WordPress plugin comparison

Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons vs XPoster

Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons

by JWebSol

200+ installs4.7

XPoster

by Joe Dolson

10K+ installs3.8

At a glance

XPoster has more active installs: 10K+, against 200+ for Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons.
On a typical day, XPoster is downloaded about 80 times, Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons about 23.
Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 73 reviews, against 3.8 from 69 reviews.
Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons was updated more recently: Oct 28, 2026, against Sep 9, 2026 for XPoster.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
XPoster has been around longer: since 2008, against 2016 for Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons.

XPoster leads on 4 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons	XPoster
Popular rank	#12,557	#1,946
Active installs	200+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	882	2.7K
Rating	4.7(73)	3.8(69)
Support threads resolved	0%	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.45	×0.76
Last release	13 days ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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