WordPress plugin comparison

ShareThis Share Buttons vs Simple Twitter Follow Me Button

ShareThis Share Buttons

by ShareThis

10K+ installs3.5

Simple Twitter Follow Me Button

by zackproser

20+ installs5.0

At a glance

ShareThis Share Buttons has more active installs: 10K+, against 20+ for Simple Twitter Follow Me Button.
On a typical day, ShareThis Share Buttons is downloaded about 131 times, Simple Twitter Follow Me Button about 1.
Simple Twitter Follow Me Button is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 3.5 from 26 reviews.
ShareThis Share Buttons was updated more recently: Oct 7, 2026, against Feb 9, 2014 for Simple Twitter Follow Me Button.
ShareThis Share Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.7.41 for Simple Twitter Follow Me Button.
Simple Twitter Follow Me Button has been around longer: since 2014, against 2017 for ShareThis Share Buttons.

ShareThis Share Buttons leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	ShareThis Share Buttons	Simple Twitter Follow Me Button
Popular rank	#1,533	#28,583
Active installs	10K+	20+
Downloads, last 30 days	5.6K	25
Rating	3.5(26)	5.0(2)
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	3.7.41
Search multiplier	×0.73	×0.00
Last release	1 month ago	12 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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