WordPress plugin comparison

Text To Share vs Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

Text To Share

by fabioz

10+ installs4.7

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 10+ for Text To Share.
On a typical day, Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is downloaded about 615 times, Text To Share about 1.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 5,333 reviews, against 4.7 from 3 reviews.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons was updated more recently: Sep 18, 2026, against Mar 9, 2015 for Text To Share.
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.1.42 for Text To Share.
Text To Share has been around longer: since 2013, against 2014 for Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons.

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

Metric	Text To Share	Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons
Popular rank	#30,113	#416
Active installs	10+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	26	19.7K
Rating	4.7(3)	4.8(5.3K)
Support threads resolved	–	33%
Tested up to	4.1.42	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.32
Last release	11 years ago	1 month ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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