WordPress plugin comparison

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar vs Lightning Simple Social Share

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar

by WP-EXPERTS.IN

4K+ installs4.8

Lightning Simple Social Share

by Mohammed Kateregga

20+ installs

At a glance

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar has more active installs: 4K+, against 20+ for Lightning Simple Social Share.
On a typical day, Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar is downloaded about 21 times, Lightning Simple Social Share about 2.
Lightning Simple Social Share has no reviews yet.
Lightning Simple Social Share was updated more recently: Aug 8, 2025, against Sep 27, 2023 for Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar.
Lightning Simple Social Share is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 6.3.14 for Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar.
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar has been around longer: since 2014, against 2025 for Lightning Simple Social Share.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar	Lightning Simple Social Share
Popular rank	#3,385	#25,769
Active installs	4K+	20+
Downloads, last 30 days	532	40
Rating	4.8(93)	No ratings
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.3.14	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.05	×0.08
Last release	3 years ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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