Social Shares for WordPress Plugin Directory
Social Shares is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 2 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Social Shares is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Waterloo Plugins. With a rating of 5.0★ from 2 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Social Shares is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 2 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Waterloo Plugins — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (2) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Social Shares works
Social Shares uses the Facebook and Twitter APIs to fetch the total number of shares for each of your posts. The number of shares is stored in your database for any plugins to use. Social Shares can optionally display the number of shares on your posts. The number of shares is styleable. You can use the shortcode [social_shares] anywhere in your posts.
In addition, you can sort your posts by the number of shares. You can make a page that displays your posts with the most shares. Simply add ?sort_shares=desc or ?sort_shares=asc to the end of any WordPress URL to sort by the number of shares.
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Social Shares?
Social Shares is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 2 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Waterloo Plugins.