WordPress plugin comparison

Plain Social Sharing Buttons vs Scriptless Social Sharing

Plain Social Sharing Buttons

by cleanCode

Fewer than 10 installs

Scriptless Social Sharing

by Robin Cornett

10K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Scriptless Social Sharing has more active installs: 10K+, against fewer than 10 for Plain Social Sharing Buttons.
On a typical day, Scriptless Social Sharing is downloaded about 86 times, Plain Social Sharing Buttons about 1.
Plain Social Sharing Buttons has no reviews yet.
Scriptless Social Sharing was updated more recently: Oct 3, 2026, against Mar 1, 2019 for Plain Social Sharing Buttons.
Scriptless Social Sharing is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 5.1.28 for Plain Social Sharing Buttons.
Scriptless Social Sharing has been around longer: since 2016, against 2019 for Plain Social Sharing Buttons.

Scriptless Social Sharing leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Plain Social Sharing Buttons	Scriptless Social Sharing
Popular rank	#62,895	#1,746
Active installs	Fewer than 10	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	33	2.9K
Rating	No ratings	5.0(70)
Support threads resolved	–	67%
Tested up to	5.1.28	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.16
Last release	7 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	5.3	7.4

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