WordPress plugin comparison

Lightweight Social Icons vs Ultimate Social Share Buttons

Lightweight Social Icons

by Tom

20K+ installs4.7

Ultimate Social Share Buttons

by Habibur Rahman

10+ installs5.0

At a glance

Lightweight Social Icons has more active installs: 20K+, against 10+ for Ultimate Social Share Buttons.
On a typical day, Lightweight Social Icons is downloaded about 28 times, Ultimate Social Share Buttons about 2.
Ultimate Social Share Buttons is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.7 from 63 reviews.
Ultimate Social Share Buttons was updated more recently: Jun 11, 2026, against Mar 18, 2020 for Lightweight Social Icons.
Ultimate Social Share Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 5.4.25 for Lightweight Social Icons.
Lightweight Social Icons has been around longer: since 2014, against 2023 for Ultimate Social Share Buttons.

Ultimate Social Share Buttons leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Lightweight Social Icons	Ultimate Social Share Buttons
Popular rank	#1,092	#44,535
Active installs	20K+	10+
Downloads, last 30 days	797	39
Rating	4.7(63)	5.0(2)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	5.4.25	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.19
Last release	6 years ago	5 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.0

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