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social sharing

Social Sharing 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.

74 / 99 rows with source links

74.7% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

25 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

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Jetpack Social 30.0K installs · 3.3
weak incumbent
-98.8%momentum 60.9weakness 9/22pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, setup despite praise for quality, value.

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Scriptless Social Sharing 10.0K installs · 5.0
weak incumbent
-96.6%momentum 69.0weakness 15/32pain/praise

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

source 1 source 2
Socialize 200 installs · 4.3
praise owner
-94.1%momentum 67.2weakness 20/6pain/praise

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

source 1 source 2
ShareThis Share Buttons 10.0K installs · 3.5
weak incumbent
-96.0%momentum 58.3weakness 9/16pain/praise

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

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Ocean Social Sharing 60.0K installs · 4.5
praise owner
-96.8%momentum 53.3weakness 16/10pain/praise

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

source 1 source 2
Crafty Social Buttons 1.0K installs · 4.7
praise owner
-98.3%momentum 66.3weakness 9/31pain/praise

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

source 1 source 2
Easy Social Sharing 1.0K installs · 4.9
praise owner
-97.0%momentum 65.8weakness 11/10pain/praise

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

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Social Media Feather 10.0K installs · 4.6
praise owner
-96.7%momentum 53.2weakness 20/30pain/praise

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

source 1 source 2
QuickShare 200 installs · 4.7
praise owner
-98.0%momentum 63.1weakness 16/19pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, bugs despite praise for easy, performance.

source 1 source 2
Social Sharing (by Danny) 2.0K installs · 5.0
praise owner
-98.5%momentum 48.4weakness 21/34pain/praise

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

source 1 source 2
Toolbelt 300 installs · 5.0
praise owner
-96.3%momentum 52.5weakness 5/17pain/praise

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

source 1 source 2

Evidence

Open evidence explorer
complaint Stuck Facebook connection

Stuck Facebook connection: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Jetpack Social · Stuck Facebook connection I keep getting emails telling me that “Your site has 1 broken connection”. complaint [Plugin: Yolink] Crashed the whole website!!

[Plugin: Yolink] Crashed the whole website!!: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

yolink Search for WordPress · [Plugin: Yolink] Crashed the whole website!! complaint Links with noopener

Links with noopener: users show security, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons · Links with noopener Hi, For new SEO rules, every time we use target=’_blank’, we should include the rel=’noopener’ attribute too. complaint Portfolio and Testimonial block?

Portfolio and Testimonial block?: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Toolbelt · Hi, both the portfolio and the testimonail block give errors in the editor, you cann’t use them. complaint How to Add Slider Block – cannot find in block inserter or widget

How to Add Slider Block – cannot find in block inserter or widget: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Toolbelt · However, I am having trouble with Simple Slider module. complaint Speed of publishing

Speed of publishing: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Social Share Buttons & Analytics Plugin – GetSocial.io · Speed of publishing HI, We are an aggrating news site, so we would be auto publishing to Facebook & TWitter at a rapid rate. 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. mixed I’m not happy

I’m not happy: users show security, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder · my email address) to use it, I don’t consider it free, but more expensive than if I had to pay to use it. complaint Installs tons of trackers and adware

Installs tons of trackers and adware: users show performance, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

WeShareAI – AI-Powered Share Buttons (formerly E-MAILiT) · Installs tons of trackers and adware My site has zero tracking.. complaint This plugin injects virus?

This plugin injects virus?: users show security, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WeShareAI – AI-Powered Share Buttons (formerly E-MAILiT) · After I have installed this plugin when I visit my website I found that my site was loaded with TONS of adware, like dpx.js, tag0… whatever! complaint Warning!

Warning!: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

ShareThis Share Buttons · I don’t care if ShareThis wants me to register an account, hey they are providing this service for free. complaint Like Count Error

Like Count Error: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WPAC Social Tools – Like, React & Share · Like Count Error Hi when i put this sortcode “<?php echo do_shortcode(‘[WPAC_LIKE_COUNT]’); ?>” then its showing this error : “Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wpac_count_likes() in D:\Installed Software\htdocs\wp-content\plugins\wpac-like-system\inc\shortcodes.php:15 Stack trace: #0 D:\Installed Software\htdocs\wp-includes\shortcodes. complaint Recaptcha not working – stuck

Recaptcha not working – stuck: users show security, bugs, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder · Recaptcha not working – stuck Hi, we just got the premium version (this happens on the free version too) and for some reason when the recaptcha image appears on the editor there is no way to click. complaint Error on trying to agree to license

Error on trying to agree to license: users show bugs, compatibility, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

yolink Search for WordPress · Error on trying to agree to license PHP Fatal error: Cannot use object of type WP_Error as array in /home/oursite/public_html/wp-content/plugins/yolink-search/yolink-search.php on line 2071, referer: http://www.genesisclub.co/wp-admin/admin.php?page=yol Can you help us with this error? complaint Very limited choices

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

MoreSharesForYou – WordPress Sharing Community · Also, many of the blog articles are kind of spammy so it’s not something I would care to ‘like’ anyway. complaint Vulnerability found by Wordfence

Vulnerability found by Wordfence: users show security, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Scriptless Social Sharing · Vulnerability found by Wordfence Wordfence have found v3.3.0 to have a vunlerability. complaint [Plugin: yolink Search for WordPress] Multisite / Network Search

[Plugin: yolink Search for WordPress] Multisite / Network Search: users show bugs, pricing, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

yolink Search for WordPress · [Plugin: yolink Search for WordPress] Multisite / Network Search The FAQ suggests that enabling network searches is possible, however the link to the documentation is broken and I can’t find anything else. complaint Still support? Also have Deprecation notices

Still support? Also have Deprecation notices: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Social Media Feather · Still support? mixed stiky shares bottons doesn’t not appear

stiky shares bottons doesn’t not appear: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

ShareThis Share Buttons · Please can you help me solve the problem? mixed Upgraded from 2.8 to 3.0 – plugin stopped working

Upgraded from 2.8 to 3.0 – plugin stopped working: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder · Upgraded from 2.8 to 3.0 – plugin stopped working Just upgraded from 2.8 to 3.0 and nothing works. mixed Icons not shown on Website, but on preview

Icons not shown on Website, but on preview: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget, Share Buttons & Click to Chat · The preview in the editor looks great but on the webiste I can only see the account name. mixed social button on tabbed content

social button on tabbed content: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Crafty Social Buttons · this is my website link of tab content (which i don’t have sharing button) http://islambd.rubsanjida.byethost4.com/wp/1533-2/ and this is the DESIRED page i am looking for (which have sharing button in tab content)- http://hadithbd.com/show.php?BookID=12&SectionID=198 it will be really helpful if any expert can solve my problems Best Regards Dr.rubel https:/ mixed No Services

No Services: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

WeShareAI – AI-Powered Share Buttons (formerly E-MAILiT) · No Services I had 2 changes, dont know which causes the issue: 1. mixed Bug when changing WP Inline Display Settings

Bug when changing WP Inline Display Settings: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

ShareThis Share Buttons · Bug when changing WP Inline Display Settings When I attempt to change the display settings for the inline share buttons, the settings are not saved. mixed Grow Social Pro conflict with WordPress 6.3

Grow Social Pro conflict with WordPress 6.3: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons · Grow Social Pro conflict with WordPress 6.3 A couple days ago, I discovered that when I edited a post and clicked “Update,” the post seemed to update but the changes were not saved. mixed Share-link is broken

Share-link is broken: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

QuickShare · Share-link is broken I had to replace all occurences of ‘+<+’ with ‘+-+’ in quickshare.php to get this plugin to work properly. mixed PHP 8.2 Fatal error

PHP 8.2 Fatal error: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

ShareThis Share Buttons · PHP 8.2 Fatal error In file php/class-minute-control.php, method set_inline_excerpt() Code: if ( is_admin() && ! mixed Same Wordfence error every day

Same Wordfence error every day: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Toolbelt · Same Wordfence error every day I get the following message every day and do a repair: Modified plugin file: wp-content/plugins/wp-toolbelt/modules/spam-blocker/blocklist.txt Type: File Issue Found April 27, 2020 2:17 pm Medium REPAIR IGNORE DETAILS Is there any way to fix it? mixed Fatal Error

Fatal Error: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone · Fatal Error After last update (08.08.24) I had a next fatal error. mixed Vulnerability Discovered

Vulnerability Discovered: users show security, bugs, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic · Vulnerability Discovered Patchstack has identified a vulnerability with this: https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/shareaholic/wordpress-shareaholic-plugin-9-7-11-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_a_id=431 Do you have an ETA on when it will be patched? mixed Share Button Dissaappeared

Share Button Dissaappeared: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

ShareThis Share Buttons · I have de activated Plugin, and did set-up again, still dissaappeared The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi, The Share Buttons suddenly dissaappeared from my posts and not showing. mixed How can I install PRO version over the FREE plugin?

How can I install PRO version over the FREE plugin?: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

MoreSharesForYou – WordPress Sharing Community · How can I install PRO version over the FREE plugin? mixed Activation Problem

Activation Problem: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WeShareAI – AI-Powered Share Buttons (formerly E-MAILiT) · Activation Problem I got this error on activating. mixed Socializer interfering with captcha in mailpoetsignup widget

Socializer interfering with captcha in mailpoetsignup widget: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons · Socializer interfering with captcha in mailpoetsignup widget hi do you have an email so i can send you screen grabs, i tried using your site form but it gives error message hi do you have an email so i can send you screen grabs, i tried using your site form but it gives error message Hi @sneakerlove , Thanks for using WP Socializer. mixed Vulnerability

Vulnerability: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons · Vulnerability Category:PLUGIN Versions-Affected:<= 1.20.3 Type:Access Controls Severity:MEDIUM Description:Abdi Pranata discovered and reported this Broken Access Control vulnerability in WordPress Social Pug Plugin. complaint Fatal error during activation

Fatal error during activation: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Crafty Social Buttons · Fatal error during activation During plugin activation, there is a fatal error: Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error. complaint This plugin puts unauthorized ads on the site.

This plugin puts unauthorized ads on the site.: users show missing feature, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WeShareAI – AI-Powered Share Buttons (formerly E-MAILiT) · Kindly, if you having spent a little bit more from your precious time to search the share plugin features you should discover that we are fully transparent about these ads. complaint Content Tracking

Content Tracking: users show security, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Social Media Feather · The plugin is very nice and I would like to continue using it to share blog posts, but I would like more security. complaint Fatal Error…

Fatal Error…: users show bugs, compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Dimbal Social Popup · Fatal Error… I really want to like this plugin, but I’d like to be able to use it even more. mixed Https not working on my wordpress site

Https not working on my wordpress site: users show security, missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

WeShareAI – AI-Powered Share Buttons (formerly E-MAILiT) · I went into my plugin settings and see the http but not https option.