BestWebSoft's Like & Share – Posts, Pages and Widget Social Extension plugin for WordPress
by bestweblayout · Social
Also makes 30 other plugins · 14.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add Facebook Follow, Like, and Share buttons to WordPress posts, pages, and widgets.
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Health
C 66/100
Stale
Active installs
4K+
≈4.5K estimated
Momentum
+22%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “add share button”, “facebook buttons” and “like” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
66 health vs 58 average across 1,834 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 1.3M lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
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
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 506 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
3.9★ over 72 reviews, smoothed to 3.98★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 506 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
34
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
11%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.6
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| facebook og | #10 | #11 | 0 |
| add share button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| facebook buttons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| like your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| share your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social buttons your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “add share button”, “facebook buttons” and “like” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.9K · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Mar 2015
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
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.77). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched 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
- Patched Medium · 6.1 BestWebSoft's Like & Share – Posts, Pages and Widget Social Extension plugin for WordPress < 2.5.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2017-04-12 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 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.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
7 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add Facebook Follow, Like, and Share buttons to WordPress posts, pages, and widgets."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 15 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 3,922 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "add share button", "social buttons" do not.
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 after 1128 days in tier
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
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