Best likes plugins for WordPress
The most popular likes 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 Like This (1K+) and My Favorites (1K+). All 30 plugins tagged “likes” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 likes plugins
- 1.
FavoritesThe most installed likes plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 133 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Like This1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 3.
My Favorites1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Solid Post Likes500+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 9 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
WP Voting Contest Lite400+ active installs. Rated 3.1 from 15 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 6.
Tribulant Gallery Voting300+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 12 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.
Lotos Likes100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 8.
WP likes100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 9.
CS Likes Counter70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 10.
Some Plus Content Reactions20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 30 plugins tagged “likes”
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
Like This
Down in the last 7 days:5#5,307by RosemarieP9 years ago
A simple 'I like this' plugin inspired by the facebook 'like' functionality.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
My Favorites
Down in the last 7 days:14#6,347by Takashi Matsuyama10 months ago
Save user's favorite posts and list them.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Solid Post Likes
Up in the last 7 days:8#8,767by oacstudio26 days ago
A like button for all post types. Solid and simple.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Voting Contest Lite
Down in the last 7 days:63#9,883by Matt3 months ago
Let visitors vote on the photos and images in your contests.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.1(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Tribulant Gallery Voting
Down in the last 7 days:51#10,848by Tribulant Software1 year ago
Let users cast votes/likes on your WordPress gallery images/photos.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.2(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Lotos Likes
Down in the last 7 days:21#13,320by Excellent Dynamics2 years ago
Add "like" functionality to your posts and pages
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- 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
CS Likes Counter
Down in the last 7 days:5#18,409by Yaroslav Popov8 years ago
Show multiple Likes Counter on your website.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Some Plus Content Reactions
Down in the last 7 days:270#26,635by someplus6 months ago
Add emoji reactions to your posts and pages. Let your visitors express their feelings about your content.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
P2 Likes
Down in the last 7 days:96#29,459by Scott Basgaard11 years ago
Give positive feedback on threads you care about on P2
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Post Likes
#35,418by thanhlt9 years ago
A simple and efficient post like system for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Admin Social Stats
Up in the last 7 days:6,242#39,467by GreatBlakes13 years ago
Add social stats to the Dashboard and "Edit" pages of the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Reactions
#39,830by Gary Pendergast9 days ago
Let visitors react to your posts with emoji, Facebook/GitHub-style. Reactions are stored as ordinary WordPress comments.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.9(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Like Cheese
Down in the last 7 days:2,345#39,871by sageshilling10 years ago
Like Cheese lets your site visitors 'like' your site images.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Upvotr
Up in the last 7 days:4,854#40,032by Liam Gladdy10 years ago
A WordPress plugin to allow simple upvoting of post objects by a user.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Comments Reactions
Down in the last 7 days:649#43,582by Henrique Silverio8 years ago
Improve your comment system with funny emoji reactions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Express It
Down in the last 7 days:4,768#44,662by ahsanic7 years ago
Express it adds like/dislike button to your post. It lets your reader like/dislike your post, to let you know how they feel about your post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AtticThemes
Up in the last 7 days:2,025#44,769by AtticThemes10 years ago
A simple way to and liking system to your posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GRA4 Social Network
Down in the last 7 days:8,272#45,796by trof12 years ago
Social Network for WordPress will keep the users on your website by entertaining them with social networking functionality (friends, likes, activity, …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.8(10)
- Downloads
- 4/day
bbPress Like Topics
#45,950by Eduardo Leoni11 years ago
Let members show their love to the topics they like most
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple custom post likes
#46,069by richymilo11 years ago
Appends a custom likes box that allows a user to like any post type from the front end.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Keyring Reactions Importer
Down in the last 7 days:2,687#47,606by petermolnar11 years ago
A social reactions ( comments, like, favs, etc. ) importer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prismix Core
Up in the last 7 days:7,884#52,218by Shakil Ahamed4 months ago
Core functionality for the Prismix theme — custom post types, taxonomies, shortcodes, likes, comments, reports, and more.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Explicit Media Block
Up in the last 7 days:15,975#55,368by Bunty2 months ago
Add likeable, shareable image and video to your site with this WordPress block.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Re:Likes
Up in the last 7 days:11,810#58,810by kotoverse2 months ago
Let readers Like or Dislike exact passages and explore an aggregate reaction heatmap.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Shrikant Article Engagement
Up in the last 7 days:10,498#59,341by Shri Kant Gaur2 months ago
Lightweight 1-click likes, email-optional guest comments, and social sharing bar for WordPress articles.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Like computy
Up in the last 7 days:4,696#63,039by calliko10 months ago
Display voting buttons using emotions on any page, post or product. Buttons are rendered using the [buttons_like_computy] shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CS Post Comment Reactions
Down in the last 7 days:1,699#71,194by Sumit Tejani5 months ago
Adds social-style cycling reactions, mandatory media uploads, and real-time AJAX interactions to native WordPress comments.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day