mattlitzinger

<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Give users a “like” action on posts  </li>
<li>Display the like count on a post  </li>
<li>Custom label text for like count </li>
<li>Disable label text for count site-wide </li>
<li>Choose between a “Thumbs Up” or a “Heart” icon </li>
<li>Limit like action to specific post types</li>
<li>Disable plugin CSS or add custom styling rules </li>
</ul>
<p>By default, the like count will be displayed below the content for individual posts across all post types. You can disable this in the plugin settings or define which post types to include.</p>
<p>If you’d rather display the like count in your template files, use the below code:</p>
<pre><code><?php 
    if( function_exists('wp_recommend_show_likes') ) 
        wp_recommend_show_likes(); 
?>
</code></pre>
<h3>Shortcodes</h3>
<p>The following shortcode will display the like count on any post.</p>
<pre><code>[recommend-likes]  
</code></pre>
<p>The following shortcode will display a list of most liked posts. There are two optional parameters to fine tune the displayed results: <code>post_type</code> and <code>posts_per_page</code>. The default values for these parameters are shown in the example below.</p>
<pre><code>[recommend-liked-posts post_type="post" posts_per_page="5"]
</code></pre>


Recommend

Recommend allows you to add a like user action to your content. Unlike social sharing or commenting, the like action is simple and intuitive.

Roel Magdaleno

<p>The Like Post Block plugin registers a WordPress block that allows you to add a like button to your WordPress block editor.</p>
<p>You can insert this block in a single post, page, custom post type, and you can also insert it in any Gutenberg template.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Add a like button to any post, page or custom post type</li>
<li>Limit the number of likes per user</li>
<li>Save user’s IP address to prevent multiple likes</li>
<li>Supports any Gutenberg template</li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/roelmagdaleno/like-post-block" rel="nofollow ugc">View on GitHub</a></li>
</ul>


Recommend vs Like Post Block