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WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons

by vaakash · 10,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

91/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

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.

Committers and their active periods
vaakash9 Aug 2010 to 24 Sep 2026, 397 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
40 days ago
Releases, 24 months
2
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
5.3 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons
Q1 20240
Q2 20241
Q3 20241
Q4 20240
Q1 20251
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20261
Q4 20260

Last release 24 Sep 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
23 Aug 2022WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons <= 7.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting5.5<= 7.27.322

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Average rating 5.0 in Q2 2024.

Rating distribution
5 star106
4 star5
3 star3
2 star2
1 star12

Momentum

10,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons
4 May 2026103
11 May 2026233
18 May 2026164
25 May 2026162
1 Jun 2026154
8 Jun 2026183
15 Jun 2026175
22 Jun 2026109
29 Jun 2026101
6 Jul 2026116
13 Jul 2026187
20 Jul 2026136
27 Jul 2026113
3 Aug 2026146
10 Aug 2026120
17 Aug 2026122
24 Aug 2026127
31 Aug 2026135
7 Sep 2026110
14 Sep 2026180
21 Sep 20263,976
28 Sep 2026738
5 Oct 2026913
12 Oct 2026437
19 Oct 2026554
26 Oct 2026493
2 Nov 202682

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 5% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

Simple Share Buttons AdderScore 93 · 40,000+XPoster - Share to Bluesky and MastodonScore 93 · 10,000+Scriptless Social SharingScore 92 · 10,000+

Facts

Version8.0
Authorvaakash
Added9 Aug 2010
Last updated24 Sep 2026
Active installs10,000+
Requires WordPress5.0
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP5.3
CategoryE-commerce & Shopping
Tagsshare, social media, social share, share buttons, social sharing

Other plugins by this author: Shortcoder - Create Shortcodes for Anything, Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar, Super RSS Reader - Add attractive RSS Feed Widget, Ultimate Floating Widgets - Make popup sidebars, Git it Write - Write posts from GitHub

Questions

Is WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons still maintained?

WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons was last updated on 24 Sep 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons safe?

WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 0 vulnerabilities were published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons?

The wordpress.org author is vaakash. Recent committers: vaakash, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of WP Socializer - Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: Simple Share Buttons Adder, XPoster - Share to Bluesky and Mastodon, Scriptless Social Sharing.

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