Like

The Facebook Like Button Widget adds a 'Like' button to your WordPress blog posts.

Author:Bottomless (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.0.2
WordPress version tested:2.9.2
Plugin version:1.9.6
Added to WordPress repository:24-04-2010
Last updated:10-09-2010
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://blog.bottomlessinc.com
Total downloads:142 880
Active installs:6 000+
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Let your readers quickly share your content on Facebook with a simple click.

It uses the new Facebook Like button released on Apr. 21st 2010.

You can customize it in the Settings section:

  • Access directly your Facebook Pages to manage them (see screenshot 2)
  • Send updates to your Fans
  • IFRAME or XFBML versions of the button
  • Asynchronous or Synchronous loading of the Javascript
  • Width/Height
  • Layout (standard, button_count or box_count)
  • Verb to display (Like or Recommend)
  • Fonts
  • Color Scheme (Light or Dark)
  • Show thumbnails of Facebook profile pictures
  • Align to the Left or Right of your posts
  • Show at the top and/or bottom of posts
  • Show/hide the button on pages/posts/home/search/archive.
  • Margins (top, bottom, left, right)
  • Complete support of the Open Graph protocol (http://opengraphprotocol.org)

Internationalization supporting:

  • English
  • French (Français)
  • German (Deutsch)
  • Spanish (Espanol) - Translation by pisos.com (http://www.pisos.com)
  • Portuguese (Português)
  • Italian (Italiano)
  • Arabic
  • Russian - Translation by 5gorets @ http://www.5gorsk.su/
  • Hindi
  • Thai

The plugin configures automatically all the Open Graph Meta tags you need in your HTML header:

  • og:site_name
  • og:title
  • og:type
  • og:description
  • og:url
  • og:image (configured in the Settings)
  • fb:admins (configured in the Settings)
  • fb:app_id (configured in the Settings)
  • fb:page_id (configured in the Settings)

All other Open Graph options are available:

  • og:latitude
  • og:longitude
  • og:street-address
  • og:locality
  • og:region
  • og:postal-code
  • og:country-name
  • og:email
  • og:phone_number
  • og:fax_number
  • og:type

Visit the Like Plugin Homepage for more information.