How to Add the Facebook Like Button to Your WordPress posts


Here is how to get the new facebook like button integrated into your wordpress blog

1. Go to : http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like

2. Open up your theme editor and copy paste this next to the post title or under your content

<iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=<?php the_permalink() ?>&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show-faces=false&amp;width=200&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″ allowTransparency=”true” style=”border:none; overflow:hidden; width:200px; height:25px”></iframe>

Note: make sure its in the loop

Thats it! hope you like it!

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 2 Responses to “How to Add the Facebook Like Button to Your WordPress posts”

  1. Bottomless says:
    April 27, 2010 at 3:26 am

    Here’s the WordPress plugin:
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/like
    No coding necessary, you can customize the look and placement of the button in the settings interface

  2. admin says:
    April 27, 2010 at 7:35 am

    Thanks Bottomless for your help

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