MaxButtons – Create buttons vs Button (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
MaxButtons – Create buttons
80K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, MaxButtons – Create buttons has a higher user rating (4.9/5 from 1,093 reviews) and leads in active installations (80K+ vs 2.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. MaxButtons – Create buttons has accumulated 5.2M+ total downloads while Button has 108K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | MaxButtons – Create buttons | Button | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.9/5 | ◄ | 4.5/5 |
| Total Reviews | 1,093 | ◄ | 53 |
| Active Installs | 80K+ | ◄ | 2.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 5.2M+ | ◄ | 108K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 6 months ago | ► | 4 months ago |
| First Released | 2011 | 2016 | |
| Age | 15 years | 10 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.0+ | 4.8+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.0+ | 5.6+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 9.8.5 | 1.1.32 |
Rating Breakdown
MaxButtons – Create buttons
Button
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, MaxButtons – Create buttons averaged approximately 158 daily downloads while Button averaged 12.
Recent Reviews
MaxButtons – Create buttons Reviews
This is genius it’s totally intuitive…
This is the best implementation of adding buttons that I could imagine. Say I had to figure out was to center the buttons it would be wise to create a 3 column on the page and add them to the middle
Awesome customization for beginners
I’d say my html skill level is around a 4. I’m more of a front end guy. So adding buttons in the back end had me cringing. I was trying to add a button in an accordion content window so I couldn’t dra
Useful!
Thank you for this very useful “little” plugin. Not only it works well, but it’s still working fine under WordPress 5.9 too!
Button Reviews
Installation Error
Sellers Statement:WordPress Version tested till: 6.9PHP Version stated: higher the 5.6Last update: 4 Weeks agoBought and installed the plugin in a simple WP website (6.9 PHP 8.3):– installation error
Horrible Plugin
Horrible plugin. If I could give minus stars I would’ve given that. After adding the shortcode to my site, this message showed, “There has been a critical error on this website.”
Great job!
installed the free version on two different sites – everything works great! This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by zdeniss. This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by z
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