Just Likes and Dislikes

FAQ

What does this plugin do ?

This plugin provides the ability to add the like and dislike buttons for WordPress native posts, pages and comments.

I have enabled the plugin but like and dislike icons are not being displayed. What may be the reason ?

The plugin uses the_content filter to append like and dislike icons . So if your active theme’s posts template doesn’t use the_content filter to display posts content then the plugin won’t be able to display like and dislike icons.

You can still use the plugin, but you’ll have to add some custom code to your theme (see custom function above) to support it.

Is there any hooks available to extend the plugin ?

There are a few available to add new default icon template options, see the code for details.

I want to display in the post detail template. Do you have a custom function?

We do have a shortcode [just_likes_and_dislikes] which can also be used as custom function through <?php echo do_shortcode('[just_likes_and_dislikes]');?>

How do I migrate from Posts Like Dislike and Comments Like Dislike?

There is no built in migration tool at this time, however if you have access to your SQL server (probably phpMyAdmin), you can run some simply queries to migrate the data. To do so, do the following steps:

*** WARNING: The following steps are destructive and a one time process. ***

1. Disable Posts Like Dislikes, Comments Like Dislike, and Just Likes and Dislikes.
2. Remove the Posts Like Dislikes and Comments Like Dislike plugins from WordPress.

3. Login to your SQL server and run the following SQL queries:
   DELETE FROMwp_commentmetaWHEREmeta_keyLIKE 'jlad_%';
UPDATEwp_commentmetaSETmeta_key= REPLACE(meta_key`, ‘cld_’, ‘jlad_’);

   DELETE FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key LIKE ‘jlad_%’;
   UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_key = REPLACE(meta_key, ‘pld_’, ‘jlad_’);
   `

4. Enable Just Likes and Dislikes.

This above will do two things:
– remove any existing Just Likes and Dislikes data from the database so there are no conflicts with the old data.
– rename the Posts Like Dislike and Comments Like Dislike data to Just Likes and Dislikes data, making it available to only Just Likes and Dislikes.

If you want to go back to Post Likes Dislikes and Comments Likes Dislikes, you can reverse the process:

1. Disable Posts Like Dislikes, Comments Like Dislike, and Just Likes and Dislikes.
2. Remove the Just Likes and Dislikes plugin from WordPress.

3. Login to your SQL server and run the following SQL queries:
   DELETE FROMwp_commentmetaWHEREmeta_keyLIKE 'cld_%';
UPDATEwp_commentmetaSETmeta_key= REPLACE(meta_key`, ‘jlad_’, ‘cld_’);

   DELETE FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key LIKE ‘pld_%’;
   UPDATE wp_postmeta SET meta_key = REPLACE(meta_key, ‘jlad_’, ‘pld_’);
   `

4. Enable Posts Like Dislikes and Comments Like Dislike.

If there are enough requests I can add this feature to the plugin.