WordPress plugin comparison

NextScripts vs Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

NextScripts

by NextScripts

20K+ installs3.3

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 20K+ for NextScripts.
On a typical day, Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is downloaded about 615 times, NextScripts about 135.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 5,333 reviews, against 3.3 from 617 reviews.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons was updated more recently: Sep 18, 2026, against Aug 13, 2026 for NextScripts.
Both are tested up to WordPress 7.0.8.
NextScripts has been around longer: since 2012, against 2014 for Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons.

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	NextScripts	Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
Popular rank	#1,137	#416
Active installs	20K+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	5.1K	19.7K
Rating	3.3(617)	4.8(5.3K)
Support threads resolved	–	33%
Tested up to	7.0.8	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.77	×1.32
Last release	3 months 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.