WordPress plugin comparison

LinkedIn Perfect Share vs Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

LinkedIn Perfect Share

by Mirco Babini

50+ installs5.0

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

by Inisev

100K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons has more active installs: 100K+, against 50+ for LinkedIn Perfect Share.
On a typical day, Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is downloaded about 615 times, LinkedIn Perfect Share about 2.
LinkedIn Perfect Share is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 5,333 reviews.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons was updated more recently: Sep 18, 2026, against May 6, 2014 for LinkedIn Perfect Share.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.9.40 for LinkedIn Perfect Share.

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	LinkedIn Perfect Share	Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
Popular rank	#20,855	#416
Active installs	50+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	51	19.7K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.8(5.3K)
Support threads resolved	–	33%
Tested up to	3.9.40	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.32
Last release	12 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	–

From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.

Track your plugin against its rivals every day: rank, installs, downloads, ratings and their releases, with alerts when anything moves.