WordPress plugin comparison

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar vs Simple Follow Buttons

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar

by WP-EXPERTS.IN

4K+ installs4.8

Simple Follow Buttons

by Simple Share

20+ installs4.0

At a glance

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar has more active installs: 4K+, against 20+ for Simple Follow Buttons.
On a typical day, Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar is downloaded about 21 times, Simple Follow Buttons about 2.
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 93 reviews, against 4.0 from 2 reviews.
Simple Follow Buttons was updated more recently: Oct 9, 2026, against Sep 27, 2023 for Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar.
Simple Follow Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.3.14 for Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar.
Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar has been around longer: since 2014, against 2015 for Simple Follow Buttons.

Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar	Simple Follow Buttons
Popular rank	#3,385	#28,690
Active installs	4K+	20+
Downloads, last 30 days	532	63
Rating	4.8(93)	4.0(2)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.3.14	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.05	×0.21
Last release	3 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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