Title: Love Button
Author: Web Guy
Published: 15. Februar 2013
Last modified: 26. Abrëll 2026
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# Love Button
By [Web Guy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webguyio/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/love-button.zip)
* [Details](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/love-button/#description)
* [Reviews](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/love-button/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/love-button/#installation)
* [Development](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/love-button/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/)
## Description
[💬 Ask Question](https://github.com/webguyio/love/issues) | [📧 Email Me](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/love-button/webguywork@gmail.com?output_format=md)
Replacement for the Facebook Like button.
By default, a love button is added to the bottom of the post content area, which
can easily be styled with CSS.
Or use a simple shortcode:
```
[love]
```
Or use a simple shortcode with the following available parameter:
```
[love url="https://example.com/"]
```
Or use the direct HTML code (with additional [configuration options](https://github.com/webguyio/love)):
```
```
## Installation
**Automatic**
* From your WordPress Admin, navigate to: **Plugins** > **Add New**
* Search for: **Love Button**
* Install it
* Activate it
**Manual**
* Download
* Unzip
* Upload to /plugins/ folder
* Activate
## FAQ
### Why does the Love Button exist?
Like/love/upvote/favorite/thumbs up buttons are ubiquitous across social media,
YouTube, and blogs, but most of them are proprietary and locked-in to that one website.
The Facebook Like button was a major exception and genius marketing on Meta’s part,
as they made it centralized and work universally everywhere. Genius, because this
furthered their agenda to spy on people and collect their data.
I looked far and wide to find a privacy-friendly alternative, and quite frankly,
there really wasn’t anything good, at least nothing that lasted, so I made my own.
### Are likes private?
Yes, at least as private as they possibly can be for centrally-hosted like counts.
That said, while I don’t personally collect any data beyond the URLs and like counts,
Cloudflare (which hosts the API and database) probably [collects some additional data internally](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/).
## Reviews
### [Magnificent looks, and works great.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/magnificent-looks-and-works-great/)
[Emilio Lejit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emiliolejit/) 8. Januar 2024
Magnificent looks, and works great.
[ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Love Button” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Web Guy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webguyio/)
[Translate “Love Button” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/love-button)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/love-button/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/love-button/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/love-button/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/love-button/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 0.3
* Added [official website](https://bttn.love/)
#### 0.2
* Moved to a new service for storing like counts
#### 0.1
* New
## Meta
* Version **0.3**
* Last updated **1 Mount ago**
* Active installations **60+**
* WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.9.4**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/love-button/)
* Tags
* [button](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/button/)[like](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/like/)
[love](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/love/)[upvote](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/upvote/)
[vote](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/vote/)
* [Advanced View](https://ltz.wordpress.org/plugins/love-button/advanced/)
## Ratings
4 out of 5 stars.
* [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/reviews/?filter=1)
[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/reviews/#new-post)
[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/reviews/)
## Contributors
* [ Web Guy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webguyio/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/love-button/)
## Donate
Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?
[ Donate to this plugin ](https://webguy.io/donate)