Best preferred source plugins for WordPress
The most popular preferred source plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. AI Summarize Buttons & Google Preferred Source leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Open Growth Preferred Source Button for Google (fewer than 10) and Add Preferred Source for Google Search by Rankal (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “preferred source” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 preferred source plugins
- 1.
AI Summarize Buttons & Google Preferred SourceThe most installed preferred source plugin, with 10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.Open Growth Preferred Source Button for Google
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Add Preferred Source for Google Search by RankalFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “preferred source”

AI Summarize Buttons & Google Preferred Source
Up in the last 7 days:2,631#29,495by jisanewebmarketing17 days ago
Add one-click AI summarize buttons (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity & more) to your posts, plus a Google Preferred Source button.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Open Growth Preferred Source Button for Google
#50,244by jaimepaezv27 days ago
Adds Google's Preferred Source integration to WordPress with the standard Google button or a custom site control.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Add Preferred Source for Google Search by Rankal
#54,397by rankalseo1 month ago
Encourage readers to add your site as a preferred source in Google Search with inline CTAs, banners, targeting and privacy-friendly analytics.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day