WordPress plugin comparison

Smash Balloon Social Post Feed vs RS Social Sidebar

Smash Balloon Social Post Feed

by Syed Balkhi

100K+ installs4.7

RS Social Sidebar

by Rohit Singhal

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Smash Balloon Social Post Feed has more active installs: 100K+, against 10+ for RS Social Sidebar.
On a typical day, Smash Balloon Social Post Feed is downloaded about 3,008 times, RS Social Sidebar about 4.
RS Social Sidebar is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 1,511 reviews.
Smash Balloon Social Post Feed was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Apr 20, 2016 for RS Social Sidebar.
Smash Balloon Social Post Feed is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.8.34 for RS Social Sidebar.
Smash Balloon Social Post Feed has been around longer: since 2013, against 2016 for RS Social Sidebar.

Smash Balloon Social Post Feed leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Smash Balloon Social Post Feed	RS Social Sidebar
Popular rank	#286	#44,031
Active installs	100K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	189.5K	102
Rating	4.7(1.5K)	5.0(1)
Support threads resolved	67%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	4.8.34
Search multiplier	×1.48	×0.00
Last release	8 days ago	10 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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