WordPress plugin comparison
Highlight and Share vs Plain Social Sharing Buttons
Highlight and Share
by BerryPress
700+ installs4.9
Plain Social Sharing Buttons
by cleanCode
Fewer than 10 installs
At a glance
- Highlight and Share has more active installs: 700+, against fewer than 10 for Plain Social Sharing Buttons.
- On a typical day, Highlight and Share is downloaded about 29 times, Plain Social Sharing Buttons about 1.
- Plain Social Sharing Buttons has no reviews yet.
- Highlight and Share was updated more recently: Oct 9, 2026, against Mar 1, 2019 for Plain Social Sharing Buttons.
- Highlight and Share is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.1.28 for Plain Social Sharing Buttons.
- Highlight and Share has been around longer: since 2013, against 2019 for Plain Social Sharing Buttons.
Line by line
Highlight and Share leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Highlight and Share | Plain Social Sharing Buttons |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #7,857 | #62,895 |
| Active installs | 700+ | Fewer than 10 |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 649 | 33 |
| Rating | 4.9(29) | No ratings |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 5.1.28 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.59 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 1 month ago | 7 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 5.3 |
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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