WordPress plugin comparison

ShareThis Follow Buttons vs Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

ShareThis Follow Buttons

by ShareThis

400+ 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 400+ for ShareThis Follow Buttons.
On a typical day, Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is downloaded about 615 times, ShareThis Follow Buttons about 11.
ShareThis Follow Buttons is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.8 from 5,333 reviews.
ShareThis Follow Buttons was updated more recently: Oct 9, 2026, against Sep 18, 2026 for Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons.
ShareThis Follow Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 7.0.8 for Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons has been around longer: since 2014, against 2018 for ShareThis Follow Buttons.

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	ShareThis Follow Buttons	Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
Popular rank	#9,434	#416
Active installs	400+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	213	19.7K
Rating	5.0(2)	4.8(5.3K)
Support threads resolved	–	33%
Tested up to	7.1.4	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.53	×1.32
Last release	1 month 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.