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Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share
Fast social buttons that keep your site speedy and your content moving.
Declining
68/100
Users love the lightweight design and extensive free features despite some mobile functionality concerns.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.8★
521 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-65%
Declining fast
911 → 319 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 65% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 9 months
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 · -65% in the last year
911/day a year ago→319/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySassy Social Share is well-regarded as a lightweight, feature-rich free sharing plugin, but at least one user raises concerns about missing mobile functionality and the absence of Instagram sharing options.
What people like
- +Easy to set up with many configuration options×3
- +Lightweight with no noticeable impact on page load speed×2
- +Free version is feature-rich and sufficient for smaller sites×2
- +Fast and responsive support×3
- +Modern-looking button designs
- +AI sharing buttons added as a new feature
Common complaints
- −Reported not to work on mobile pages
- −No sharing support for Instagram Stories or Instagram Messenger
- −Pro/Premium upgrade recommended for larger or more demanding sites
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.78★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 19%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 · 521 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-24★★★★★It does exactly what it says in the tindanielepais
- 2026-04-12★★★★★Very good plugincsipro
- 2026-03-09★★★★★Muy buen Pluguinjuanvale
- 2025-12-01★★★★★Amazing plugin – inkl. AI buttonsplantbasedredhead
- 2025-11-20★★★★★Indispensabile ed Ottimo pluginbigportal
- 2025-11-10★★★★★Absolutely Pleasedinnermindcommunication
- 2025-10-15★★★★★Lightweight social share pluginxoex4
- 2025-04-02★★★★★Nice Plugin4mat
- 2025-03-11★★★★★needs improvement but just does the job goodrajbhandari98601-shot
- 2025-02-17★★★★★Excellentstanisos
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Social Sharing Plugin
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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.
322
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
338
Prior 7-day baseline
261
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
331
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-4.7%
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.
14%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.27
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
19%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-25%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.80 → 4.78★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered