WordPress plugin comparison

Lightning Simple Social Share vs Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent

Lightning Simple Social Share

by Mohammed Kateregga

20+ installs

Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent

by jcvangent

2K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent has more active installs: 2K+, against 20+ for Lightning Simple Social Share.
On a typical day, Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent is downloaded about 13 times, Lightning Simple Social Share about 2.
Lightning Simple Social Share has no reviews yet.
Lightning Simple Social Share was updated more recently: Aug 8, 2025, against Aug 8, 2016 for Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent.
Lightning Simple Social Share is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 4.4.34 for Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent.
Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent has been around longer: since 2014, against 2025 for Lightning Simple Social Share.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightning Simple Social Share	Selection Sharer by Hans van Gent
Popular rank	#25,769	#4,772
Active installs	20+	2K+
Downloads, last 30 days	40	253
Rating	No ratings	5.0(21)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.8.12	4.4.34
Search multiplier	×0.08	×0.00
Last release	1 year ago	10 years ago
Requires PHP	7.4	–

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