Love It
by Syed Balkhi · Uncategorized
Love It is a simple plugin that adds a "Love It" link to your posts, pages, and custom post types. Show your most popular items in a widget.
45 health vs 57 average across 10,068 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 3984 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
15
now · peak 59
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-11 30+ → 20+ down after 207 days in band
- 2025-08-16 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-08-15 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-08-11 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-08-06 30+ → 40+ up after 7 days in band
- 2025-07-30 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-29 30+ → 40+ up after 171 days in band
- 2025-02-08 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
Love Me 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
WP ULike – Like & Dislike Buttons for Engagement and Feedback 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Favorites 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Posts Like Dislike 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Comments Like Dislike 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/love-it" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Love It — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Love It: 20+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/love-it