BestWebSoft's Like & Share – Posts, Pages and Widget Social Extension plugin for WordPress
by bestweblayout · Social
Also makes 30 other plugins · 14.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add Facebook Follow, Like, and Share buttons to WordPress posts, pages, and widgets.
64 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 443 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
495
now · peak 3.9K
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 43% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-19 · 1,436 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 06.05.2025 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.8. Bugfix : Fatal error fixed. 06.05.2025
- — Version 03.03.2025 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.7. Bugfix : Security fixes. 03.03.2025
- — Version 05.01.2025 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.5.2. Update : BWS plugins section is updated. Bugfix : Bug with Profile URL Button has been fixed. 05.01.2025
- — Version 24.11.2023 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.4. Bugfix : Bug with password protected pages has been fixed. 24.11.2023
- — Version 15.02.2022 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.1.1 Update : BWS plugins section is updated. Update : Feed option is updated for shortcode. 15.02.2022
- — Version 21.07.2022 Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.0. Update : BWS plugins section is updated. Update : Some languages problems were resolved. Update : Friend Faces function has been deleted as outdated. NEW : App Se 21.07.2022
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- Medium · 5.3 BestWebSoft's Like & Share <= 2.73 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Post Disclosure ↗2023-11-29 CVE-2023-6250 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.73 Patched in 2.74
- 2017-04-12 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects < 2.5.4 Patched in 2.5.4
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 116 languages, 2 at 90% or more
Plus 92 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-20 5K+ → 4K+ down after 285 days in tier
- 2025-07-09 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-07 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-06 6K+ → 5K+ down after 242 days in tier
- 2024-11-06 7K+ → 6K+ down after 234 days in tier
- 2024-03-17 8K+ → 7K+ down after 190 days in tier
- 2023-09-09 9K+ → 8K+ down after 174 days in tier
- 2023-03-19 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).
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Simple Share Buttons Adder 40K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Cresta Social Share Counter 2K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Social Buttons Pack by BestWebSoft 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
JL Like Pro 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - L LinkedIn InShare button 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Advanced Skins for Social Media Feather 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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