Are you running your fitness website on Wordpress? I certainly hope so. Have you seen all the blogs and websites lately with those little Facebook like buttons?
Have you been wondering how to get one of your own on your website or blog? Perhaps you read this post – Install a Facebook like button on Thesis themed Wordpress site but you’re not running the Thesis theme.
Casey even commented on how to get a like button without Thesis, so here comes the answer.
Searching the Wordpress plugins database for “Facebook Like” retrieves 176 results as I write this post. This does include certain plugins with Facebook in their description like Sociable and Sharethis (read: Social Bookmarking Wordpress Plugins).
However looking at the first 24 results, each of them is a Facebook like button plugin just like we want. I want to note right away that I do not use any of these plugins, I have installed a like button on Easy Fitness Websites by doing the Thesis theme modification I wrote about before.
Since I have no experience with these plugins, I will offer you the description and rating of each plugin. I am going to post only plugins with a 3 star rating or better (these are user review ratings), and have at least 5 or more reviews. If only 1 person has given it a 5 star rating, that isn’t really conducive to its actual quality.
Lets get started with the plugins.
1. FaceBook Like Button Plugin for Wordpress
The description for this plugin states “The FBLikeButton Plugin for WordPress allows you to configure and display the FaceBook Like Button before and/or after each post and/or page, and whether or not you want the button to appear on your homepage.”
What I like about this description is that you can control the location of the plugin and having it in multiple spots. If you notice, on Easy Fitness Websites the like button is only at the top of individual pages (might change to before and after). However this plugin makes it easy to place it wherever you want.
This plugin has a 3 3/4 star rating, has been downloaded over 5,000 times, and you can get it here: Facebook Like Button Plugin for Wordpress
2. Facebook Like Button Plugin
The description for this plugin states “Add the new Facebook Like Button to your wordpress blog with ease. Fully configurable and customizable to your likings. Configure where you want it to be visible or you can include it on single post with shortcode.”
Not too much detail about this plugin unfortunately, but it does have a star rating of 3 and has been downloaded over 9,000 times. Get it here: Facebook Like Button Plugin
3. Facebook Like Button
The description for this plugin states “Add Facebook Like Button to your wordpress blog with a lot of customization options, And you can preview the settings at real-time in the settings section. Add the button count, or normal by using short cuts [fb_like] [fb_count].”
Again pretty weak on the description, but a 3 star rating and download amount totaling over 15,000. Get it here: Facebook Like Button
4. Like-Button-Plugin-for-Wordpress
The description for this plugin states “This plugin adds a Like-Button after every post/page you choose (you can exclude some IDs. These exlucded IDs will have no Like-Button). The Like-Button-Widget includes a little Like-Button-Generator to make it easier for you to get a Like-Button to your sidebar. It also adds a Shortcode for your like-Button. It is also possible to choose the XFBML or the iframe-Button. You could also choose the position of your like-button within the post/page.”
What I like about this plugin is the shortcode option. This allows you to place the like button anywhere in a post or page. So if you write up a kick butt MMA conditioning post with a Youtube video, you could put the like button right under the video.
This plugin has a 4 star rating and over 3,500 downloads. Get it here: Like-Button-for-Wordpress
So there you have it, a bunch of Facebook like button plugins. Feel free to choose one and let everyone know which you chose and why.
Or if you’re already using one of these, how do you like it?
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Thanks EFW for this. I am gonna try the “FaceBook Like Button Plugin for Wordpress” plugin and will report back.
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