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Ocean Social Sharing
Simple sharing that still thinks Twitter is a blue bird.
HealthyDeclining
67/100
This lightweight plugin works well for basic needs but suffers from years of neglected maintenance and outdated branding.
Active installs
~75,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+
Rating
4.5★
11 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-53%
Declining fast
414 → 194 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 53% vs a year ago
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
Declining fast · -53% in the last year
414/day a year ago→194/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayOcean Social Sharing is seen as a simple, lightweight sharing plugin well-suited for OceanWP users, but it carries a reputation for neglected maintenance — with long-standing bugs and outdated platform support that have gone unaddressed for years.
What people like
- +Lightweight and avoids the need for heavier third-party plugins, especially for OceanWP users×2
- +Easy to use and functional for basic social sharing needs×2
Common complaints
- −Still displays the old Twitter bird icon instead of the current X logo, making sites look outdated
- −Button placement options are broken — only 'no buttons' or 'top of content' work; 'after content' does not function, and this bug has reportedly been unresolved for at least 4 years
- −Still includes support for the defunct Google+ network, indicating superficial or neglected updates
- −No support for UTM tracking on share buttons
- −No Flipboard sharing option available
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.40★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-07-142025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 11 total
Latest reviews · 11 analyzed
- 2024-09-30★★★★★I wish i could add utm tracking to the share buttoncangevendi
- 2024-06-24★★★★★OutdatedJana Kleineberg
- 2022-07-15★★★★★Pretty buttons, but not very flexiblelaceybeach
- 2019-04-23★★★★★Greatjonse01
- 2019-04-16★★★★★Not working on WP 5.1.1kojack591-shot
- 2018-08-30★★★★★It not working after contentAman Singh
- 2018-06-09★★★★★PerfectSeba
- 2018-06-09★★★★★Very functional and lightweight pluginberbercito
- 2017-04-22★★★★★Easy to use, lightweight and just awesomeVerdi Heinz
- 2017-04-03★★★★★Lightweight and smooth.dollhousedigital
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.
205
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
194
Prior 7-day baseline
529
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
8,761
Mean release-day peak (30d)
524
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+5.7%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.32
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
82%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.45 → 4.40★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered