Title: Recommend
Author: mattlitzinger
Published: <strong>May 6, 2021</strong>
Last modified: March 20, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
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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# Recommend

 By [mattlitzinger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattlitzinger/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/recommend.zip)

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 * [Reviews](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/recommend/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/recommend/#developers)

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## Description

#### Features

 * Give users a “like” action on posts
 * Display the like count on a post
 * Custom label text for like count
 * Disable label text for count site-wide
 * Choose between a “Thumbs Up” or a “Heart” icon
 * Limit like action to specific post types
 * Disable plugin CSS or add custom styling rules

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.

If you’d rather display the like count in your template files, use the below code:

    ```
    <?php 
        if( function_exists('wp_recommend_show_likes') ) 
            wp_recommend_show_likes(); 
    ?>
    ```

### Shortcodes

The following shortcode will display the like count on any post.

    ```
    [recommend-likes]  
    ```

The following shortcode will display a list of most liked posts. There are two optional
parameters to fine tune the displayed results: `post_type` and `posts_per_page`.
The default values for these parameters are shown in the example below.

    ```
    [recommend-liked-posts post_type="post" posts_per_page="5"]
    ```

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Recommend” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ mattlitzinger ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattlitzinger/)

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### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 0.6.3

_Release Date: August 9th, 2022_

 * Updated to support WordPress 6.0.1 release
 * Fixes:
    - Added `in_the_loop()` and `is_main_query()` conditionals for displaying like
      count after post content

#### 0.6.2

_Release Date: January 25rd, 2022_

 * Updated to support WordPress 5.9 release

#### 0.6.1

_Release Date: June 3rd, 2021_

 * Fixes:
    - Fixed issue w/ disabled admin field

#### 0.6

_Release Date: June 3rd, 2021_

 * Changes:
    - Renamed shortcodes (breaking change)
    - Updated Readme to include clearer set up instructions
    - General code cleanup (commments/spacing)
 * New features:
    - Admin field to show/hide like count after the content for all posts
    - Admin field to define included post types

#### 0.5

_Release Date: May 6th, 2021_

 * Initial beta release.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.6.2**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.2.9**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recommend/)
 * Tags
 * [heart](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/heart/)[like](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/like/)
   [recommend](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/recommend/)[thumbs-up](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/thumbs-up/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://kea.wordpress.org/plugins/recommend/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ mattlitzinger ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattlitzinger/)

## Support

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