CaphLabs

<p><strong>ThumbsUp or Down Reactions (TUOD)</strong> is a clean, fast, and fully customizable WordPress plugin that allows visitors to express feedback on your content with a simple thumbs up 👍 or thumbs down 👎.</p>
<p>Packed with options but easy to use, TUOD works on any post type, includes per-IP voting protection, AJAX-based voting (no reloads), and customizable labels, colors, sizes, and optional glowing effects.</p>
<p>🧪 <strong>Live Demo</strong>: <a href="https://www.hotspringsofbc.ca" rel="nofollow ugc">hotspringsofbc.ca</a></p>
<p>💎 <strong>Pro version coming soon</strong>: Upload your own icons, advanced styling, per-user voting, analytics, and more!</p>
<p>TUOD is built for creators, bloggers, ecommerce shops, and developers who want simple, stylish user interaction with zero bloat.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>👍👎 Thumbs up/down voting on posts, pages, and products</li>
<li>💬 Customizable labels like “Liked this spring” or “Didn’t like this article”</li>
<li>🎨 Choose your own color and vote count text</li>
<li>🔒 One vote per post per visitor (IP-based)</li>
<li>🔁 Users can change their vote at any time</li>
<li>⚡ AJAX-based voting — no page reload</li>
<li>🧮 Total vote tracker shown in admin settings</li>
<li>📱 Fully responsive and mobile-friendly</li>
<li>🖼️ Icon display and thumb glow effects</li>
<li>🎛️ Lightweight and intuitive admin options</li>
<li>🧰 Cleanly coded and developer-friendly</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.</p>


ThumbsUp or Down Reactions

A lightweight and customizable thumbs up/down reaction plugin. Easily track likes and dislikes on any post, page, or custom post type.

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.

ThumbsUp or Down Reactions vs Recommend