WordPress plugin comparison

ShareThis Share Buttons vs Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens

ShareThis Share Buttons

by ShareThis

10K+ installs3.5

Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens

by Goran87

300+ installs5.0

At a glance

ShareThis Share Buttons has more active installs: 10K+, against 300+ for Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens.
On a typical day, ShareThis Share Buttons is downloaded about 131 times, Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens about 6.
Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 48 reviews, against 3.5 from 26 reviews.
ShareThis Share Buttons was updated more recently: Oct 7, 2026, against Sep 10, 2023 for Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens.
ShareThis Share Buttons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.3.14 for Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens.
Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens has been around longer: since 2015, against 2017 for ShareThis Share Buttons.

ShareThis Share Buttons leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	ShareThis Share Buttons	Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens
Popular rank	#1,533	#9,998
Active installs	10K+	300+
Downloads, last 30 days	5.6K	103
Rating	3.5(26)	5.0(48)
Support threads resolved	0%	–
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.3.14
Search multiplier	×0.73	×0.03
Last release	1 month ago	3 years ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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