WPUpper Share Buttons

Also makes 1 other plugin · 4K+ installs across the portfolio →

Free social share buttons, share to Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, Twitter, Reddit and much more.

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⚠ Stale

Health

B 70/100

Stale

Active installs

4K+

≈4.5K estimated

Momentum

+14%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “share”, “share buttons” and “share icons” 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.

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How scoring works →

70 Health · B

Maintenance 37/100

Rating quality 96/100

Support 70/100

Security 94/100

70 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins

4K+

Active installs

≈4.5K estimated

243.4K

Total downloads

since 2016 · 1.6% still active

4.8/5

Rating

4.9 on wp.org · 196 reviews

+14%

604

Downloads · 30d

category median +5%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.6%

of downloads still active

At least 4K of 243.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above 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.

Ratings · 196 reviews

Details

Version: 3.52
Last updated: 1.6y ago
Added: 2016-03-11 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP: 6.3
Tested up to: 6.7.11
Requires PHP: 7.0.0

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

83 / 100

Well optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 46/100

Updated 584 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 95/100

4.9★ over 196 reviews, smoothed to 4.74★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 584 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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.

Momentum

Losing ground

-0.8

Velocity

places per keyword, 21d

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 21d

-0.3

Acceleration

recent half vs earlier

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
counter share buttons	#23	#17	—
share your tag	Not in the top 24
share buttons your tag	Not in the top 24
share icons your tag	Not in the top 24
social media your tag	Not in the top 24
social share your tag	Not in the top 24

12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 11 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“share”, “share buttons” and “share icons” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+14% vs prior 30d

2231 Oct 2026

2K1K0

2231 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3K · peaks are release surges

61631 Oct 2026

4K2K0

61631 Oct 2026

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

WPUpper Share Button · #3515youAddToAny Share Butto · #184WP Socializer · #2143Social Linkz · #17564

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.931 Oct 2026

52.50

4.931 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

7031 Oct 2026

756045

7031 Oct 2026

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.

15431 Oct 2026

6003000

15431 Oct 2026

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.

releases in the last 12 months

1.6y ago

latest release · v3.52 · 27 Mar 2025

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.52 · 27 Mar 20253.51 · 2 Jul 20243.50 · 1 Jul 20243.43 · 19 May 20233.42 · 26 Feb 20203.41 · 24 Feb 20203.40.1 · 26 Aug 20193.40 · 26 Aug 20193.37.1 · 8 May 20193.37.0 · 7 Aug 20183.36.3 · 7 Dec 20173.36.2 · 3 Nov 20173.36.1 · 20 Oct 20173.36 · 20 Oct 2017

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 64% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v3.52 64%

v3.42 16%

v3.43 6%

v3.51 5.7%

Older / other versions 8.1%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

4K–5K ≈4.5K

Crossed into this band 9 months ago; the previous band took 13 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 23 Sep 2019

4K31 Oct 2026

10K5K0

4K31 Oct 2026

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

All 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.52). Sites still on an older version should update.

Patched Medium · 4.3 WPUpper Share Buttons <= 3.51 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Custom CSS Update ↗

2025-02-20 CVE-2024-13883 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 3.51 Patched in 3.52
Patched Medium · 5.3 WPUpper Share Buttons <= 3.43 - Missing Authorization ↗

2024-06-03 CVE-2024-4997 Missing Authorization Affects <= 3.43 Patched in 3.50
Patched Medium · 5.5 WPUpper Share Buttons <= 3.42 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗

2022-11-10 CVE-2022-3838 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.42 Patched in 3.43

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

✓ 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 25 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Spanish (Spain) 61%

Japanese 43%

Portuguese (Brazil) 40%

Italian 21%

Russian 14%

Swedish 12%

English (UK) 3%

German 3%

Romanian 3%

Basque 2%

Danish 2%

Dutch 2%

English (Australia) 2%

English (Canada) 2%

English (New Zealand) 2%

Finnish 2%

French (Canada) 2%

Ukrainian 2%

Catalan 1%

French (France) 1%

Greek 1%

Serbian 1%

Slovak 1%

Spanish (Mexico) 1%

Plus 1 more locale with partial translations.

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

3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
✓ Names what it works with Mentions Telegram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and 1 more.
! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
✓ Enough to quote 1,108 characters of description.
✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "share icons", "social media" do not.

Growth timeline

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

2026-01-26 5K+ → 4K+ down after 385 days in tier
2025-01-06 6K+ → 5K+ down after 231 days in tier
2024-05-20 7K+ → 6K+ down after 265 days in tier
2023-08-29 8K+ → 7K+ down after 54 days in tier
2023-07-06 10K+ → 8K+ down after 2132 days in tier
2017-09-03 9K+ → 10K+ up after 140 days in tier
2017-04-16 5K+ → 9K+ up after 120 days in tier
2016-12-17 4K+ → 5K+ up after 73 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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WPUpper Share Buttons: 4K+ active installs, 4.9★ (196 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wpupper-share-buttons

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