EFavourite Posts
Do you want to allow your users to add Most Favorite Posts in WordPress Website?
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EFavourite Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (30+ active installs)
- No update in 7 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 5.0 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where EFavourite Posts stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| favourite | >100 |
| favourite posts | >100 |
| favourites | >100 |
| posts | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 from 6 reviews
About EFavourite Posts
From the official readme · v1.2Description
Do you want to allow your users to add Most Favorite Posts in WordPress Website?
Here is the most favorite post plug-in for WordPress which allows your website visitors to add favorite posts. This plug-in also uses cookies for saving data so unregistered users can also favorite a post.
How to Allow Users to Add Favorite Posts in WordPress?
You have two options to set favorite posts with login user or without login.
- If a user logged in then favorite’s data will be saved in the database instead of cookies.
- If user not logged in data will be saved in cookies.
You have also option to set for only registered users can favorite posts as well as where to show favorite posts link for adding a post as favorite. You can set widget for favorite posts where the user can see most visited posts on your website. For this, you have to put below function where you want to display your EFavorite Posts widget.
Plug-in also support custom posts so that your user can favorite unlimited post types by selecting posts to display favorite option on any post type from “Custom Posts Settings”.
you can also create a page template for display favorite posts list for specific user and for this one you have to add this shortcode: {{efav-favourite-posts}} to the content area.
Most Favourited Posts
If you use WP Super Cache you must add page (which you show favorites) URI to “Accepted Filenames &
Rejected URIs
- If a user logged in then favourites data will saved in database instead of cookies.
- If user not logged in data will saved in cookies.
If you need support create a topic on support forum
Installation
- Unzip into your
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Place
<?php if (function_exists('efav_link')) { efav_link(); } ?>in your
single.php or page.php template file. Then favourite this post link will appear in all posts. - OR if you DO NOT want the favourite link to appear in every post/page, DO NOT
use the code above. Just type in [efav-link] into the selected post/page
content and it will embed the print link into that post/page only. - Create a page e.g. “Your Favourites” and insert
{{efav-favourite-posts}}
text into content section. This page will contain users favourite posts. - That’s it 🙂
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EFavourite Posts: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 9, 2026
Is EFavourite Posts free?
Yes. EFavourite Posts is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is EFavourite Posts safe to use in 2026?
EFavourite Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 7 years ago, and scores 33/100 on our health check.
How many websites use EFavourite Posts?
EFavourite Posts is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,637 times since it launched in March 2018. It was downloaded 58 times in the last 30 days.
Does EFavourite Posts work with WordPress 7.1?
EFavourite Posts is officially tested up to WordPress 5.0.30, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was EFavourite Posts last updated?
The latest version, 1.2, was released on October 1, 2019 (7 years ago).
Who makes EFavourite Posts?
EFavourite Posts is developed and maintained by Paresh Sagar.
What are the best alternatives to EFavourite Posts?
The most popular alternatives to EFavourite Posts are WP Favorite Posts Extended (10+ installs) and Ethne Favorites Button (<10 installs).
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