Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share

72 Quality Score

Active Installs

23/30

75 score on popularity reflects 100,000 active installs, which is solid mid-tier reach but well behind category leaders like AddToAny at 300,000.

Update Freshness

16/25

77 score on maintenance is supported by an update on 15 September 2025 and confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.8.5, though the very low minimum WordPress version (2.5) is more a marketing bullet than a meaningful technical signal.

User Rating

14/15

96 score on user ratings is excellent, derived from 521 ratings averaging strongly positive and suggesting most users are satisfied once installed.

Support Health

8/15

50 score on support is the weak link, driven by only 2 total threads with a 0.0% resolution rate, which makes it hard to predict how responsive the developer will be for edge-case issues.

WP Compatibility

11/15

75 score on compatibility is appropriate given explicit WordPress 6.8.5 testing, though the absence of a declared PHP version requirement is a minor transparency gap for stricter hosting environments.

Scores higher than 27% of indexed plugins

About

The Simplest and Optimized Social Share buttons. Facebook, X, Reddit, Pinterest, Whatsapp, Grok, ChatGPT, Gab, Gettr and over 100 more.

Active Installs 100k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.8/5

Last Updated 2025-09-15 10:28am GMT

Requires WordPress 2.5.0+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Security History

11 known vulnerabilities, all patched

1 High 10 Medium

Most recent: June 6, 2025

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Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.75 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'heateor_mastodon_share' Parameter Medium

June 6, 2025 Patched in ["3.3.76"] CVE-2025-5528

Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.73 - Open Redirect Medium

April 17, 2025 Patched in ["3.3.74"] CVE-2025-39404

Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.69 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via heateor_mastodon_share Parameter Medium

November 29, 2024 Patched in ["3.3.70"] CVE-2024-11252

Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.62 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

May 22, 2024 Patched in ["3.3.63"] CVE-2024-4924

Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.60 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Medium

April 5, 2024 Patched in ["3.3.61"] CVE-2024-2159

Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.58 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Medium

March 5, 2024 Patched in ["3.3.59"] CVE-2024-1989

Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.56 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

February 20, 2024 Patched in ["3.3.57"] CVE-2024-1448

Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.44 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

December 21, 2022 Patched in ["3.3.45"] CVE-2022-4451

Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

November 29, 2022 Patched in ["3.3.4"] CVE-2022-4971

Sassy Social Share <= 3.3.39 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

March 15, 2022 Patched in ["3.3.40"] CVE-2021-24746

Sassy Social Share 3.3.23 - Object Injection High

October 21, 2021 Patched in ["3.3.24"] CVE-2021-39321

What It Does

Sassy Social Share adds social sharing buttons to your WordPress site, letting visitors share posts and pages to over 100 networks including Facebook, X, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Reddit, and newer platforms like Grok and ChatGPT. It provides configurable button placement (above and below content, floating sidebars, manual shortcodes) and covers an unusually wide range of niche and AI-adjacent services. In practice, it works as a drop-in share bar without requiring any external account or API setup.

Who It's For

This plugin fits bloggers, news publishers, and small content sites that want a single share-button solution with broad platform coverage and minimal configuration. It is also a reasonable fit for sites targeting audiences on newer or alternative networks such as Gab, Gettr, or AI discovery tools like Grok and ChatGPT. Agencies managing multiple client sites may appreciate the breadth of networks bundled in one plugin.

Who Should Skip It

Skip this if your site needs guaranteed support turnaround, since zero of two support threads are resolved, a red flag for any paid or mission-critical deployment. Users running WooCommerce who need share recovery analytics or click-tracking funnels should look at a more specialized tool, as Sassy Social Share is positioned as lightweight rather than analytics-rich.

The Bottom Line

Sassy Social Share delivers wide platform coverage, strong user ratings, and a recent update, making it a workable choice for content sites that just want share buttons installed quickly. The unresolved support history and lack of declared PHP requirement are real concerns for anyone running a business-critical site. Recommended with caution for casual blogs and content publishers, but verify the developer support channel before relying on it for commercial deployments.

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