Catch Social Share vs Easy Social Icons
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Easy Social Icons leads the WordPress.org popular list today at #1,228, ahead of Catch Social Share at #20,710. Over the last 7 days Easy Social Icons climbed 2 places and Catch Social Share climbed 58 places. Easy Social Icons has the largest install base, roughly 400× the next: 20K+ active installs against 50+ for Catch Social Share. Downloads this week: Easy Social Icons 16,470 and Catch Social Share 29.
| Metric | Catch Social Share | Easy Social Icons |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #20,710 ▲ 58 | #1,228 ▲ 2 |
| Active installs | 50+ | 20K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 29 | 16,470 |
| Rating | no ratings | 4.4★ (84) |
| Last updated | May 22, 2026 | Nov 9, 2025 |
| Current version | 2.1 | 4.0.2 |
| Best rank on record | #20,625 | #1,223 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jul 2019 | Oct 2012 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 0 | 1 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Catch Social Share or Easy Social Icons?
By active installs, Easy Social Icons: 20K+ sites run it against 50+ for Catch Social Share, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 19, 2026.
Which ranks higher on WordPress.org, Catch Social Share or Easy Social Icons?
Easy Social Icons, at #1,228 on the WordPress.org popular plugins list today, with Catch Social Share at #20,710. The ranking reflects recent installs and moves daily, which is why this page shows the history rather than one snapshot.
Are Catch Social Share or Easy Social Icons alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.