WordPress plugin comparison
Lightning Simple Social Share vs OG
Lightning Simple Social Share
by Mohammed Kateregga
20+ installs
OG
by iworks (Marcin Pietrzak)
20K+ installs4.8
At a glance
- OG has more active installs: 20K+, against 20+ for Lightning Simple Social Share.
- On a typical day, OG is downloaded about 391 times, Lightning Simple Social Share about 2.
- Lightning Simple Social Share has no reviews yet.
- OG was updated more recently: Oct 30, 2026, against Aug 8, 2025 for Lightning Simple Social Share.
- OG is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 6.8.12 for Lightning Simple Social Share.
- OG has been around longer: since 2014, against 2025 for Lightning Simple Social Share.
Line by line
OG leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Lightning Simple Social Share | OG |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #25,769 | #1,090 |
| Active installs | 20+ | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 40 | 13.5K |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.8(216) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.8.12 | 7.0.8 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.08 | ×0.93 |
| Last release | 1 year ago | 11 days ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.0 |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
More comparisons
- Lightning Simple Social Share vs Social Media Widget
- Lightning Simple Social Share vs Social Sharing Plugin
- Lightning Simple Social Share vs Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar
- Lightning Simple Social Share vs Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent
- OG vs Social Media Widget
- OG vs Open Graphite
- OG vs Open Graph Pro
- OG vs Nextend Social Login and Register
Is one of these yours?
Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.
Start free