WordPress plugin comparison
Easy Social Shares vs Social Share Buttons
Easy Social Shares
by Mahesh Waghmare
Fewer than 10 installs
Social Share Buttons
by maxfoundry
1K+ installs4.8
At a glance
- Social Share Buttons has more active installs: 1K+, against fewer than 10 for Easy Social Shares.
- On a typical day, Social Share Buttons is downloaded about 28 times, Easy Social Shares about 1.
- Easy Social Shares has no reviews yet.
- Social Share Buttons was updated more recently: Oct 14, 2026, against May 5, 2020 for Easy Social Shares.
- Social Share Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.4.25 for Easy Social Shares.
- Social Share Buttons has been around longer: since 2010, against 2020 for Easy Social Shares.
Line by line
Social Share Buttons leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Easy Social Shares | Social Share Buttons |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #56,752 | #6,184 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 1K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 32 | 902 |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.8(28) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 5.4.25 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.00 | ×0.62 |
| Last release | 6 years ago | 27 days ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 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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