WordPress plugin comparison
Easy Social Icons vs Social Sharing Plugin
Easy Social Icons
by CyberNetikz
20K+ installs4.4
Social Sharing Plugin
by Heateor Support
100K+ installs4.8
At a glance
- Social Sharing Plugin has more active installs: 100K+, against 20K+ for Easy Social Icons.
- On a typical day, Easy Social Icons is downloaded about 2,402 times, Social Sharing Plugin about 247.
- Social Sharing Plugin is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 523 reviews, against 4.4 from 84 reviews.
- Easy Social Icons was updated more recently: Nov 1, 2026, against Sep 15, 2025 for Social Sharing Plugin.
- Easy Social Icons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Social Sharing Plugin.
- Easy Social Icons has been around longer: since 2012, against 2015 for Social Sharing Plugin.
Line by line
Easy Social Icons leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric | Easy Social Icons | Social Sharing Plugin |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,226 | #410 |
| Active installs | 20K+ | 100K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 72K | 9.1K |
| Rating | 4.4(84) | 4.8(523) |
| Support threads resolved | – | 0% |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 6.8.12 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.89 | ×0.55 |
| Last release | 10 days ago | 1 year 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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