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WP ULike – Like Buttons, Voting & Engagement Analytics v5.2.3

One-click like buttons your visitors actually use, plus a built-in analytics dashboard that shows what your audience loves. No vote limits.

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  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 6, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 6, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.3.0+
  • Requires WordPress 6.0+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 21% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 72 Passed
  • 39 Warnings
  • 14 Failed
Security 54/100
Needs Improvement

20 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 57/100
Needs Improvement

35 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 50/100
Needs Improvement

6 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 100/100
Excellent

6 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 67/100
Needs Improvement

2 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

950.7 KB

3.3 MB unzipped

Total files

184

across all file types

Lines of PHP

36,839

in 95 files Medium

File types

  • PHP
  • SVG
  • PNG
  • CSS
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 353 Critical
  • 276 High
  • 192 Medium
  • 86 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of WP ULike – Like Buttons, Voting & Engagement Analytics, Privacy improved the most (+34). The largest regression was in Performance (-33). The codebase grew 50% in size.

Audited 4.7.2.1 → 5.2.2 · 30 versions

0 50 100 4.7.2.1 4.7.11 5.0.4 5.2.2

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 455 910 4.7.2.1 4.7.11 5.0.4 5.2.2

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

10,287

downloads

Today

366

downloads

Week over week

+6%

vs previous week

Month over month

+68%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

79% of installs run an older version

≈ 47.2K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v4.6
  • v4.7
  • v5.0
  • v5.1
  • v5.2

Ratings

281 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 251
  • 4 14
  • 3 9
  • 2 3
  • 1 4

Support: 4 / 4 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Aug 7, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 18 days

average between releases

Total releases

133

since Aug 2014 · 12 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running WP ULike in Your Site?

Our latest audit of WP ULike v5.2.3 flagged 907 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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