6 Best I Recommend This Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
I Recommend This has 4,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 6 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 6 closest alternatives to I Recommend This
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Posts Like Dislike
Closest match4.3 (23) 6,000+ active installsLike Dislike for WordPress Posts | WordPress Page | Custom Post Types
Shares the like, post tags on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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4.2 (21) 400+ active installsAdd Testimonials to your WordPress website. Simple, easy, quick and clean.
Shares the recommend tag on WordPress.org. 400+ installs against 4,000+, no update since June 14, 2014.
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4.4 (273) 4,000+ active installsAdd Like button to posts, pages, comments, WooCommerce, BuddyPress, bbPress, UM, custom posts! Sort content by likes! Get instant stats and insights!
Shares the like tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.6 (133) 10,000+ active installsFavorites for any post type. Easily add favoriting/liking, wishlists, or any other similar functionality using the developer-friendly API.
Shares the like tag on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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GD Rating System
Paid version available4.3 (24) 1,000+ active installsPowerful, highly customizable and versatile ratings plugin to allow your users to vote for anything you want.
Shares the like tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated July 13, 2026.
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4.6 (38) 5,000+ active installsLike Dislike for WordPress Comments
Shares the like tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
Switching from I Recommend This: common questions
What is the best alternative to I Recommend This?
Posts Like Dislike is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 6,000+ active installs with a 4.3 out of 5 rating.
Which I Recommend This alternative has the most users?
Favorites, with 10,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which I Recommend This alternative is rated highest?
Favorites, rated 4.6 out of 5 by 133 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these I Recommend This alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with I Recommend This score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against I Recommend This on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Posts Like Dislike is the closest match to I Recommend This by the data we track, and Favorites has the widest reach with 10,000+ active installs. Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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