Meks Easy Social Share vs Share by Email
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
Meks Easy Social Share ranks #1,835 on the popular list; Share by Email is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Meks Easy Social Share has the largest install base, roughly 250× the next: 10K+ active installs against 40+ for Share by Email. Downloads this week: Meks Easy Social Share 253 and Share by Email 16.
| Metric | Meks Easy Social Share | Share by Email |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,835 ▼ 1 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 40+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 253 | 16 |
| Rating | 4.5★ (8) | no ratings |
| Last updated | Jul 29, 2024 | Apr 11, 2023 |
| Current version | 1.3 | 1.0.2 |
| Best rank on record | #1,812 | #20,259 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | May 2019 | Feb 2021 |
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, Meks Easy Social Share or Share by Email?
By active installs, Meks Easy Social Share: 10K+ sites run it against 40+ for Share by Email, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 25, 2026.
Are Meks Easy Social Share or Share by Email 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.