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Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share

Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026

100,000

Active installs, lower bound

Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs

347

Days since the last release

Group median: 12

4.8

out of 5, from 522 ratings

Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)

0.0%

Support threads marked resolved, two months

Group: 68.2%

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What is Social Sharing Plugin and who is behind it?

Social Sharing Plugin is a WordPress plugin in the “Media” field, made by Heateor Support. It has been listed in the directory since 3 Dec 2015, so for 10 years. It is the only plugin by Heateor Support with at least 10,000 installs. With 100,000 to 199,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 347 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 6.8.

This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:

“The Simplest and Optimized Social Share buttons. Facebook, X, Reddit, Pinterest, Whatsapp, Grok, ChatGPT, Gab, Gettr and over 100 more.”

Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026

When was Social Sharing Plugin last released?

The last release of Social Sharing Plugin came 347 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.

Each dot is a plugin in the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group, placed horizontally by days since its last release, on a logarithmic scale. The dashed line marks 365 days.

How many installs does Social Sharing Plugin have?

Social Sharing Plugin had 100,000 to 199,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 219 plugins had a higher band and 179 plugins the same band.

The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 100,000 means at least 100,000 and at most 199,999.

Which WordPress version is Social Sharing Plugin tested with?

On the reference date the plugin page on wordpress.org showed the notice “This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress”, because the “tested up to” field was below 6.9 (6.8). The notice describes only that field; it does not say whether the plugin runs on newer versions. 8.0% of the group carried it.

How does Social Sharing Plugin compare with its group?

The group holds 399 listed plugins. 94.5% of them had a more recent last release than Social Sharing Plugin; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.

Figure	Social Sharing Plugin	Group, 399 plugins
Days since the last release	347	median 12
Rating	4.8 (522)	median 4.7 (10+ ratings)
Support threads marked resolved	0.0%	68.2%
Tested up to	6.8	47.6% on 7.1
Requires PHP	not stated	most often 7.4 (41.6%)

All values on the reference date

Slug	`sassy-social-share`
Author	Heateor Support
Active installs	100,000 to 199,999
Last release	347 days before the reference date
Tested up to	WordPress 6.8 · core on the reference date: 7.1
Requires WordPress	2.5
Requires PHP	not stated
Rating	4.8 out of 5 from 522 ratings
Support threads, two months	0 of 3 marked resolved
Listed since	3 Dec 2015
Total downloads	6,898,561, updates included
Tags	chatgpt, grok, social-media, social-share, social-share-buttons

Tag	Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag	Rank by installs	Median days since release
chatgpt	5	1	44
grok	1	1	347
social-media	18	3	66
social-share	9	1	35
social-share-buttons	1	1	347

Class of 2015

Social Sharing Plugin has been listed since 3 Dec 2015. Of the 201 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2015, 83.1% released within the 365 days before the reference date.

Same group, shared tags

Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.

Plugin	Active installs	Last release	Rating
AddToAny Share Buttons	300,000 to 399,999	97 days before the reference date	4.7 (1,113)
Astra Widgets	200,000 to 299,999	4 days before the reference date	3.9 (17)
Simple Social Icons	100,000 to 199,999	32 days before the reference date	4.3 (92)
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons	100,000 to 199,999	3 days before the reference date	4.8 (5,334)
Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter	80,000 to 89,999	24 days before the reference date	4.6 (67)

Do you maintain Social Sharing Plugin?

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How to cite

hafenstudios (2026): Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/sassy-social-share/

Source and status

All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.

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