WordPress plugin comparison
Easy Social Icons vs Essential Social Share
Easy Social Icons
by CyberNetikz
20K+ installs4.4
Essential Social Share
by Essential Marketer
10+ installs
At a glance
- Easy Social Icons has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for Essential Social Share.
- On a typical day, Easy Social Icons is downloaded about 2,402 times, Essential Social Share about 1.
- Essential Social Share has no reviews yet.
- Easy Social Icons was updated more recently: Nov 1, 2026, against Mar 6, 2017 for Essential Social Share.
- Easy Social Icons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.7.39 for Essential Social Share.
- Easy Social Icons has been around longer: since 2012, against 2016 for Essential Social Share.
Line by line
Easy Social Icons leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Easy Social Icons | Essential Social Share |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,226 | #33,384 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 72K | 29 |
| Rating | 4.4(84) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 4.7.39 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.89 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 9 days ago | 9 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | – |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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