BestWebSoft's Like & Share – Posts, Pages and Widget Social Extension plugin for WordPress

November 27, 2023

BestWebSoft's Like & Share – Posts, Pages and Widget Social Extension plugin for WordPress Plugin

Add Facebook Follow, Like, and Share buttons to WordPress posts, pages, and widgets.

Like & Share plugin is the best social media solution which adds Follow, Like, and Share buttons to your WordPress website posts, pages or widgets. This is a great way to receive positive feedback from your visitors, earn media exposure, and consumer validation for your brand.

Customize the appearance, configure settings and enable other advanced options to get more social traffic to your website and keep your visitors involved!

View Demo

Free Features

Add buttons for Facebook such as:
- Like
- Share
- Follow
Сhange Facebook App ID
Change color scheme for Share button
Select layout for Like and Share buttons:
- Standard
- Box count
- Button count
- Button
Select buttons
- Position:
  - Before content
  - After content
  - Before and after
  - Custom position (using shortcode)
- Align:
  - Right
  - Left
  - Center
Disable Meta Tags
Compatible with Multilanguage (current website language detection)
Choose Like button action – like or recommend
Use a standard Follow button image or replace it with custom one
Compatible with latest WordPress version
Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code
Detailed step-by-step documentation and videos
Multilingual and RTL ready

Pro Features
All features from Free version included plus:
Display buttons for Facebooks for certain pages and/or post types
Display the widget with the most liked posts
Add buttons for Facebook such as:
Feed
Select tabs for Feed:
Timeline
Events
Messages
Сhange meta tags:
Image
Description
Statistics list with:
Page with Facebook buttons
Like count
Share count
Follow count
Enable like option for:
Entire website
Single pages
Buttons for Facebook preview
Add custom code via plugin settings page
Configure all subsites on the network
Get answer to your support question within one business day (Support Policy)
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If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! Suggest a Feature

Documentation & Videos

Help & Support

Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help — https://support.bestwebsoft.com/

Affiliate Program

Earn 20% commission by selling the premium WordPress plugins and themes by BestWebSoft — https://bestwebsoft.com/affiliate/

Translation

Czech (cs_CZ) (thanks to Michal Kučera www.n0lim.it)
Finnish (fi_FI) (thanks to Juhani Honkanen)
French (fr_FR) (thanks to Murat)
Indonesian (id_ID) (thanks to Nasrulhaq, www.al-badar.net)
Hungarian (hu_HU) (thanks to Peter Aprily www.aprily.com)
Russian (ru_RU)
Spanish (es_ES) (thanks to Africa Boleko www.markekimika.es)
Turkish (tr_TR) (thanks to Can Atasever)
Ukrainian (uk)

Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send the text of PO and MO files to BestWebSoft and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO files Poedit.

Recommended Plugins

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BestWebSoft’s LinkedIn – Add LinkedIn Share and Follow buttons to WordPress posts, pages and widgets. 5 plugins included – profile, insider, etc.
Multilanguage – Translate WordPress website content to other languages manually. Create multilingual pages, posts, widgets, menus, etc.
BestWebSoft’s Pinterest – Add Pinterest Follow, Pin It buttons and profile widgets (Pin, Board, Profile) to WordPress posts, pages, and widgets.
BestWebSoft’s Twitter – Add Twitter Follow, Tweet, Hashtag, and Mention buttons to WordPress posts, pages, and widgets.

Installation

Upload the folder facebook-button-plugin to the directory /wp-content/plugins/.
Activate the plugin via the ‘Plugins’ menu in your WordPress admin panel.
You can adjust the necessary settings in your WordPress admin panel – “Like & Share”.

View a Step-by-step Instruction on Like & Share Installation

Screenshots

Displaying buttons for Facebook before your post.
Displaying buttons for Facebook in your post via the shortcode.
Plugin settings page.

FAQ

After the plugin installation and settings adjustment on the settings page, it is still not working

You should click “Save Changes”. Make sure that you got the message “Settings saved”.
Refresh your web page where Like & Share icon should be placed.

How to change Like & Share icon (“Profile URL”)?

In WordPress admin panel, please go to Like & Share settings page and choose one of the listed positions: Default Profile Button Image or Custom Profile Button Image. Then click “Save Changes”.
If you choose Custom Profile Button Image, you can upload your own picture. You should click “Choose file” and choose an image in your folder. Then click “Save Changes”.

How to set Like & Share position on the page?

In WordPress admin panel, please go to Like & Share settings page and choose one of the listed positions: Before content or After content. Then click “Save Changes”.

After clicking Like & Share icon, I see the Facebook Home page instead of the necessary account page

In WordPress admin panel, please go to Like & Share settings page and enter your Facebook ID or username. Then click “Save Changes”.
If you do not have the Facebook account yet, you should create it here. After the account is created, please follow the instructions above.

When people like and/or leave comments to my post, will this be displayed on my Facebook page?

No, it will not. The case is: Like for a WordPress site is a Like of a certain URL, but not the page content, while on Facebook it’s Like of the content, not the URL. I.e. these are two different things, and it is impossible to link them.
For more data on the Like button, please check the developers’ page (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/like-button).

If I install a new version of the plugin, will I lose all the likes I got on the previous version (I mean will they switch to zero on my website?)?

You will not lose them because they are stored on the Facebook server.

I have some problems with the plugin’s work. What Information should I provide to receive proper support?

Please make sure that the problem hasn’t been discussed yet on our forum (https://support.bestwebsoft.com). If no, please provide the following data along with your problem’s description:
– The link to the page where the problem occurs
– The name of the plugin and its version. If you are using a pro version – your order number.
– The version of your WordPress installation
– Copy and paste into the message your system status report. Please read more here: Instruction on System Status

Changelog

V2.74 – 24.11.2023

All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.4.
Bug with password protected pages has been fixed.

V2.73 – 15.02.2022

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.1.1
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : Feed option is updated for shortcode.

V2.72 – 21.07.2022

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 6.0.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : Some languages problems were resolved.
Update : Friend Faces function has been deleted as outdated.
NEW : App Secret field has been added.
PRO : Feed option has been added.

V2.71 – 05.07.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.8.1
NEW : Video User Guide has been added.
PRO : The issue with fancytree has been fixed.

V2.70 – 02.07.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.7.2
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

V2.69 – 14.01.2021

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.6
PRO: Statistics on the number of ‘likes’, ‘share’ and ‘Profile URL’ has been added.

V2.68 – 26.08.2020

Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.5.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Bugfix : Button intermittently showing/not showing has been fixed.

V2.67 – 06.05.2020

Bugfix : The compatibility with Graph API v6.0 has been fixed.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

V2.66 – 17.02.2020

Bugfix : Problem with showing Like button was fixed.

V2.65 – 15.01.2020

Update : Plugin was renamed.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 5.3.2.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

V2.64 – 04.09.2019

Update : The deactivation feedback has been changed. Misleading buttons have been removed.

V2.63 – 08.08.2019

Update : Plugin renamed.

V2.62 – 28.03.2019

PRO: Ability to displayi the posts with the greatest number of Facebook likes has been added.
Update : All functionality was updated for WordPress 5.1.1.

V2.61 – 15.01.2019

NEW: Ability to disable Meta Tags has been added.
NEW: Ability to enable buttons for Facebook for archives has been added.

V2.60 – 26.11.2018

Bugfix: The compatibility with Custom Admin Page plugin has been fixed.
Bugfix: The compatibility with Graph API v3.2 has been fixed.

V2.59 – 30.05.2018

Bugfix: Bug with incorrect buttons for Facebook displaying has been fixed.
Bugfix: Bug with incorrect buttons for Facebook preview has been fixed.
Bugfix: Compatibility with Graph API v2.12 has been fixed.

V2.58 – 12.03.2018

Bugfix : Bug with incorrect buttons for Facebook displaying has been fixed.

V2.57 – 09.03.2018

NEW : Ability to change buttons align has been added.
NEW : Ability to change Facebook App ID has been added.

V2.56 – 24.01.2018

Bugfix : Compatibility with Multilanguage plugin by BestWebSoft has been fixed.
Update : The Czech language file has been updated.

V2.55 – 20.07.2017

NEW : Ability to choose buttons size has been added.
Update : Default button appearance has been updated.

V2.54 – 06.04.2017

NEW : Czech language file is added.
Bugfix : Bug with incorrect My Page buttons for Facebook link was fixed.

V2.53 – 31.01.2017

Update : The plugin settings page has been updated.

V2.52 – 14.11.2016

Update : Compatibility with Pagination plugin was added.
Pro : Tree of site pages was updated.

V2.51 – 03.10.2016

NEW : Spain language file is added.

V2.50 – 08.08.2016

Update : All functionality for wordpress 4.6 was updated.

V2.49 – 06.07.2016

Update : Images size for meta property ‘og:image’ has been changed.

V2.48 – 06.05.2016

NEW : Ability to add custom styles.
Update : All functionality for wordpress 4.5.1 was updated.

V2.47 – 04.02.2016

Bugfix : The conflict in the RSS feed was fixed.
Update : All functionality for wordpress 4.4.2 was updated.

V2.46 – 30.11.2015

Bugfix : The bug with plugin menu duplicating was fixed.

V2.45 – 05.11.2015

NEW : Hungarian language file is added.

V2.44 – 21.10.2015

NEW : We added ‘Show Faces’ option.
NEW : We added ‘Button layout’ option.
NEW : We added ‘Layout width’ option.
NEW : We added ‘Like button action’ option.
NEW : We added ‘Color scheme’ option.
Update : Textdomain was changed.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.3.1.

V2.43 – 26.08.2015

NEW : Option to display the button in excerpt.

V2.42 – 24.08.2015

Update : We added buttons displaying for the excerpt.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.3.

V2.41 – 16.07.2015

Update : Ability to use the current site language for buttons for Facebook (Using Multilanguage by BestWebSoft).
Bugfix : We fixed the ‘share’ button displaying bug (when the shortcode is used).

V2.40 – 15.06.2015

NEW : Ability to restore settings to defaults.

V2.39 – 18.05.2015

Update : We updated option titles on the Settings page for the convenience of users.
Update : Scripts were placed into a separate js file.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.2.2.

V2.38 – 23.04.2015

Update : Button styles are updated.
NEW : The Finnish language file is added to the plugin.

V2.37 – 31.03.2015

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.1.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

V2.36 – 05.01.2015

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.1.

V2.35 – 13.11.2014

Bugfix : Plugin optimization is done.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

V2.34 – 13.08.2014

Bugfix : Security Exploit was fixed.

V2.33 – 06.08.2014

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 4.0-beta2.
Bugfix : Problem with custom images after updating plugin was fixed.

V2.32 – 19.06.2014

Bugfix : Problem with showing Like button was fixed.

V2.31 – 11.06.2014

NEW : Share button was added.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.9.1.
Bugfix : Problem with switching user was fixed.

V2.30 – 14.04.2014

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.2.

V2.29 – 03.03.2014

Bugfix : Plugin optimization is done.
Update : Plugin tabs is added.

V2.28 – 13.02.2014

NEW : Html5 version of Like button is added.
Update : Screenshots are updated.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.1.
Bugfix : Problem with blinking of Like button is fixed.
Bugfix : Problem with getting wrong thumbnails when putting Like is fixed.
Bugfix : Problem with language of Like button when using shortcode is fixed.

V2.27 – 23.12.2013

NEW : The French language file is added to the plugin.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.8.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

V2.26 – 28.11.2013

NEW : We added posibility to add images with png extension as custom image for My Page button.
Update : New default image for the My Page button.
Update : The Indonesian language file is added to the plugin.
Update : We updated our screenshots.

V2.25 – 06.11.2013

Bugfix : Problem with styles is fixed.

V2.24 – 31.10.2013

NEW : Add checking installed wordpress version.
Update : Activation of radio button or checkbox by clicking on its label.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.7.1.
Bugfix : Problem with undefined variable post_ID for multisite fixed.

V2.23 – 02.10.2013

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.6.1.
Update : The Ukrainian language file is added to the plugin.

V2.22 – 04.09.2013

Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.6.
Update : Function for displaying BWS plugins section placed in a separate file and has own language files.

V2.21 – 18.07.2013

NEW : Added an ability to view and send system information by mail.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.5.2.

V2.20 – 27.05.2013

Bugfix : The error related to creation the path to the buttons for Facebook image is fixed.
Update : BWS plugins section is updated.

V2.19 – 17.04.2013

NEW : The English language is updated in the plugin.

V2.18 – 22.03.2013

Bugfix : The bug of displaying icons in the admin menu is fixed.

V2.17 – 04.03.2013

NEW : The Ukrainian language file is added to the plugin.

V2.16 – 01.03.2013

Update : We updated CSS file.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.5.1.

V2.15 – 20.12.2012

NEW : The Persian and Serbian language files are added to the plugin.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.5.

V2.14 – 24.07.2012

NEW : The Arabic language file is added to the plugin.
Bugfix : Cross Site Request Forgery bug is fixed.

V2.13 – 10.07.2012

NEW : The Hebrew language file is added to the plugin.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.4.1.

V2.12 – 29.06.2012

Bugfix : The bug with saved ‘sortcode option is fixed.

V2.11 – 27.06.2012

NEW : A possibility to change language for Like button.
Update : We updated all functionality for wordpress 3.4.

V2.10 – 04.04.2012

NEW : A possibility to turn off the display of the buttons.
NEW : The Turkish language file is added to the plugin.
Bugfix : The bug with upload custom image for button is fixed.

V2.09 – 12.03.2012

Changed : BWS plugins section.

V2.08 – 24.02.2012

NEW : The Spanish language file is added to the plugin.
Change : Code that is used to connect styles and scripts is added to the plugin for correct SSL verification.

V2.07 – 02.01.2012

Changed : BWS plugins section.

V2.06 – 27.12.2011

NEW : Language files are added to the plugin.
NEW : Style for BestWebSoft Like & Share block is added.

V2.05 – 23.08.2011

Bugfix : Redirect to profile page bug is fixed.

V2.04 – 22.08.2011

Bugfix : BWS Plugin’s menu section was fixed and right now it is consisted of 3 parts: activated, installed and recommended plugins.
Bugfix : The bug of positioning in admin menu is fixed.
Changed : BestWebSoft Like & Share plugin functionality was changed in connection with the change of Facebook API.

V2.03 – 14.07.2011

Changed : BWS Plugin’s menu sections was fixed and right now it is consisted of 2 parts: installed and recommended plugins.
Bugfix : Displaying of the icons is fixed.

V2.02

The bug with the link to the settings page is fixed in this version.

V2.01

Usability at the settings page of the plugin was improved.

V1

Ability to install BestWebSoft Like & Share icon with a link to the account page, including settings adjustment functionality via WordPress admin panel.