BestWebSoft's Like & Share – Posts, Pages and Widget Social Extension plugin for WordPress
Like & Share plugin is the best social media solution which adds Follow, Like, and Share buttons to your WordPress website posts, pages or widgets. This is a great way to receive positive feedback from your visitors…
Use with caution
BestWebSoft's Like & Share works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 4K+ sites, is rated 3.9/5 and was last updated 1 year ago, and scores 50/100 on our health check.
- No update in over a year
- Only tested up to WordPress 6.8 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where BestWebSoft's Like & Share stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| add share button | #57 |
| facebook buttons | #53 |
| like | #82 |
| share | >100 |
| social buttons | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 from 72 reviews
About BestWebSoft's Like & Share
From the official readme · v2.77Description
Like & Share plugin is the best social media solution which adds Follow, Like, and Share buttons to your WordPress website posts, pages or widgets. This is a great way to receive positive feedback from your visitors, earn media exposure, and consumer validation for your brand.
Customize the appearance, configure settings and enable other advanced options to get more social traffic to your website and keep your visitors involved!
Free Features
- Add buttons for Facebook such as:
- Like
- Share
- Follow
- Сhange Facebook App ID
- Change color scheme for Share button
- Select layout for Like and Share buttons:
- Standard
- Box count
- Button count
- Button
- Select buttons
- Position:
- Before content
- After content
- Before and after
- Custom position (using shortcode)
- Align:
- Right
- Left
- Center
- Position:
- Disable Meta Tags
- Compatible with Multilanguage (current website language detection)
- Choose Like button action – like or recommend
- Use a standard Follow button image or replace it with custom one
- Compatible with latest WordPress version
- Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code
- Detailed step-by-step documentation and videos
- Multilingual and RTL ready
Pro Features
All features from Free version included plus:
- Display buttons for Facebooks for certain pages and/or post types
- Display the widget with the most liked posts
- Add buttons for Facebook such as:
- Feed
- Select tabs for Feed:
- Timeline
- Events
- Messages
- Сhange meta tags:
- Image
- Description
- Statistics list with:
- Page with Facebook buttons
- Like count
- Share count
- Follow count
- Enable like option for:
- Entire website
- Single pages
- Buttons for Facebook preview
- Add custom code via plugin settings page
- Configure all subsites on the network
- Get answer to your support question within one business day (Support Policy)
If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! Suggest a Feature
Documentation & Videos
- [Doc] User Guide
- [Doc] Installation
- [Doc] Purchase
- [Video] Installation Instruction
- [Video] User Guide
Help & Support
Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help — https://support.bestwebsoft.com/
Affiliate Program
Earn 20% commission by selling the premium WordPress plugins and themes by BestWebSoft — https://bestwebsoft.com/affiliate/
Translation
- Czech (cs_CZ) (thanks to Michal Kučera www.n0lim.it)
- Finnish (fi_FI) (thanks to Juhani Honkanen)
- French (fr_FR) (thanks to Murat)
- Indonesian (id_ID) (thanks to Nasrulhaq, www.al-badar.net)
- Hungarian (hu_HU) (thanks to Peter Aprily www.aprily.com)
- Russian (ru_RU)
- Spanish (es_ES) (thanks to Africa Boleko www.markekimika.es)
- Turkish (tr_TR) (thanks to Can Atasever)
- Ukrainian (uk)
- Japanese (ja)
- Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR)
- German (de_DE)
- Spanish (es_ES)
Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send the text of PO and MO files to BestWebSoft and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO files Poedit.
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- BestWebSoft’s Pinterest – Add Pinterest Follow, Pin It buttons and profile widgets (Pin, Board, Profile) to WordPress posts, pages, and widgets.
- BestWebSoft’s Twitter – Add Twitter Follow, Tweet, Hashtag, and Mention buttons to WordPress posts, pages, and widgets.
Installation
- Upload the folder
facebook-button-pluginto the directory/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate the plugin via the ‘Plugins’ menu in your WordPress admin panel.
- You can adjust the necessary settings in your WordPress admin panel – “Like & Share”.
View a Step-by-step Instruction on Like & Share Installation
Frequently asked questions
After the plugin installation and settings adjustment on the settings page, it is still not working
You should click “Save Changes”. Make sure that you got the message “Settings saved”. Refresh your web page where Like & Share icon should be placed.
How to change Like & Share icon (“Profile URL”)?
In WordPress admin panel, please go to Like & Share settings page and choose one of the listed positions: Default Profile Button Image or Custom Profile Button Image. Then click “Save Changes”. If you choose Custom Profile Button Image, you can upload your own picture. You should click “Choose file” and choose an image in your folder. Then click “Save Changes”.
How to set Like & Share position on the page?
In WordPress admin panel, please go to Like & Share settings page and choose one of the listed positions: Before content or After content. Then click “Save Changes”.
After clicking Like & Share icon, I see the Facebook Home page instead of the necessary account page
In WordPress admin panel, please go to Like & Share settings page and enter your Facebook ID or username. Then click “Save Changes”. If you do not have the Facebook account yet, you should create it here. After the account is created, please follow the instructions above.
When people like and/or leave comments to my post, will this be displayed on my Facebook page?
No, it will not. The case is: Like for a WordPress site is a Like of a certain URL, but not the page content, while on Facebook it’s Like of the content, not the URL. I.e. these are two different things, and it is impossible to link them. For more data on the Like button, please check the developers’ page (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/like-button).
If I install a new version of the plugin, will I lose all the likes I got on the previous version (I mean will they switch to zero on my website?)?
You will not lose them because they are stored on the Facebook server.
I have some problems with the plugin’s work. What Information should I provide to receive proper support?
Please make sure that the problem hasn’t been discussed yet on our forum (https://support.bestwebsoft.com). If no, please provide the following data along with your problem’s description: – The link to the page where the problem occurs – The name of the plugin and its version. If you are using a pro version – your order number. – The version of your WordPress installation – Copy and paste into the message your system status report. Please read more here: Instruction on System Status
Changelog
Bugs fixed.
V2.77 – 06.05.2025
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.8.
- Bugfix : Fatal error fixed.
V2.76 – 03.03.2025
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.7.
- Bugfix : Security fixes.
V2.75 – 05.01.2025
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.5.2.
- Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
- Bugfix : Bug with Profile URL Button has been fixed.
V2.74 – 24.11.2023
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.4.
- Bugfix : Bug with password protected pages has been fixed.
V2.73 – 15.02.2022
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.1.1
- Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
- Update : Feed option is updated for shortcode.
V2.72 – 21.07.2022
- Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.0.
- Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
- Update : Some languages problems were resolved.
- Update : Friend Faces function has been deleted as outdated.
- NEW : App Secret field has been added.
- PRO : Feed option has been added.
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FAQ
BestWebSoft's Like & Share: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 27, 2026
Is BestWebSoft's Like & Share free?
Yes. BestWebSoft's Like & Share is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is BestWebSoft's Like & Share safe to use in 2026?
BestWebSoft's Like & Share works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. It runs on 4K+ sites, is rated 3.9/5 and was last updated 1 year ago, and scores 50/100 on our health check.
How many websites use BestWebSoft's Like & Share?
BestWebSoft's Like & Share is active on 4K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 1,288,178 times since it launched in June 2011. It was downloaded 518 times in the last 30 days.
Does BestWebSoft's Like & Share work with WordPress 7.1?
BestWebSoft's Like & Share is officially tested up to WordPress 6.8.10, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was BestWebSoft's Like & Share last updated?
The latest version, 2.77, was released on June 12, 2025 (1 year ago).
Who makes BestWebSoft's Like & Share?
BestWebSoft's Like & Share is developed and maintained by bestweblayout.
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