Like a Post? Well Then, “Like” It!
Starting today you’ll notice a new feature at the bottom of all WordPress.com blog posts. We’ve enabled a “Like” button, which, when clicked, shows a Gravatar image for all the bloggers who like a post.
When you “like” a post two core things happen. First, the blog post’s author sees your “like” and can click-through to your Gravatar profile. Second, clicking “like” saves the post in your homepage dashboard (in the “Posts I Like” section), so you can share it with others, or just keep it around for future reference. If you’re interested in keeping track of how many likes your own blog posts are receiving, there’s a new “like count” column on the “Posts > Edit Post” screen. This will show you the total like count on each of your posts, right next to the total comment count.
We’re hoping this will be an awesome new way to discover other interesting bloggers, and start new conversations with people who — literally! — like you. If you haven’t updated your Gravatar profile yet, now would be a great time to upload a picture, a link to your blog, and any other details. Editing your profile is easy, just remember that all of your profile information is public.
If you’d prefer not to display likes on any of your blog posts we’ve provided an option to turn them off under “Appearance > Extras.” You can still enable or disable likes selectively on individual posts through the “Show likes on this post” checkbox when editing or writing a new post.
To help you get fully up to speed, check out the new support document on the likes system.
Update:
To turn off the Like button you will now need to go into Settings > Sharing. You can read more about this move here.
Posted: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 at 8:44 pm. Filed in New Features, WordPress.com.
Tags: Features, gravatar, likes
Aug 4th at 10:55 am
Love your blog and the theme you chose. i would like to make my private blog like yours
Aug 4th at 10:59 am
Nice job guys! And I can’t wait to see more new features!!!
Aug 4th at 11:14 am
I love that idea…sometimes people just want the click of a button! Thanks for sharing.
Aug 4th at 11:18 am
I Love Your WordPress T-Shirt… I Want One, Its Awesome!
Aug 4th at 4:07 pm
Thanks! It’s actually a hoody, you can get one at http://shop.wordpress.net/ once the new site is finished.
Aug 4th at 11:29 am
nice!
Aug 4th at 11:31 am
Doesn’t appear on my blog!
Aug 4th at 4:04 pm
I’ve just checked your blog and I see the button above the comments section of your blog posts.
Aug 4th at 11:41 am
I really like this like it
Aug 4th at 11:46 am
Figata..
Aug 4th at 11:59 am
I’m sorry but I don’t really understand it. It’s good, that there’s a way to save the posts I like. But for me it’s also very interesting, how many people liked my posts. And … by the way … I’m not visiting the wordpress.com-site very often. Therefore it would be great to get the Likes into the WP-Admin-Window. Like “Articles”, “Links” or “Sites”, there should be “Likes”. A place, very I can see, what I’ve liked, and what other people liked at my blog.
But the idea itself, the Like-Button, is great. I’m looking forward to the time, wenn non-bloggers are able to like it too.
Aug 4th at 4:02 pm
You can see all the posts you have liked in the “Posts I Like” tab on the WordPress.com homepage. To see how many likes all of your blog posts have then go to the edit posts screen in your blog, the like counts are next to the comment counts.
Aug 4th at 12:36 pm
I like the feature (although I wish there were a different word for “like”–thanks to FB overkill). Convenient to be able to have a list of posts I enjoyed without having to try to remember what they were or lose them forever.
Aug 4th at 12:47 pm
It’s good to have this. But one suggestion. It’ll be more useful if ‘like’ button is placed right next to the heading of the post. Because, When posts are split with ‘more’ feature, visitor cannot see the button. Those who know about the wordpress’ like button will only click ‘read the rest of the entry’ link to press the button. But some, who really likes the post by reading up to what they see on page, may not have enough patience to click ‘more’ link so as to press the button. Think about it.
…with thanks.
Aug 4th at 12:50 pm
Yes, a friend is desperately trying to find the “star” right now. It would be really nice if non-Wordpressers people could be allowed to at least see the star. She says the star must be invisible, but she sees people’s faces and want hers there, too! I LOVE the idea that the star is there. Kind of nice to see which blogs have received the most feedback, and I like the placement. I just wish it wasn’t only open to people on WordPress, as many of my subscribers of from Blogger or just plain independents who find me through Facebook.
Aug 4th at 1:05 pm
this sounds like a geat idea, thanks alot!
Aug 4th at 1:07 pm
Thanks.
Aug 4th at 1:53 pm
Cool! I ‘like’ this post!
Aug 4th at 2:00 pm
Like
Aug 4th at 2:07 pm
I love this idea! Thanks.
Aug 4th at 2:34 pm
Me likey!
Aug 4th at 3:28 pm
Personally I’m not thrilled about the continual dumbing down of online discourse to “like” and “unlike” buttons … before you know it, there will be a whole array of buttons for a variety of programmed responses, and no one will be saying anything of any real value.
Get beyond “liking” something and let the blogger know how you really feel.
Aug 4th at 3:41 pm
Nice article, Thanx
Aug 4th at 3:53 pm
i like this! nice one.
Aug 4th at 4:01 pm
Thank you for having fixed the position of the button in the Tarski theme.
Concerning this feature I am not sure how often I will use it.
Aug 4th at 4:57 pm
Hum…happy to see this feature…will prove helpful in discovering new and interesting stuff people post…but would have been great if WP were to innovate some thing themselves instead of simply following FB concept…
Aug 4th at 5:03 pm
Good Idea.
Aug 4th at 5:27 pm
a truly nifty idea, thanks blokes
Aug 4th at 5:45 pm
It took me a while to figure it out. Now, I have to go and “like” some posts.
Aug 4th at 5:50 pm
You guys really need to make a Facebook like button.
Aug 4th at 5:53 pm
Nice feature – but – the only way to reveal the “like” button is to open the comments. The button should be available whether comments are open or not. Just my opinion… – Jeff
Aug 4th at 6:06 pm
The like button should always be visible and it’s most likely the theme you are using that is hiding the button. Could you test another theme and see if that fixes it? Thanks.
Aug 4th at 7:27 pm
Is there option to choose for its placement? ie. “in front of page/post” instead of “above comment” this way people don’t have to click the post to see the gravatar.
Aug 4th at 8:39 pm
Not at the moment no.
Aug 4th at 7:36 pm
Nice! I’ve been waiting for something like this.
Aug 4th at 7:55 pm
I may or may not use this because, like the ratings option, it gets depressing when few people reply, and it shows other readers how relatively unpopular you are.
I have several years’ worth of posts. Is there any way to see a list of just those posts that have been “liked,” rather than scrolling through ALL your posts looking for those with numbers in the “Likes” column (since the column headers don’t sort)? In other words, is there a “Likes” report function for the blog administrator?
Aug 4th at 8:40 pm
There isn’t right now, but that’s something we’ll look into adding.
Aug 4th at 7:59 pm
Great
Thanks!!
Aug 4th at 8:06 pm
this is a great idea!!!!!!!!1
Aug 4th at 8:08 pm
Nice feature! Thanks.
Aug 4th at 8:54 pm
cool, when will we have “follow this blog” button like blogspot.com has?
Aug 5th at 7:03 am
We’re looking into options like this.
Aug 4th at 9:19 pm
Sweet
Aug 4th at 9:58 pm
I like that very much !
Aug 4th at 9:59 pm
Liked that 8)
Aug 4th at 10:23 pm
Very Cool, and what about FB ? :-/
Aug 4th at 11:45 pm
Hi. Nice one! thanks!
Aug 4th at 11:49 pm
Thanks, but… Can you possibly tinker this so we could have the CHOICE of using the like facility to show only the number of likes? I would rather not have the visual junk of all those gravatars (yes, I’m being wildly optimistic I’ll get some of these things).
Aug 5th at 12:54 am
WOOT WOOT!!!! Wonderful idea!!!!
Aug 5th at 1:02 am
WordPress is getting better and better!
Aug 5th at 1:17 am
This is a good feature. Thank you.
Aug 5th at 1:46 am
VERY cool!
Aug 5th at 2:21 am
i really like the like button, and love the re-blog feature attached to it. But i’ve been having problems lately with the like button not working. I will click it. nothing happens. i will close the tabe, and then open it again in a new tabe, and the like sticks.
Aug 5th at 7:00 am
Could you contact support and explain the problem in detail please?
Aug 5th at 2:47 am
JOY. This sounds like a cool feature
Aug 5th at 3:23 am
I like it and I have it.
Thank you.
Aug 5th at 3:24 am
two thumbs up!
Aug 5th at 3:37 am
This Is Freaking Awesome!
Good Job!
Aug 5th at 3:37 am
postingan yang bagus,,,
syukron..!!!
Aug 5th at 3:40 am
Theres no “Edit Post screen”!!!
Aug 5th at 6:58 am
In your blog dashboard click on the top level “Posts” menu. You should see a list of your posts and the number of likes in the second to last column.
Aug 5th at 3:54 am
love it
Aug 5th at 4:04 am
Love that idea….
Aug 5th at 4:11 am
Wow this is great! Like it :p
Aug 5th at 4:49 am
I love word press… very thoughtful…
Aug 5th at 4:49 am
how this use? thanks
Aug 5th at 4:50 am
Sounds great!!!
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Aug 5th at 4:51 am
can we have the Like button in blue colour instead of yellow colour with a star? example : http://www.blogtap.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/facebook-like.jpg
and i would like to request for a RETWEET button too..hope it can be considered. thanks!
Aug 5th at 5:42 am
nice ….
Aug 5th at 6:07 am
Wonderful …yery cool
Aug 5th at 6:19 am
Liking the like button.. In fact I am loving it.
Aug 5th at 7:19 am
Yay! Like this! ^__^
Aug 5th at 7:37 am
Cool new feature.
But the like button should also appear in the blog under each post, not just single posts! Because some are so short that don’t need the user to open them in a separate post page!
Aug 5th at 7:44 am
This is very ‘like’able as sometimes we only want to say “I like”, although there’s nothing which could totally replace a valued comment.
Aug 5th at 8:01 am
So cute! Just like facebook!
Aug 5th at 9:50 am
I like the “LIKE”
Aug 5th at 9:55 am
Do I miss something or is it has to be right that ? I just see the “Like” button while I’m log-in into my account. When I’m logging out, I can’t find the button anywhere
Aug 5th at 5:36 pm
The like button is for logged in WordPress.com users only.
Aug 17th at 11:57 pm
The “Like” button is for sharing posts among WordPress.com users. It will be visible only when you’re logged in
Aug 5th at 10:27 am
super idea!!!
Aug 5th at 11:46 am
I like it. I’m new at this and appreciate any help I can get. My blog, http://www.ypalmcoastnow.wordpress.com, is about personal experience in and aroound Palm Coast, Florida.
hugs
Aug 5th at 11:49 am
I just added it to my site. I am liking wordpress.com more and more each day!
Aug 5th at 12:41 pm
My excitement waned when I saw it was only available when people are reading individual posts, not at the main site address and that they have to be logged into WordPress. It’s a step in the right direction, but I’m hoping these things can be addressed.
Aug 5th at 5:34 pm
We’ll continue to tweak and improve it as time goes on.
Aug 5th at 1:05 pm
Great feature. I often don’t have enough of a sentiment to make a meaningful comment. (I didn’t even know about the thumbs up thing others are referring to.) I just wish this was offered on the homepage, not only if you open a specific post.
Either way, it’s a LIKE for me!
Aug 5th at 3:05 pm
How about “Liking” Pages? Hey, don’t short shift Pages! I put a lot of good stuff in my pages and they shouldn’t be overlooked – they need quick comments, too. Just sayin’
Aug 5th at 3:05 pm
Thank God, I’m able to turn the “like” function off.
Aug 5th at 3:24 pm
Nice addition. Thank you
Aug 5th at 3:26 pm
unfortunately only for logged in users only
Aug 5th at 3:29 pm
great idea thanks a ton
Aug 5th at 4:07 pm
Love it, Like it, Thank you!
Aug 5th at 4:08 pm
Wow! I like the “LIKE” button…keep it up….
Aug 5th at 4:50 pm
thumbs up
Aug 5th at 5:16 pm
cool!
Aug 5th at 5:21 pm
Good one! You people are innovative like Google. I LIKE this!!
Aug 5th at 6:35 pm
Good, very good. keep it on.
Aug 5th at 7:10 pm
that`s really Kool!!