Fuse Social Icons
Healthy: Fuse Social Icons is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.
| Ownership | 100 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | 100 |
| Security | 100 |
| Support | 70 |
| Reputation | 70 |
Active signals
Facts we detected, with links to the source.
No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.
Ownership timeline
Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.
| daniyalahmedk | 5 May 2015 to 14 Sep 2026, 98 commits |
|---|
1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.
Maintenance
- Last release
- 53 days ago
- Releases, 24 months
- 4
- Tested up to
- 7.0 vs 7.1
- Requires PHP
- 7.4 supported 8.2+
| Q1 2024 | 0 |
|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 |
| Q3 2024 | 1 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 1 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 3 |
| Q4 2026 | 0 |
Last release 12 Sep 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.
Support
0% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.
Security record
| Published | Issue | CVSS | Affected | Fixed in | Days to patch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2024 | Fuse Social Floating Sidebar <= 5.4.10 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload | 6.4 | <= 5.4.10 | 5.4.11 | 0 |
| 18 Jul 2023 | Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get | 6.1 | 3.1 to 5.4.8 | 5.4.9 | 5 |
| 16 Dec 2022 | Appsero <= 1.2.1 - Missing Authorization | 4.3 | <= 5.4.6 | 5.4.7 | 104 |
| 14 Dec 2022 | Appsero <= 1.2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery | 4.3 | <= 5.4.6 | 5.4.7 | 106 |
| 4 Mar 2022 | Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks | 6.3 | < 5.4.3 | 5.4.3 | 15 |
Source: Wordfence Intelligence.
Reputation
Average rating stayed at 1.0 between Q1 2024 and Q3 2024.
| 5 star | 49 |
|---|---|
| 4 star | 3 |
| 3 star | 1 |
| 2 star | 1 |
| 1 star | 4 |
- Non existent support · 1 star · 17 Jul 2024
- I pay for an upgrade but never received the product, code, or download · 1 star · 15 Jan 2024
- No support, wrong code · 1 star · 4 Oct 2021
Momentum
10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.
| 4 May 2026 | 130 |
|---|---|
| 11 May 2026 | 227 |
| 18 May 2026 | 230 |
| 25 May 2026 | 199 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 213 |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 226 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 219 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 210 |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 3,917 |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 1,592 |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 867 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 789 |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 707 |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 645 |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 563 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 496 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 542 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 504 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 8,058 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 1,660 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 1,007 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 783 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 727 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 587 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 729 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 597 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 85 |
Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 49% below the 27-week average.
Healthier alternatives
Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.
Facts
| Version | 6.0.1 |
|---|---|
| Author | Daniyal Ahmed (a11n) |
| Added | 5 May 2015 |
| Last updated | 12 Sep 2026 |
| Active installs | 10,000+ |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 |
| Category | Communication & Messaging > Transactional Email |
| Tags | social icons, social media, social share, share buttons, floating sidebar |
Questions
Is Fuse Social Icons still maintained?
Fuse Social Icons was last updated on 12 Sep 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Is Fuse Social Icons safe?
Fuse Social Icons has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.
Who owns Fuse Social Icons?
The wordpress.org author is Daniyal Ahmed (a11n). Recent committers: daniyalahmedk, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.
What can I use instead of Fuse Social Icons?
Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: Simple Share Buttons Adder, XPoster - Share to Bluesky and Mastodon, Scriptless Social Sharing.