10 Best WP-PostRatings Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP-PostRatings has 20,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 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 10 closest alternatives to WP-PostRatings
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Post Ratings
Closest match4.5 (23) 500+ active installsSimple, developer-friendly, straightforward post rating plugin. Relies on post meta to store avg. rating / vote count.
Shares the ajax, post, rating tags on WordPress.org. 500+ installs against 20,000+, no update since November 28, 2017.
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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 rating, vote tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.3, last updated 13 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 rating, vote tags on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated July 13, 2026.
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Site Reviews
Paid version available4.9 (372) 60,000+ active installsSite Reviews is the best free reviews plugin. It integrates with WooCommerce & SureCart and works just like reviews on Amazon, Tripadvisor, and Yelp.
Shares the ratings tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.3, last updated today.
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4.0 (44) 2,000+ active installsEmbed Amazon reviews fast and easily into your WordPress site. Increase SEO, trust and sales using Amazon reviews.
Shares the ratings tag on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated 3 days ago.
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YASR
Paid version availableYASR – Yet Another Star Rating Plugin for WordPress
4.7 (323) 10,000+ active installsBoost the way people interact with your site with an easy WordPress stars rating system! With schema.org rich snippets YASR will improve your SEO
Shares the rating tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.3, no update since April 10, 2025.
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4.9 (1,617) 100,000+ active installsShow real Google reviews on your WordPress site in under a minute. Free, GDPR-compliant, with unlimited widgets and locations.
Shares the rating tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.3, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.6 (38) 5,000+ active installsLike Dislike for WordPress Comments
Shares the rating tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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4.0 (59) 400+ active installsBest review plugin. Let visitors submit reviews and display them via shortcode or widget. Replace WooCommerce reviews and ratings. Require login, etc.
Shares the ratings tag on WordPress.org. 400+ installs against 20,000+, rated 4.0 against 4.3, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.7 (23) 1,000+ active installsA complete review plugin — star ratings, photo uploads, likes & dislikes, and Google rich snippets, all from one place.
Shares the rating tag on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated March 21, 2026.
Switching from WP-PostRatings: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP-PostRatings?
Post Ratings is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 500+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which WP-PostRatings alternative has the most users?
Rich Showcase for Google Reviews, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP-PostRatings alternative is rated highest?
Rich Showcase for Google Reviews, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,617 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP-PostRatings 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 WP-PostRatings 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 WP-PostRatings 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
Post Ratings is the closest match to WP-PostRatings by the data we track, and Rich Showcase for Google Reviews has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Site Reviews shipped the most recent release, on September 6, 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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