Best like plugins for WordPress
The most popular like plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP ULike leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Favorites (10K+) and Posts Like Dislike (5K+). All 79 plugins tagged “like” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 like plugins
- 1.WP ULike
The most installed like plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 283 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.Favorites
10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 133 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Posts Like Dislike5K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 23 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
Comments Like Dislike4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 38 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.I Recommend This
4K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 38 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.
BestWebSoft's Like & Share4K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 72 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn3K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 273 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
All-in-one Like Widget1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.GD Rating System
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 24 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.Solid Post Likes
500+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 79 plugins tagged “like”
WP ULike
Up in the last 7 days:1#680by Alimir22 days ago
One-click like buttons your visitors actually use, plus a built-in analytics dashboard that shows what your audience loves. No vote limits.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.8(283)
- Downloads
- 413/day
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

Posts Like Dislike
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,937by Happy Coders1 month ago
Like Dislike for WordPress Posts | WordPress Page | Custom Post Types
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.3(23)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Comments Like Dislike
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,234by Happy Coders1 month ago
Like Dislike for WordPress Comments
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(38)
- Downloads
- 39/day
I Recommend This
#3,309by Harish Chouhan1 year ago
Enable your visitors to easily like or recommend your posts with a single click, enhancing engagement without the need for comments.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.7(38)
- Downloads
- 25/day

BestWebSoft's Like & Share
Up in the last 7 days:4#3,394by bestweblayout1 year ago
Add Facebook Follow, Like, and Share buttons to WordPress posts, pages, and widgets.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 3.9(72)
- Downloads
- 30/day

Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,646by LikeBtn10 days ago
Add Like button to posts, pages, comments, WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, UM, custom posts! Sort content by likes! Get instant stats and insights!
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.4(273)
- Downloads
- 103/day

All-in-one Like Widget
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,690by Jeroen Peters2 months ago
All-in-one Like Widget for your Facebook page. Quickly add a Like button, activity stream and/or a Fanbox in a widget.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 23/day
GD Rating System
Down in the last 7 days:20#6,384by Milan Petrovic1 month ago
Powerful, highly customizable and versatile ratings plugin to allow your users to vote for anything you want.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(24)
- Downloads
- 34/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

FireCask Like & Share Button
Up in the last 7 days:9#9,904by Alex Moss1 year ago
Insert the Facebook Like and/or Send button to any post, page or template with this simple plugin. Also lets you add them via shortcode anywhere in yo …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 2.7(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WPAC Social Tools
Down in the last 7 days:3#11,317by Mian Shahzad Raza6 years ago
The Most Simple WordPress Post Like, Dislike & Reaction System with Social Sharing.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Love Me
Down in the last 7 days:22#12,350by Kantari Samy1 month ago
Display a very simple and customisable like button for your posts or any custom post type.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP likes
Down in the last 7 days:62#16,208by aakash191115 years ago
WP Likes lets your blog visitors 'like' your posts on the go.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Like
Down in the last 7 days:92#17,104by darrenmeehan11 years ago
Gives users the ability to 'like' content across your BuddyPress enabled site.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.5(26)
- Downloads
- 0/day

JL Like Pro
Down in the last 7 days:95#18,103by joomline10 years ago
Add simple social share buttons to your articles and categories. Your visitors will be able to easily share your content on the most popular social ne …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Reaction
Up in the last 7 days:26#19,150by bPlugins2 months ago
Add One-tap reaction buttons (like, love, care, and custom reactions) to any WordPress post type and count one-time reactions per user.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CTC Rating 🎉
Up in the last 7 days:64#19,291by UjW0L7 months ago
🌟 CTC Rating allows users to easily add a thumbs up 👍 and thumbs down 👎 rating system to your WordPress posts. Users can also view the total number of …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sharing is Caring
Up in the last 7 days:34#19,296by michaelbeacom14 years ago
Displays the social widgets from Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest with your posts. Also adds some meta tags for opengraph and schema.org.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LinkedIn InShare button
Down in the last 7 days:194#19,380by d-media12 years ago
Automatically add InShare buttons to your posts. It works for single pages and loops and is display options are customizable.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Vote
#19,612by PressTigers3 years ago
ALLOW YOUR VISITORS TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON YOUR CONTENT, BY VOTE!
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Like Post Block
Down in the last 7 days:174#19,816by Roel Magdaleno1 year ago
Add a button to like any post type.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Love Button
Down in the last 7 days:213#21,358by Web Guy6 months ago
Replacement for the Facebook Like button.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Reaction
Up in the last 7 days:5#23,107by Palasthotel GmbH3 years ago
Provide an easy to use api for post, term and comment reactions.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP1 Like
Up in the last 7 days:202#23,142by wponeco2 years ago
Display Like button on posts, pages, custom post types and WooCommerce products.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zaki Like Dislike Comments
Down in the last 7 days:134#24,161by Riccardo Conte11 years ago
This plugin implements a "like/dislike" rating system for comments
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Shares
Down in the last 7 days:38#25,083by Waterloo Plugins11 years ago
Get the number of Likes and Twitter Tweets for each post. Sort your posts by share count or display the share count.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scrolling Social Sharebar (Twitter Like Google +1 Linkedin and Stumbleupon)
#25,739by sudipto11 years ago
A scrolling social sharebar scrolling plugin with 7 social icons (Twitter, FB Like, Google +1, Linkedin, FB Share, Stumbleupon and Addthis) and option …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sina Weibo Like Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:255#26,552by Sparanoid27 days ago
Adds Sina Weibo Like button on your site. A must-have plugin if your site visitors are mainly from China.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Love It
Down in the last 7 days:145#26,616by Syed Balkhi11 years ago
Love It is a simple plugin that adds a "Love It" link to your posts, pages, and custom post types. Show your most popular items in a widget.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
RA-Socialize Button
#27,289by thewarlog14 years ago
RA-Socialize Button adds a Google+, twitter and facebook button to your blog post.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Yet Another Social Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:303#27,703by Marvie Pons12 years ago
Add social networking share buttons above or below each posts. Easy customization and positioning of the buttons in the Options page.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP LikeJS
Up in the last 7 days:1#28,141by 3hmedia14 years ago
WP LikeJS includes an eyecatching Facebook Like Box on your website. You'll get more Fans with LikeJS than with an usual Like Button and it locks …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Like Gate
#29,442by Svetoslav Marinov12 years ago
Like Gate allows you to reveal some hidden/secret content when the user likes the article. Therefore increasing the likeness of your articles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Vote My Post
Down in the last 7 days:372#30,174by seven monks13 years ago
Provides up and downvote buttons to each of your posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Just Likes and Dislikes
#30,531by Greg Ross2 years ago
Like and dislike feature for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pushlab Social Widgets for VK
#31,341by pushlab4 months ago
Adds VKontakte widgets to your website: comments, like, and share buttons.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recommend
Down in the last 7 days:728#31,550by mattlitzinger3 years ago
Recommend allows you to add a like user action to your content. Unlike social sharing or commenting, the like action is simple and intuitive.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Like Dislike
Up in the last 7 days:15,388#33,708by Ankit Panchal1 month ago
Like and dislike buttons with live counts for posts, pages, products and comments, a "Was this helpful?" mode, most liked posts, and stats.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Engaging Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:435#33,931by jeryj5 years ago
Easily add research-based, engaging buttons (such as "Respect" or "Important") to your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

mi13-like
#34,015by mi139 months ago
Плагин лайков для ваших постов.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Topic Like Button for bbPress
Up in the last 7 days:188#34,361by dahousecatz8 years ago
Defines two functions: bbp_topic_like_button() and get_bbp_topic_like_button(). Use these in your bbPress topic template file to add an ajax powered l …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Touching Comments
Down in the last 7 days:1,010#34,671by William2 months ago
Touching Comments or selected comments. Every comment, a story to behold!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Love It
Up in the last 7 days:6,481#35,171by newbiesup10 years ago
Add a simple "Love It" button to post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Parstools Star Rating
Up in the last 7 days:1,026#35,226by parstools10 years ago
Add fancy star rating to any type of post and page with elegant themes
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- 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

I like
#36,220by Mehul Rojasara6 years ago
Beautiful like and dislike buttons on each post, display total likes and dislikes of our visitors.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Most Liked Posts
Up in the last 7 days:2,018#36,740by wkrzysztofik11 years ago
Wordpress widget displaying list of posts ordered by number of Facebook likes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Like Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:6,357#37,205by Scott Taylor11 years ago
Adds Open Graph tags to your posts/pages/etc, adds a Facebook Like button to posts using simple Theme functions. Requires a Facebook Application ID ( …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Share Rail
Up in the last 7 days:6,364#37,305by Bloafer14 years ago
Use this plugin to apply floating shares to your posts and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day