Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn
by LikeBtn · Uncategorized
Add Like button to posts, pages, comments, WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, UM, custom posts! Sort content by likes! Get instant stats and insights!
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Health
A 85/100
no flags
Active installs
3K+
≈4K estimated
Momentum
-11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “vote”, “voting” and “rating” for “dislike”, “votes” and “likes”. “vote” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #21. “dislike” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “voting” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “votes” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “rating” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “likes” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 58 average across 25,737 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 505.9K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,770 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 8 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Well tuned across the board
Updated 2 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.4★ over 273 reviews, smoothed to 4.35★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| like button your tag | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| like your tag | #4 | #4 | up 1 |
| like dislike | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| dislike | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| like dislike button | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| activity stream | #7 | #5 | down 1 |
| like it | #5 | #6 | up 1 |
| rating your tag | #16 | #18 | down 4 |
| post like | #11 | #15 | 0 |
| voting your tag | #19 | #15 | down 2 |
| vote your tag | #21 | #16 | down 3 |
| likes | #19 | #21 | down 2 |
| buddypress stats | #8 | #7 | down 1 |
| vote comments | #8 | #8 | — |
| mycred | #15 | #14 | down 1 |
| like post | #10 | #14 | 0 |
| like posts | #10 | #14 | — |
| votes | #18 | #16 | 0 |
| rating system | #20 | #20 | down 2 |
| non profit | #19 | #18 | 0 |
129 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 86 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Swap “vote”, “voting” and “rating” for “dislike”, “votes” and “likes”. “vote” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #21. “dislike” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “voting” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “votes” sits at #18 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “rating” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “likes” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “rating”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 8.7K · 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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
8
releases in the last 12 months
2d ago
latest release · v2.6.65 · 29 Oct 2026
99
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 4K.
Install history since 24 Apr 2015
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.6.60 Change – WP 7.0 compatibility. 2.6.60
- — Version 2.6.59 Fix – Fixed notices. 2.6.59
- — Version 2.6.58 Change – WP 6.9 compatibility. 2.6.58
- — Version 2.6.57 Fix – Fixed “Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array” in _likebtn_save_bp_member_votes(). 2.6.57
- — Version 2.6.56 Change – WP 6.8 compatibility. 2.6.56
- — Version 2.6.55 Change – WP 6.7 compatibility. 2.6.55
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 7 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.6.65). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 4.7 Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn <= 2.6.64 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Client-IP' Header ↗2026-10-30 CVE-2026-116552 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.6.64 Patched in 2.6.65
- Patched Medium · 6.5 Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn <= 2.6.61 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ↗2026-08-25 CVE-2026-78285 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 2.6.61 Patched in 2.6.62
- 2024-08-29 CVE-2024-44064 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.6.53 Patched in 2.6.54
- Patched Medium · 6.5 Like Button Rating <= 2.6.37 - Unauthorised Vote Export to Email & IP Addresses Disclosure ↗2021-11-11 CVE-2021-24945 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Affects <= 2.6.37 Patched in 2.6.38
- 2017-11-02 Improper Authentication Affects <= 2.5.3 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 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add Like button to posts, pages, comments, WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, UM, custom posts! Sort content..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for non-profits"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, WPML, bbPress, BuddyPress and 2 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,578 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-20 4K+ → 3K+ down after 331 days in tier
- 2025-11-23 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 4K+ → 5K+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 5K+ → 4K+ down after 557 days in tier
- 2024-04-30 6K+ → 5K+ down after 574 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 7K+ → 6K+ down after 417 days in tier
- 2021-08-13 8K+ → 7K+ down after 853 days in tier
- 2019-04-13 7K+ → 8K+ up after 671 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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Pro Like Button 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B -
WP ULike – Like Buttons, Voting & Engagement Analytics 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
GD Rating System 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B -
Managed posts rating ★ Like button 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Like Dislike – Like Buttons, Helpful Votes & Most Liked Posts — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Crowdsignal Dashboard – Polls, Surveys & more 200K+ installs · 3.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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