WordPress plugin comparison

Essential Social Share vs Simple Social Media Share Buttons

Essential Social Share

by Essential Marketer

10+ installs

Simple Social Media Share Buttons

by Adnan

20K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Simple Social Media Share Buttons has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for Essential Social Share.
On a typical day, Simple Social Media Share Buttons is downloaded about 238 times, Essential Social Share about 1.
Essential Social Share has no reviews yet.
Simple Social Media Share Buttons was updated more recently: Oct 19, 2026, against Mar 6, 2017 for Essential Social Share.
Simple Social Media Share Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.7.39 for Essential Social Share.
Simple Social Media Share Buttons has been around longer: since 2011, against 2016 for Essential Social Share.

Simple Social Media Share Buttons leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Essential Social Share	Simple Social Media Share Buttons
Popular rank	#33,384	#1,339
Active installs	10+	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	29	15.8K
Rating	No ratings	4.8(194)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.7.39	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.09
Last release	9 years ago	23 days ago
Requires PHP	–	7.1

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