WordPress plugin comparison

Fuse Social Icons vs Simple Social Media Share Buttons

Fuse Social Icons

by Daniyal Ahmed (a11n)

10K+ installs4.6

Simple Social Media Share Buttons

by Adnan

20K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Simple Social Media Share Buttons has more active installs: 20K+, against 10K+ for Fuse Social Icons.
On a typical day, Simple Social Media Share Buttons is downloaded about 238 times, Fuse Social Icons about 79.
Simple Social Media Share Buttons is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 194 reviews, against 4.6 from 58 reviews.
Simple Social Media Share Buttons was updated more recently: Oct 19, 2026, against Sep 12, 2026 for Fuse Social Icons.
Simple Social Media Share Buttons resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Fuse Social Icons.
Simple Social Media Share Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for Fuse Social Icons.
Simple Social Media Share Buttons has been around longer: since 2011, against 2015 for Fuse Social Icons.

Simple Social Media Share Buttons leads on 8 of 8 comparable lines.

Metric	Fuse Social Icons	Simple Social Media Share Buttons
Popular rank	#1,742	#1,339
Active installs	10K+	20K+
Downloads, last 30 days	2.5K	15.8K
Rating	4.6(58)	4.8(194)
Support threads resolved	0%	100%
Tested up to	7.0.8	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.84	×1.09
Last release	2 months ago	23 days ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.1

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