WordPress plugin comparison

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar vs Social Share Buttons

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar

by WP-EXPERTS.IN

4K+ installs4.8

Social Share Buttons

by maxfoundry

1K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar has more active installs: 4K+, against 1K+ for Social Share Buttons.
On a typical day, Social Share Buttons is downloaded about 28 times, Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar about 21.
Both are rated 4.8 out of 5.
Social Share Buttons was updated more recently: Oct 14, 2026, against Sep 27, 2023 for Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar.
Social Share Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.3.14 for Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar.
Social Share Buttons has been around longer: since 2010, against 2014 for Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar.

Social Share Buttons leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar	Social Share Buttons
Popular rank	#3,384	#6,184
Active installs	4K+	1K+
Downloads, last 30 days	527	902
Rating	4.8(93)	4.8(28)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.3.14	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.05	×0.62
Last release	3 years ago	27 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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