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Favorite Post

by Tareq Hasan · Uncategorized

Also makes 7 other plugins · 370+ installs across the portfolio →

This is a simple yet another favorite post plugin.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 56 average across 16,377 Uncategorized plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.

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.

38 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 19/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 84/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2362 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+14% vs prior 30d
4Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

73

now · peak 165

7330d downloads · Sep 26

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

Favorite Post · #19096 you Favorites · #1711 CBX Bookmark & Favor · #6136 DBWD Bookmark Page · #25491

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · Sep 26

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.

1.2Kper 1k installs · Sep 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
60–70 ≈67

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-03-21 · 1,394 observations

60Installs · Sep 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
1.0
Last updated
6.5y ago
Added
2013-08-17 · 13 yrs old
Requires WP
3.3
Tested up to
5.4.21
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. ayilee28
    2.4y ago

    It’s so easy to use and it’s definitely working. Thank you!

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  2. DragoWeb
    9.8y ago

    Great plugin, very simple, easy to install and do the job.

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  3. eminozlem
    12.6y ago

    Thought of giving it a 4 star because it’s lacking many things, but that wouldnt be fair simply because it works, and that’s enough for me. Just because the plugin doesnt provide all the functionality you need is not a reason for me to cut down stars. You’re free to look for another that does. PS: I’m also using WPUF and gotta say I like the way your plugins work; you dont bloat your code.

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  4. jowelboss
    12.6y ago

    so bad

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  5. eg_arnous
    12.8y ago

    nice plugin

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  6. Ga Satrya
    13.0y ago

    It’s so hard to find a favorite post plugin like this. It works great and has a widget to display the last favorite post. Here’s my suggestion: 1. In my case, i just need the star and would like to remove the text. But, there is no plugin setting to do this. 2. Widget, the favorite data gone when user not log in but the widget title still appear. Its not good. By the way, thanks for your plugin 😉

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  7. naveenmecha
    13.0y ago

    This plugin is very useful to me. This has a major advantage of adding the favorite link only to the posts you want. It also supports every custom posts,pages and woocommerce products.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-29 70+ → 60+ down after 81 days in tier
  2. 2026-02-07 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
  3. 2026-02-03 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2026-02-01 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-01-31 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-01-30 80+ → 70+ down after 68 days in tier
  7. 2025-11-23 90+ → 80+ down after 120 days in tier
  8. 2025-07-26 100+ → 90+ down after 590 days in tier

Competes with

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