WordPress plugin comparison

Floating Social Media Popout Buttons vs Fuse Social Icons

Floating Social Media Popout Buttons

by Santosh Padire

10+ installs3.0

Fuse Social Icons

by Daniyal Ahmed (a11n)

10K+ installs4.6

At a glance

Fuse Social Icons has more active installs: 10K+, against 10+ for Floating Social Media Popout Buttons.
On a typical day, Fuse Social Icons is downloaded about 79 times, Floating Social Media Popout Buttons about 1.
Fuse Social Icons is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 58 reviews, against 3.0 from 2 reviews.
Fuse Social Icons was updated more recently: Sep 12, 2026, against Oct 17, 2012 for Floating Social Media Popout Buttons.
Fuse Social Icons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.3.2 for Floating Social Media Popout Buttons.
Floating Social Media Popout Buttons has been around longer: since 2012, against 2015 for Fuse Social Icons.

Fuse Social Icons leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Floating Social Media Popout Buttons	Fuse Social Icons
Popular rank	#31,070	#1,742
Active installs	10+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	23	2.5K
Rating	3.0(2)	4.6(58)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	3.3.2	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.84
Last release	14 years ago	2 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.4

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