Facebook recently announced the take-over of the internet with the introduction of the yet infamous “like”-button. Nevertheless, here is how you can add your own dynamic like-button for WordPress.
If you use Facebook’s generator here, you’ll get some content very similar to mine:
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcordobo.com%2F&layout=standard&show-faces=true&width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:60px"></iframe>
Note: I highlighted the parts I replace in the next step
This would be fine, if you had only one page on your website, as the plugin only shows the url you have entered in the generator – no dynamic pages. So here’s how you can add some dynamic flavour to your new button:
Replace the following code
[…]like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcordobo.com%2F
with
[…]like.php?href=<?php echo urlencode(get_permalink($post->ID)); ?>
insert it into your theme’s single.php and upload it to your server.
The final code, ready for copy & paste
This is the final code you can use in your own WordPress installation without further modifications (except the width and height). Insert it into your single.php and upload the modified file to your server.
<iframe src="http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=<?php echo urlencode(get_permalink($post->ID)); ?>&layout=standard&show-faces=true&width=500&action=like&colorscheme=light" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:60px"></iframe>
Note: I highlighted the parts I replaced
In case you use some caching plugin, clear the cache and see the magic as it happens.
If you like it, click on “like” ;-)
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There is a WP plug in now
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This is great! Except it only shows on the post page, and not on the blog front page. Could there be an easy fix for this?
This is great! Except it only shows on the post page, and not on the blog front page. Could there be an easy fix for this?
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Am I the only one having trouble with the “Like” counts. Numerous people have liked posts on my website but “Be the first of you friends to like this” is still showing. It actually sends a link to Facebook profile, but the count stays the same.
I see yours (for this post) is up to 3 now so I guess there might me something wrong… but I double-checked the code and everything seems to be at the right place so I’m kinda puzzled.
It would be really nice if 2-3 from you guys could give it a test-drive.
Thank you
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