I Recommend This Plugin

“I Recommend This” allows your visitors to effortlessly like or recommend your posts with a single click, making it easier for them to show their appreciation without leaving a comment. Enhance your site’s engagement by providing a simple, user-friendly way for readers to interact with your content.

Features:

• Display a counter for likes/recommendations.
• Widget and shortcode to display the most liked posts.
• Choose between a “Thumbs Up” or “Heart” icon.
• Prevents multiple votes from the same user via cookies and IP address tracking.
• View and sort posts by likes in the post edit page.

Advanced Options:

• Hide the counter if the count is zero.
• Customize messages for zero, one, or multiple likes.
• Disable plugin CSS for custom styling.
• Option to disable IP address saving to comply with GDPR.

Shortcodes:

• [irecommendthis] – Add the voting link to any page.
• [irecommendthis_top_posts post_type='post' container='div' number='10' year='2023' monthnum='7'] – Display most recommended posts.

This plugin is based exactly on Benoit “LeBen” Burgener’s “I Like This” Plugin and has been modified after getting requests for the changes I had made on my website.

If you love the plugin, please consider rating it and clicking on “it works” button.

Example Sites Using the Plugin:

• Flat UI Design Gallery

For Developers:

This plugin is being developed on GitHub.. If you want to collaborate, please look at I Recommend This plugin on GitHub.

Translations

You can help translate this plugin into your language using your WordPress.org account.

1. Upload the Plugin Files

   • Download the i-recommend-this plugin zip file from the WordPress plugin repository.
   • Unzip the downloaded file.
   • Using an FTP client, upload the entire i-recommend-this folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory on your WordPress server.

2. Activate the Plugin

   • Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
   • Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins.
   • Locate I Recommend This in the list and click the Activate link.

3. Configure Plugin Settings

   • After activation, click on Settings under the I Recommend This plugin name on the plugins page or navigate to Settings > I Recommend This.
   • Configure the settings as per your requirements, including display options, text suffixes, and styles.

4. Display the Recommend/Like Button

   • By default, the recommend/like button is added to the bottom of individual posts.
   • To display the recommend/like button in a custom location, add the following code to your theme template files (e.g., single.php):

5. Use Shortcodes

   • To display the recommend/like button on any page or post, use the [irecommendthis] shortcode.
   • To display the most recommended posts, use the [irecommendthis_top_posts] shortcode with customizable attributes. Example:
     [irecommendthis_top_posts post_type=’post’ container=’div’ number=’10’ year=’2023′ monthnum=’7′]

6. Display the Most Recommended Posts

   • To display the most recommended posts in your theme templates, use the following code:
     <?php if ( function_exists( 'irecommendthis' ) ) echo do_shortcode( "[irecommendthis_top_posts container='div' post_type='post' number='10' year='2023' monthnum='7']" ); ?>

7. Add the Most Recommended Posts Widget

   • The plugin includes a widget to display the most recommended posts.
   • To add the widget:
     1. Go to Appearance > Widgets in the WordPress admin dashboard.
     2. Locate the Most Recommended Posts widget in the list of available widgets.
     3. Drag the widget to the desired widget area (e.g., sidebar, footer).
     4. Configure the widget settings, including the title, number of posts to display, and other options.
     5. Click Save to add the widget to your site.

1. 

   The settings panel where you can configure the plugin.

2. 

   Example of the like/recommend button on a post.

3. 

   Displaying the most liked posts using the widget.

3.10.2

• Fix: Template tag not outputting the recommend link

3.10.1

• Fix: Correct post ID parsing in AJAX request to ensure proper recommendation handling

3.10.0

• Security update
• Code Refactor
• Added Block

3.9.1

Fixes multiple security issues

3.9.1

• Security update