Best favorite plugins for WordPress
The most popular favorite plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Favorites leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of CBX Bookmark & Favorite (1K+) and Solid Post Likes (500+). All 16 plugins tagged “favorite” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 favorite plugins
- 1.
FavoritesThe most installed favorite plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 133 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
CBX Bookmark & Favorite1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 49 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Solid Post Likes500+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
wp_favorites80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 5.
Favorite Post50+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 7 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 6.
DBWD Bookmark Page20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 7.
WP Favorite Posts Extended10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago.
- 8.
BP Favorite Plus10+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 9.
BP Who Favorited10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 10.
Bp Favorite Notifications10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 16 plugins tagged “favorite”
Favorites
Down in the last 7 days:7#1,729by Hook & Filter2 months ago
Favorites for any post type. Easily add favoriting/liking, wishlists, or any other similar functionality using the developer-friendly API.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(133)
- Downloads
- 116/day
CBX Bookmark & Favorite
Down in the last 7 days:42#6,260by Sabuj Kundu2 months ago
Bookmark and Favorite plugin for WordPress with category/list support.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(49)
- Downloads
- 33/day
Solid Post Likes
Up in the last 7 days:8#8,767by oacstudio25 days ago
A like button for all post types. Solid and simple.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day
wp_favorites
Up in the last 7 days:390#18,110by mrzerog16 years ago
wp_favorites allows a logged in user to favorite a tag or tags and then show only posts that have that tag or a combination of those tags
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Favorite Post
Down in the last 7 days:30#20,647by Tareq Hasan6 years ago
This is a simple yet another favorite post plugin.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.3(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DBWD Bookmark Page
Up in the last 7 days:142#26,169by Debra Berube13 years ago
Adds a "Bookmark this Page" button to your header WITHOUT editing your theme - Firefox and IE tested.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.3(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Favorite Posts Extended
Down in the last 7 days:97#29,079by avrilmaomao12 years ago
wp-favorite-posts, reading list, post list, post lists, lists Requires at least: 3.5 Tested up to: 4.0 Stable tag: 0.1 Based on plugin "WP Favor …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Favorite Plus
Up in the last 7 days:10,123#35,370by mahdiar6 years ago
This plugin allows you to show user avatars below activity who liked that activity before
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BP Who Favorited
#41,546by Shashi Kumar7 years ago
A plugin to show users who have favorited a BuddyPress activity.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bp Favorite Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:11,785#47,279by aghajoon12 years ago
Notifiction Favorite Activity.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Favorites Posts
Down in the last 7 days:4,546#47,376by seobiz14 years ago
Plugin adds a widget that allows to display anounces of posts in a blocks in the sidebar. Supports thumbnails, custom fields, your own styles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ethne Favorites Button
Up in the last 7 days:6,084#61,933by djrobertson4 years ago
Favorite buttons for WordPress, Shortcodes to save and list favorite posts and pages for each user.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day