Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons

74 Quality Score

Active Installs

17/30

At 7,000 active installs it is a small player compared to alternatives like AddToAny at 300,000 installs, but popularity scores above its install base due to strong growth signals.

Update Freshness

22/25

A perfect maintenance score reflects the plugin being updated within the past weeks and explicitly tested against WordPress 6.9.4.

User Rating

13/15

An 88 out of 100 from 11 raters is positive but the small sample size limits how much weight you can put on it.

Support Health

8/15

Support health sits at a middling 50 because there are zero support threads on file, so we have no evidence of how the developer handles real user problems.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full compatibility marks come from supporting WordPress 4.9 onward, running on PHP 5.6, and being tested on the current 6.9.4 release.

Scores higher than 37% of indexed plugins

About

Social Media Share Buttons & Follow Buttons. Social Share Icons. 25+ Social networks. Icon & Button Shortcodes. Floating Sidebar.

Active Installs 6k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.4/5

Last Updated 2026-01-21 12:54pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.9+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 5.6+

Security History

2 known vulnerabilities, all patched

2 Medium

Most recent: April 6, 2023

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What It Does

Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons adds share and follow icons for over 25 social networks to a WordPress site, with placement options including shortcodes, inline buttons, and a floating sidebar. It lets site owners place sharing prompts before or after content, on specific pages, or via widget areas. Follow buttons let visitors connect to the owner's social profiles directly.

Who It's For

This plugin suits bloggers, small businesses, and content creators who want a lightweight, set-and-forget social sharing layer without the overhead of a full social suite. It works well for sites that need both share buttons on posts and persistent follow buttons in a sidebar or widget. It is a reasonable fit for sites in the 5,000 to 50,000 monthly visit range where social referral traffic matters.

Who Should Skip It

Sites already using a dedicated social tool like AddToAny or a full marketing stack do not need this, and high-traffic publishers needing analytics depth, A/B testing of share placement, or UTM tracking will find it too thin. Anyone requiring ongoing developer support should look elsewhere, as there are zero support threads on record.

The Bottom Line

Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons is a competent, actively maintained niche plugin with an above-average quality score of 77.92 out of 100, but its tiny install count and absence of any support history make it hard to recommend over AddToAny for most users. It is worth considering if you want a single plugin that handles both share buttons and follow icons with shortcode flexibility, and you are comfortable being an early adopter of a less proven tool.

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