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<p>Social Shares uses the Facebook and Twitter APIs to fetch the total number of shares for each of your posts. The number of shares is stored in your database for any plugins to use. Social Shares can optionally display the number of shares on your posts. The number of shares is styleable. You can use the shortcode <code>[social_shares]</code> anywhere in your posts.</p>
<p>In addition, you can sort your posts by the number of shares. You can make a page that displays your posts with the most shares. Simply add <code>?sort_shares=desc</code> or <code>?sort_shares=asc</code> to the end of any WordPress URL to sort by the number of shares.</p>


Social Shares

Get the number of Likes and Twitter Tweets for each post. Sort your posts by share count or display the share count.

Harish Chouhan

Themeist Co

<p>“I Recommend This” allows your visitors to effortlessly like or recommend your posts with a single click, making it easier for them to show their appreciation without leaving a comment. Enhance your site’s engagement by providing a simple, user-friendly way for readers to interact with your content.</p>
<h3>Features:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Display a counter for likes/recommendations.</li>
<li>Widget and shortcode to display the most liked posts.</li>
<li>Choose between a “Thumbs Up” or “Heart” icon.</li>
<li>Prevents multiple votes from the same user via cookies and IP address tracking.</li>
<li>View and sort posts by likes in the post edit page.</li>
<li>Better GDPR compliance with anonymized IPs</li>
<li>Built-in query block compatibility</li>
<li>Extensive action and filter hooks for developers</li>
</ul>
<h3>Advanced Options:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Hide the counter if the count is zero.</li>
<li>Customize messages for zero, one, or multiple likes.</li>
<li>Disable plugin CSS for custom styling.</li>
<li>Option to disable IP address saving to comply with GDPR.</li>
<li>Enhanced cookie management</li>
<li>IP address anonymization for stronger GDPR compliance</li>
</ul>
<h3>Shortcodes:</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>[irecommendthis]</code> – Add the voting link to any page.</li>
<li><code>[irecommendthis_top_posts post_type='post' container='div' number='10' year='2023' monthnum='7']</code> – Display most recommended posts.</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin is based exactly on Benoit “LeBen” Burgener’s “I Like This” Plugin and has been modified after getting requests for the changes I had made on my website.</p>
<p><strong>If you love the plugin, please consider rating it and clicking on “it works” button.</strong></p>
<h3>Example Sites Using the Plugin:</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://flattrendz.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Flat UI Design Gallery</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>For Developers:</h3>
<p>This plugin is being developed on GitHub.. If you want to collaborate, please look at <a href="https://github.com/webtions/I-Recommend-This" rel="nofollow ugc">I Recommend This plugin on GitHub</a>.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<p>You can <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/i-recommend-this/stable/" rel="nofollow ugc">help translate this plugin into your language</a> using your WordPress.org account.</p>


I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts

Really awesome plugin I love to use on my sites! 

Love it!


Lean and mean with a minimalistic (and overidable) button/css. Kudos to the developer! No bloat, no jQuery.



After trying 8 other plugins this is the clear winner!


Great!

Enable your visitors to easily like or recommend your posts with a single click, enhancing engagement without the need for comments.

Social Shares vs I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts