WPIntell

Market

social

Social matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around turning onsite engagement widgets into measurable leads, trust, and conversions, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Popups, social proof, reviews, quizzes, and embeds can hurt trust or performance unless teams can prove they work. The entry wedge is to audit engagement widgets, conversion handoffs, display rules, and trust signals before they damage campaigns.

Proof Health

Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

75 / 98 rows with source links

76.5% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

23 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Opportunity Summary

Full report

Build an onsite conversion and engagement operations plugin for marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators: Popups, social proof, reviews, quizzes, and embeds can hurt trust or performance unless teams can prove they work. The first wedge is to audit engagement widgets, conversion handoffs, display rules, and trust signals before they damage campaigns.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Popups, social proof, reviews, quizzes, and embeds can hurt trust or performance unless teams can prove they work. Current stage: commercial plugin opportunity.

Competitors

20 shown
Login by Auth0 10.0K installs · 3.1
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 76.7weakness 30/12pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, support despite praise for easy, support.

source 1 source 2
Meks Smart Social Widget 10.0K installs · 4.6
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 69.0weakness 15/9pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, missing feature despite praise for quality, easy.

source 1 source 2
Storefront Product Sharing 5.0K installs · 3.9
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 69.6weakness 16/10pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, support despite praise for reliable, easy.

source 1 source 2
Social Icons 10.0K installs · 4.5
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 68.2weakness 13/16pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, support despite praise for quality, support.

source 1 source 2
Meks Easy Social Share 10.0K installs · 4.5
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 67.5weakness 10/9pain/praise

Pain still appears around compatibility, missing feature despite praise for easy, quality.

source 1 source 2
Grow for WordPress 10.0K installs · 2.3
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 67.6weakness 17/1pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, missing feature despite praise for support, value.

source 1 source 2
The Social Links 2.0K installs · 4.4
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 66.6weakness 9/9pain/praise

Pain still appears around compatibility, bugs despite praise for quality, easy.

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Crafty Social Buttons 1.0K installs · 4.7
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 66.3weakness 9/31pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, compatibility despite praise for quality, easy.

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Juiz Last Tweet Widget 500 installs · 4.2
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 66.1weakness 18/23pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, support despite praise for quality, reliable.

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Author Bio Box 1.0K installs · 4.8
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 65.7weakness 10/22pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, compatibility despite praise for easy, quality.

source 1 source 2
WP Social Blogroll 200 installs · 2.0
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 65.3weakness 22/4pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, bugs despite praise for reliable, value.

source 1 source 2
Extra User Details 1.0K installs · 4.7
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 65.2weakness 16/12pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, compatibility despite praise for easy, quality.

source 1 source 2
AddToAny Share Buttons 300.0K installs · 4.7
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 57.1weakness 8/27pain/praise

Pain still appears around compatibility, bugs despite praise for quality, easy.

source 1 source 2
Async Social Sharing 200 installs · 4.3
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 64.8weakness 18/11pain/praise

Pain still appears around compatibility, support despite praise for easy, reliable.

source 1 source 2
Shariff for WordPress 1.0K installs · 4.1
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 64.1weakness 21/16pain/praise

Pain still appears around compatibility, missing feature despite praise for quality, reliable.

source 1 source 2

Evidence

Open evidence explorer
mixed Working Great With 4.1.1 and phpbb 3.0.12

Working Great With 4.1.1 and phpbb 3.0.12: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · Working Great With 4.1.1 and phpbb 3.0.12 This mod works just like it says, the only thing I ran into was some styling issues on theme integration. complaint Twitter broken as of June 11

Twitter broken as of June 11: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-Lifestream2 · Twitter broken as of June 11 Adding/updating Twitter feeds stopped working as of 6/11 — I’m sure it’s due to a change on their end. complaint Update with "Opt-In" notification ruined plugin

Update with "Opt-In" notification ruined plugin: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon · NEITHER OPTION WORKS – i.e., you cannot opt in, you cannot skip. complaint wp-united broken?

wp-united broken?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · wp-united broken? complaint [Plugin: WP-Lifestream2] Lifestream changes themes when feeds update

[Plugin: WP-Lifestream2] Lifestream changes themes when feeds update: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-Lifestream2 · [Plugin: WP-Lifestream2] Lifestream changes themes when feeds update WordPress Version: 3.2.1 Lifestream Version: 1.1.3 It seems like every time the feed updates I lose the CSS style from the Lifestream theme “boxy” or “default”. complaint [Plugin: Skydrv-hotlink] Crashed My Site

[Plugin: Skydrv-hotlink] Crashed My Site: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Skydrv-hotlink · [Plugin: Skydrv-hotlink] Crashed My Site Installed your plugin (Skydrv-hotlink) and activated it. complaint What exactly does plugin do?

What exactly does plugin do?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

S2Member Control · Also noticed very little (or non) downloads I guess people may not know what the plugin is about so expanding on description could be helpful and help you get the plugin known. complaint page like button on left side floating

page like button on left side floating: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Crafty Social Buttons · page like button on left side floating Hi Sarah Thanks a lot for previous help. complaint Social Media Icons

Social Media Icons: users show security, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons · Social Media Icons This used to be a great FREE little plug-in, all of sudden some of the key icons are now only available in the premium plug-in. complaint Version 2 causing technical difficulties

Version 2 causing technical difficulties: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Keyring Social Importers · Problem seems to be the keyring-social-importers package. complaint Plugin Totally Broken (Auth Window 0)

Plugin Totally Broken (Auth Window 0): users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Postmatic Social Commenting · Plugin Totally Broken (Auth Window 0) Whenever any social login option is clicked it brings up a blank OAuth Window with a zero in it. complaint Memory exhausted

Memory exhausted: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Twitter Mentions As Comments · Memory exhausted Hi, whenever I try to run Twitter mentions importing manually (Check for New Tweets Now) it hangs on memory exhausted. complaint Works but depends on visitor behaviour

Works but depends on visitor behaviour: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Social Semantic Recommendation (SOSERE) · Works but depends on visitor behaviour I made a test where a related post plugin was already installed – Contextual Related Posts. complaint Avoid this plugin

Avoid this plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Rencontre – Dating Site · Lots of very promising functionalities in the plugin description but the simplest ones do not properly function. complaint Heavy debug.log file issue, how to deactivate it?

Heavy debug.log file issue, how to deactivate it?: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons – Next Previous Post Links – FL · Heavy debug.log file issue, how to deactivate it? complaint Critical Error with Grow for WordPress Plugin on REST API and WP-CLI

Critical Error with Grow for WordPress Plugin on REST API and WP-CLI: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Grow for WordPress · Critical Error with Grow for WordPress Plugin on REST API and WP-CLI Hi! complaint Member profile page breaks

Member profile page breaks: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buddypress Friend of a Friend (FOAF) · Member profile page breaks WP v3.8.3 FOAF plugin v2.0 BuddyPress v2.0 BuddyPress Follow v1.2.1 BuddyVerified v2.1 Kleo Theme v1.4.1 (from ThemeForest.net) After installing FOAF plugin, when I go to a member profile page it crashes with following error on server: [Fri Apr 25 15:32:13 2014] [error] [client 86.176.8.125] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined funct complaint lol

lol: users show security, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

GRA4 Social Network · Elgg is pretty powerful GPL social networking platform, and works like a charm =) It does not make GRA4 plugin bad, does it ? complaint Plugin doesn’t work in multisite

Plugin doesn’t work in multisite: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Wise Chat · Plugin doesn’t work in multisite Hello, I need to implement a chat feature on a subsite within my WordPress multisite setup and tried using your plugin for this purpose. complaint Users can't login in bbPress when changing password in wordpress

Users can't login in bbPress when changing password in wordpress: users show security, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · Please help. complaint cannot update plugins

cannot update plugins: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Shariff for WordPress · cannot update plugins I cannot update any of my plugins or my theme and there seems an error message in the backend: [30-Jul-2018 16:06:48 Europe/Berlin] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Zend\Cache\Exception\InvalidArgumentException’ with message ‘Cache directory ‘/tmp’ not readable’ in /kunden/470014_42657/rp-hosting/12641/10/famart.de/wp-content/plugin complaint Cannot Get wp-united working

Cannot Get wp-united working: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · I jeep getting the following error when I try the Connect button: Current Status: Connected, but not ready or disabled due to errors WP-United is connected but your phpBB forum is either producing errors, or is not set up properly.You need to install the WP-United phpBB MOD. complaint Out of memory?????

Out of memory?????: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · Out of memory????? complaint Url Problem

Url Problem: users show security, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · For example if I visit the forum via the admin dashboard it wants to go here – http://chill4uscarers.co.uk/phpbb/ but the actual forum is running here – http://www.chill4uscarers.co.uk/forums/index.php that wouldnt really be a problem but the main problem with it is that my sitemap dosent see it, which leads me to believe that google etc will not either. complaint Installation problem

Installation problem: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · Installation problem Hi all, I just finished installing the WP-united plugin, and the PhpBB forum on my VPS.. complaint Doesn’t work

Doesn’t work: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Save and Share Cart for WooCommerce · I’ve gone through all the settings and even set up Captcha but the button doesn’t appear during checkout. complaint Alternative Home icons not working, Random icon also buggy. Abandonware?

Alternative Home icons not working, Random icon also buggy. Abandonware?: users show bugs, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons – Next Previous Post Links – FL · Alternative Home icons not working, Random icon also buggy. complaint Avoid “Login by Auth0” – A Broken, Abandoned Mess! 🚨

Avoid “Login by Auth0” – A Broken, Abandoned Mess! 🚨: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Login by Auth0 · Avoid “Login by Auth0” – A Broken, Abandoned Mess! complaint Grow + Redirection causes Fatal Error

Grow + Redirection causes Fatal Error: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Grow for WordPress · Grow + Redirection causes Fatal Error PHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: call_user_func_array(): Argument #1 ($callback) must be a valid callback, class Grow\AdsTxt does not have a method "remove_redirection_ads_txt" in /wordpress/core/6.5.5/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php:324 Stack trace: #0 /wordpress/core/6.5.5/wp-includes/plugin.php(205): WP_Hook->apply_ complaint Working but too many bug/error

Working but too many bug/error: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · Working but too many bug/error Excellent! complaint Theme integration problem

Theme integration problem: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · Theme integration problem hi there, i’m using the free theme point at http://www.helene-fischer-fans.com/phpBB3/ and on the phpbb page the navigation menu is broken, the responsive mobile menu is being used there. complaint Can't get it to work/white screen – Theme integration

Can't get it to work/white screen – Theme integration: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · Can't get it to work/white screen – Theme integration Hi, I just can’t get this module to work. complaint Download link is broken

Download link is broken: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP-United : phpBB WordPress Integration · Download link is broken I have install this plugin, now must i install an other plugin. complaint Password Sync

Password Sync: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Login by Auth0 · Password Sync Hi Support, I have a site that offers users to reset their password from their profile page. complaint WordFence reports cross site scripting vulnerability on v1.6.4

WordFence reports cross site scripting vulnerability on v1.6.4: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Meks Smart Social Widget · WordFence reports cross site scripting vulnerability on v1.6.4 WordFence is reporting a cross site scripting vulnerability on version 1.6.4 of the plugin. complaint Broken wizard, poor documentation, and poor support

Broken wizard, poor documentation, and poor support: users show bugs, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Login by Auth0 · Broken wizard, poor documentation, and poor support The title says it all. complaint Conflict with security plugin

Conflict with security plugin: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Social Blogroll · Conflict with security plugin For some reason this plugin conflicts with the “Better WP Security” Plugin and whenever I try and use it, it creates an error message (blank white page with error text on it). complaint I Followed all wiki instructions but blogroll does not show posts, dates & icons

I Followed all wiki instructions but blogroll does not show posts, dates & icons: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Social Blogroll · I Followed all wiki instructions but blogroll does not show posts, dates & icons Hello Sir, Thank you very much for your excellent (and free!) plugin wp-blogroll. complaint Fatal error: Call to undefined function messages_remove_callback_values()

Fatal error: Call to undefined function messages_remove_callback_values(): users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

BuddyPress Portfolio · Fatal error: Call to undefined function messages_remove_callback_values() Hi, When I try to create a new project, I have the following error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function messages_remove_callback_values() in /usr/home/myweb.com/web/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/buddypress-portfolio/includes/bp-portfolio-screens.php on line 43 I’ve tried again on a complaint [NSFW] Drop down

[NSFW] Drop down: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Rencontre – Dating Site · [NSFW] Drop down I have been using Rencontre and the premium version for a while, but I discovered that when you add extra fields, the dropdown for them in the advanced search tab on mobile does not work.