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Like This

Description

A simple ‘I like this’ plugin inspired by the facebook ‘like’ functionality. For visitors who don’t want to bother with commenting.

Installation

  1. Upload the files into a folder named roses-like-this to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Place <?php printLikes(get_the_ID()); ?> in ‘the loop’ of your posts wherever you want the ‘like this’ link to appear.

FAQ

Installation Instructions
  1. Upload the files into a folder named roses-like-this to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Place <?php printLikes(get_the_ID()); ?> in ‘the loop’ of your posts wherever you want the ‘like this’ link to appear.
How can I make the ‘like this’ link look prettier?

You can use CSS.
– LikeThis links have the class likeThis
– Links that have been liked also have the class done (.likeThis.done)

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Contributors & Developers

“Like This” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Interested in development?

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Changelog

1.0

  • The very first version of this plugin 🙂

1.01

  • Made a small change for those of you installing directly from wordpress.org. This changes the default directory from likeThis to roses-like-this in order to coincide with what wordpress will install. Should lead to less confusion!

1.1

  • Major bug fix! 🙂 Anyone having an issue where the likeThis link clicking wasn’t saving in the database should find it fixed.

1.2

  • Bug Fix for those having issues with cookies not being saved correctly.

1.3

  • Added sidebar widget for displaying most liked posts

1.4

  • Add plugin option section for customizing the like this text

1.5

  • Add likes column to post management list

1.6

  • Code Cleanup

1.6.1

  • Bug fix: Don’t allow likes go into the negatives

1.6.2

  • Bug fix: Cookie bug fix