Easy Social Like Box – Popup – Sidebar Widget

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1. ★★★★★ yacob555

   8.5y ago

   Super easy to set up too. Thanks!

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2. ★★★★★ yurone

   8.7y ago

   thanks for plugin ! i wish there was a possibility to leave the “title” field blank. in actual release if you don’t fill anything in the field, the plugin name is displayed there. it is also impossible to use ‘ or ” in the title field. p.s. let me know if you fix this, i will update my review This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by yurone. This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by yurone.

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3. ★★★★★ luisolarte

   9.4y ago

   mbnhjkh

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4. ★★★★★ musixland

   9.5y ago

   with the new update from yesterday the plugin stoped working nice job This topic was modified 9 years, 4 months ago by musixland.

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5. ★★★★★ Vinoj Cardoza

   9.6y ago

   Good This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by Vinoj Cardoza.

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6. ★★★★★ gingerling

   9.6y ago

   I reviewed about 20 facebook like buttons today to try and find one I “liked” myself (pun intended). This was my second favorite, it’s truly free, nice and simple, worked fine and the interface is fairly standard (ie: no silly fonts/images/adds. You don’t need to use any short codes. The settings in this app seem to appear in many apps, so I am assuming it’s using some standard facebook template etc. The main reason I didn’t use it was because I wanted my button aligned to the right, and there didn’t seem to be an option for that. Also I had to mess about a little to stop the widget (side bar) cutting off the bottom of the box.

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7. ★★★★★ auludag

   10.4y ago

   tested and works.

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8. ★★★★★ Steve

   10.5y ago

   Easy to install, easy to use and worked right away. Thank you for a simple, decent looking plugin that works.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 4.7 Remove empty lines at end to prevent headers already sent. 4.7
2. — Version 4.6 Added data tab options for facebook page. Optimize the shortcode settings 4.6
3. — Version 4.5 Optimize Widget Implemention. Fixed Minor css Issues 4.5
4. — Version 4.1 Fixed Security Bugs. 4.1
5. — Version 3.1 Added the tabs section[timeline,events,message] Added the popup advanced settings such as show on home page only,show for logged in visitor etc. 3.1
6. — Version 3.0 New Feature: Added Facebook Popup [Lightbox] modal 3.0

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Easy Social Like Box – Popup – Sidebar Widget <= 4.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗
   2024-06-05 CVE-2024-5224 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 4.0 Patched in 4.1
2. High · 7.1 Easy Social Like Box – Popup – Sidebar Widget < 2.8.3 - Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2014-12-12 CVE-2014-9524 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 2.8.3 Patched in 2.8.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 79 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Plus 55 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-12-27 8K+ → 7K+ down after 285 days in tier
2. 2025-03-17 9K+ → 8K+ down after 191 days in tier
3. 2024-09-07 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Easy Social Box / Page Plugin 4K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• Fan Page Widget by ThemeNcode 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• FireCask Like & Share Button 400+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D
• Popup Like box – Page Plugin 100+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP ULike – Like Buttons, Voting & Engagement Analytics 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Mongoose Page Plugin 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A

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Easy Social Like Box – Popup – Sidebar Widget: 7K+ active installs, 4.4★ (18 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/cardoza-facebook-like-box