WordPress plugin comparison

Lightning Simple Social Share vs Nextend Social Login and Register

Lightning Simple Social Share

by Mohammed Kateregga

20+ installs

Nextend Social Login and Register

by Nextendweb

200K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Nextend Social Login and Register has more active installs: 200K+, against 20+ for Lightning Simple Social Share.
On a typical day, Nextend Social Login and Register is downloaded about 1,279 times, Lightning Simple Social Share about 2.
Lightning Simple Social Share has no reviews yet.
Nextend Social Login and Register was updated more recently: Jul 28, 2026, against Aug 8, 2025 for Lightning Simple Social Share.
Nextend Social Login and Register is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.8.12 for Lightning Simple Social Share.
Nextend Social Login and Register has been around longer: since 2012, against 2025 for Lightning Simple Social Share.

Nextend Social Login and Register leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightning Simple Social Share	Nextend Social Login and Register
Popular rank	#25,769	#265
Active installs	20+	200K+
Downloads, last 30 days	40	35.4K
Rating	No ratings	4.9(447)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	6.8.12	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.08	×1.47
Last release	1 year ago	3 months ago
Requires PHP	7.4	7.4

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