75
MaxButtons – Create buttons
Skip the CSS struggle with these intuitive shortcode buttons.
Declining
75/100
This long-standing plugin offers great value through an easy shortcode system and a useful free version.
Active installs
~75,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+
Rating
4.9★
1,093 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-59%
Declining fast
282 → 116 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 59% vs a year ago
- MINORnot updated in 9 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -59% in the last year
282/day a year ago→116/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMaxButtons is a well-regarded button-creation plugin praised for its ease of use and generous free tier, with no notable recurring complaints surfacing across reviewed users.
What people like
- +Easy to use, even for beginners with little or no coding experience×6
- +Shortcode-based workflow gives flexible placement, including in areas where drag-and-drop doesn't work×2
- +Free version offers enough customization options to be genuinely functional×3
- +Compatible with modern WordPress versions
- +Produces professional-looking buttons without manual CSS or HTML×2
Common complaints
- −Centering buttons requires a workaround (e.g., using a multi-column layout) rather than a direct option
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.96★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 19%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-08-132025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,093 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-09-03★★★★★This is genius it's totally intuitive…mjoe67886
- 2024-07-15★★★★★Awesome customization for beginners01labs
- 2022-01-27★★★★★Useful!Scribelle
- 2021-12-02★★★★★I love your pluginNG Baze
- 2021-07-02★★★★★Perfectorion973
- 2021-05-11★★★★★Very useful pluginsmanhal
- 2020-11-23★★★★★Great Pluginalfordwh
- 2020-11-17★★★★★Wonderful pluginnananona1-shot
- 2020-11-09★★★★★Nice Plugin.shri9119
- 2020-11-06★★★★★funktioniert gut – auch für Anfängerlevasseurs
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
113
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
110
Prior 7-day baseline
84
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
140
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+2.7%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.24
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
97%
5★ share in analyzed sample
19%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
—
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.97 → 4.96★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered