WordPress plugin comparison

Need To Share vs Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons

Need To Share

by msalsas

Fewer than 10 installs5.0

Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons

by Suplugins

6K+ installs4.4

At a glance

Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons has more active installs: 6K+, against fewer than 10 for Need To Share.
On a typical day, Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons is downloaded about 43 times, Need To Share about 1.
Need To Share is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.4 from 11 reviews.
Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons was updated more recently: Jan 21, 2026, against Oct 9, 2014 for Need To Share.
Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 4.0.38 for Need To Share.
Need To Share has been around longer: since 2014, against 2019 for Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons.

Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons leads on 5 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Need To Share	Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons
Popular rank	–	#2,783
Active installs	Fewer than 10	6K+
Downloads, last 30 days	21	776
Rating	5.0(1)	4.4(11)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	4.0.38	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.54
Last release	12 years ago	9 months ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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