WordPress plugin comparison
Fuse Social Icons vs Lightning Simple Social Share
Fuse Social Icons
by Daniyal Ahmed (a11n)
10K+ installs4.6
Lightning Simple Social Share
by Mohammed Kateregga
20+ installs
At a glance
- Fuse Social Icons has more active installs: 10K+, against 20+ for Lightning Simple Social Share.
- On a typical day, Fuse Social Icons is downloaded about 79 times, Lightning Simple Social Share about 2.
- Lightning Simple Social Share has no reviews yet.
- Fuse Social Icons was updated more recently: Sep 12, 2026, against Aug 8, 2025 for Lightning Simple Social Share.
- Fuse Social Icons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.8.12 for Lightning Simple Social Share.
- Fuse Social Icons has been around longer: since 2015, against 2025 for Lightning Simple Social Share.
Line by line
Fuse Social Icons leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Fuse Social Icons | Lightning Simple Social Share |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,742 | #25,769 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 20+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 2.5K | 40 |
| Rating | 4.6(58) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | 0% | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 6.8.12 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.84 | ×0.08 |
| Last release | 2 months ago | 1 year ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
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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