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Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

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

100,000

Active installs, lower bound

Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs

3

Days since the last release

Group median: 12

4.8

out of 5, from 5,334 ratings

Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)

66.7%

Support threads marked resolved, two months

Group: 68.2%

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What is Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons and who is behind it?

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is a WordPress plugin in the “Media” field, made by Inisev. It has been listed in the directory since 19 Sept 2014, so for 11 years. Inisev has 6 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 100,000 to 199,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 3 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.

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

“Share buttons and pop up share icons for social media sharing”

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

When was Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons last released?

The last release of Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons came 3 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons · 3 days today1 month3 months1 year3 years10 years
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 Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons have?

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 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 Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons tested with?

No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.0, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.

How does Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons compare with its group?

The group holds 399 listed plugins. 10.8% of them had a more recent last release than Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.

FigureSocial Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing IconsGroup, 399 plugins
Days since the last release3median 12
Rating4.8 (5,334)median 4.7 (10+ ratings)
Support threads marked resolved66.7%68.2%
Tested up to7.047.6% on 7.1
Requires PHPnot statedmost often 7.4 (41.6%)

All values on the reference date

Slugultimate-social-media-icons
AuthorInisev
Active installs100,000 to 199,999
Last release3 days before the reference date
Tested up toWordPress 7.0 · core on the reference date: 7.1
Requires WordPress3.5
Requires PHPnot stated
Rating4.8 out of 5 from 5,334 ratings
Support threads, two months4 of 6 marked resolved
Listed since19 Sept 2014
Total downloads12,491,030, updates included
Tagsshare, share-icons, social, social-media, widget

Tags

TagPlugins with 10,000+ installs and this tagRank by installsMedian days since release
share9266
share-icons2250
social18282
social-media18366
widget416103

Rank 1 has the highest installation band among plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag; equal bands share a rank.

Class of 2014

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons has been listed since 19 Sept 2014. Of the 190 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2014, 78.4% released within the 365 days before the reference date.

Same group, shared tags

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

PluginActive installsLast releaseRating
AddToAny Share Buttons300,000 to 399,99997 days before the reference date4.7 (1,113)
Astra Widgets200,000 to 299,9994 days before the reference date3.9 (17)
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget200,000 to 299,9998 days before the reference date4.8 (191)
Blocksy Companion300,000 to 399,9991 day before the reference date4.7 (93)
Custom Sidebars100,000 to 199,99912 days before the reference date4.7 (1,028)
Image Widget100,000 to 199,999130 days before the reference date4.9 (287)
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails100,000 to 199,99910 days before the reference date4.8 (212)
Simple Social Icons100,000 to 199,99932 days before the reference date4.3 (92)

Do you maintain Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons?

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How to cite

hafenstudios (2026): Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/ultimate-social-media-icons/

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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