Best favourite plugins for WordPress
The most popular favourite plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. EFavourite Posts leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of WP Favorite Posts Extended (10+) and Ethne Favorites Button (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “favourite” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 favourite plugins
- 1.
EFavourite PostsThe most installed favourite plugin, with 20+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 2.
WP Favorite Posts Extended10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago.
- 3.
Ethne Favorites ButtonFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 3 plugins tagged “favourite”
EFavourite Posts
Up in the last 7 days:56#25,340by Paresh Sagar7 years ago
Do you want to allow your users to add Most Favorite Posts in WordPress Website?
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/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
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