WordPress plugin comparison
AM Social Widget vs Simple Social Icons
AM Social Widget
by Aamer Shahzad
Fewer than 10 installs
Simple Social Icons
by OsomPress
100K+ installs4.3
At a glance
- Simple Social Icons has more active installs: 100K+, against fewer than 10 for AM Social Widget.
- On a typical day, Simple Social Icons is downloaded about 357 times, AM Social Widget about 2.
- AM Social Widget has no reviews yet.
- Simple Social Icons was updated more recently: Sep 17, 2026, against Feb 17, 2019 for AM Social Widget.
- Simple Social Icons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.0.31 for AM Social Widget.
- Simple Social Icons has been around longer: since 2012, against 2019 for AM Social Widget.
Line by line
Simple Social Icons leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | AM Social Widget | Simple Social Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #74,245 | #440 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 42 | 8.6K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.3(92) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 5.0.31 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×1.07 |
| Last release | 7 years ago | 1 month ago |
| Requires PHP | 5.2.4 | 7.4 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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