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Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds
A social media powerhouse that might crash on Firefox.
HealthyGrowing
77/100
The plugin provides versatile social tools despite some serious compatibility bugs.
Active installs
~55,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.8★
395 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+12%
Growing
171 → 191 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +12% in the last year
171/day a year ago→191/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayButtonizer is generally well-regarded for its ease of setup and flexibility, but carries a meaningful caveat around compatibility issues with newer versions of WordPress, PHP 8.0+, and certain browsers like Firefox.
What people like
- +Easy to install and configure, even for basic use cases×5
- +Flexible button customization options×2
- +Responsive and helpful author/support
- +Works without requiring an API connection
Common complaints
- −Breaks sites when running PHP 8.0 or above with the latest WordPress
- −Does not work on Firefox, even with tracking protection disabled
- −Compatibility issues reported with WordPress 6.3.1 (since 6.3.1)
- −Unclear documentation around required setup details such as finding a Facebook Page ID
- −Widget display bug requiring a workaround of adding a second instance with default settings
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.35★Verified rating — drops from 4.80★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 27%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 395 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-29★★★★★Facile, funzionale e personalizzabile.andreasciavarrello
- 2026-01-12★★★★★Very reliable and great supportwardinary
- 2025-08-22★★★★★Nice and Straight Forwarddelabi
- 2025-07-22★★★★★Dobra wtyczkamorgan391-shot
- 2025-03-03★★★★★Easy to useusulkwisatz1-shot
- 2024-11-01★★★★★Genialmihaijoe
- 2024-10-30★★★★★Easy Install, Easy configurationpharrisonw
- 2024-09-13★★★★★Thank youben.gavriel
- 2024-08-07★★★★★Très biendca031-shot
- 2024-03-10★★★★★Does not work on FirefoxDoingSomeWordpress
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
171
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
175
Prior 7-day baseline
150
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
602
Mean release-day peak (30d)
191
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-2.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.38
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
27%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.52 → 4.35★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered