WP like button (ajax)

An ajax like button for Wordpress that can be used anywhere you want.

We have received a few questions about how we made the like button on Draft.im so I decided to make it available on Github. It's a Wordpress function that stores the IP address of those who like a post, post or custom post type post in a metabox. Simple yet effective.

Include the php files

note: these should be included in the functions.php

   <?php
   include_once('inc/like-metabox.php');
   include_once('inc/like-post.php');
   ?>

Enqueue the js file

note: this also has to be added to the functions.php file, if there's already a "wp_enqueue_scripts" present just add the script to that function

<?php
function enqueue_js_files() {

   wp_register_script( 'like-post', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/like-post.js', array('jquery') ,false,'1.0',true);
   wp_enqueue_script( 'like-post' );

}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_js_files' );
?>

Show the like link

Make the like button show up in the front-end in it's most basic form, when the button has been clicked the js adds or removes the class "liked"

<a class="like" rel="<?php echo $post->ID; ?>"><?php echo likeCount($post->ID); ?> likes</a>

Show the metabox on multiple post types

Simply add new ones to the array and the metabox will show up on those pages. Just don't forget to add the like button/link in the front-end

// You can find this on line 9 in the like-metabox.php file
$show_on = array('post', 'pets');