Recommend focuses on adding simple like reactions and visible engagement counts to WordPress content. It is catalogued under Customer feedback & reputation on PulseGate.

Who is Recommend for?

Recommend is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners.

Yes — Recommend is free to use.

What platforms does Recommend run on?

Recommend runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.

Is Recommend still active?

Unverified. Recommend has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to Recommend?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts, Posts Like Dislike, and Pro Like Button.

Who develops Recommend?

Recommend is developed by mattlitzinger.

How long has Recommend been around?

Recommend first shipped in 2021.

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Recommend

Name: Recommend
Author: mattlitzinger

wordpress.orgCustomer feedback & reputation

Recommend is a WordPress plugin that adds a like action to posts and other content. It displays like counts, supports thumbs-up or heart icons, allows custom labels, limits reactions to selected post types, and provides styling controls.

FreeWebSelf-hosted

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Overview

7 features

Recommend sits in PulseGate's Customer feedback & reputation category. It focuses on adding simple like reactions and visible engagement counts to WordPress content. Recommend is a B2B product aimed at wordPress site owners. It is available for free. It ships for the web, and it can be self-hosted.

mattlitzinger builds and maintains Recommend, and it first shipped in 2021. Among its 7 catalogued features are like buttons, like counts, and custom labels. The interface is available in Azerbaijani and English.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Like buttons
Like counts
Custom labels
Thumbs-up icon
Heart icon
Post type limits
Custom styling

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserSelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

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Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed6 Sept · 13:45 UTC
Recommend verified via WordPress Plugins
Source: WordPress Plugins · Open

Frequently asked questions about Recommend

What is Recommend?: Recommend focuses on adding simple like reactions and visible engagement counts to WordPress content. It is catalogued under Customer feedback & reputation on PulseGate.
Who is Recommend for?: Recommend is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners.
Is Recommend free?: Yes — Recommend is free to use.
What platforms does Recommend run on?: Recommend runs on the web. It can also be self-hosted.
Is Recommend still active?: Unverified. Recommend has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to Recommend?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts, Posts Like Dislike, and Pro Like Button.I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts Posts Like Dislike Pro Like Button
Who develops Recommend?: Recommend is developed by mattlitzinger.
How long has Recommend been around?: Recommend first shipped in 2021.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: Azerbaijani, English
First seen: 6 Sept 2026
Built for: WordPress site owners
Model: B2B
Solves: Adding simple like reactions and visible engagement counts to WordPress content.

Registered as

WordPress.org: recommend

Developer

mattlitzinger

Index record

Indexed: 6 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 6 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: recommend-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 6 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 6 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/recommend

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