WordPress plugin comparison

Beautiful Social Widget vs Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

Beautiful Social Widget

by Sudeep Acharya

10+ installs4.0

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

by Inisev

100K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for Beautiful Social Widget.
On a typical day, Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is downloaded about 615 times, Beautiful Social Widget about 2.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 5,333 reviews, against 4.0 from 1 review.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons was updated more recently: Sep 18, 2026, against Jan 16, 2014 for Beautiful Social Widget.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.7.41 for Beautiful Social Widget.
Beautiful Social Widget has been around longer: since 2013, against 2014 for Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons.

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Beautiful Social Widget	Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
Popular rank	#47,172	#416
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	37	19.7K
Rating	4.0(1)	4.8(5.3K)
Support threads resolved	–	33%
Tested up to	3.7.41	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.32
Last release	13 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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