wpsocialstats" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Social Media Stats — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Social Media Stats: 50+ active installs, 4.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wpsocialstats
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