Yeah only a complete geek would do a Facebook Like Button WordPress plugin review… erm OK yes that describes me a bit. Still if you want more readers {than your current readers) like your stuff – and have a nice big link for their Facebook friends to come find you quickly and easily, then you should be whacking one of these babies on your WordPress blog.
Here’s a little info on my experience putting a button on some of my blogs. Of course results may vary for you due to your templates and hacks so make sure you test if yours don’t look like mine.
Facebook Like
Facebook Like 2.6.0
Installing – easy no issues via the internal WordPress plugin installer
Configuring - Easy for tech savvy person
Likes - iframe based so no hit on the seo of the content page
Dislike – Supposedly only a 40px default height frame size, but broke out to 400 causing large gap at the top of posts
The Facebook Like Button (Beta)
The Facebook Like Button (Beta)
Installing – Erm yes well…it said it installed and is in the plugin list. But where is the configuration area for it (I evenm checked in the widgets !) And it didn’t magically appear on any posts
Configuration – well none, cos i can’t find it
Like – the adventure of Beta testing
Dislikes – The paranoid thought I had just done something stupid to my blog by attempting to install this one
Verdict - Uninstall
Facebook Like Button for WordPress
Facebook Like Button for WordPress 1.0.2
Installing – Easy via internal wordpress install
Configure – Easy and slightly manually configurable
Likes - it will work out of the box for most people
Dislikes – The broken wrap around look at the top of the post (and the not so subtle Christian advertising on configure page)
Verdict – I use this one on another blog as it was the first one I could get to work
Facebook Like 0.5
Install – easy
Configure – none! I nearly uninstalled right then and there but I remembered the notes saying “bottom of post” so I checked and sure enough on the front page there were buttons at the bottom of the page
Likes – well that was easy and on the writer’s blog the button looks great
Dislikes – formatting is all wrong on my blog. Appears only on the front page posts, not in individual post. No configuration to make top of post
WP Facebook Like Plugin
WP Facebook Like Plugin
Install – Easy
Configure – Easy and has the things I NEED. Can alter width and height of box so there is no annoying break out. Can change font , cute!
Likes – Configurability (made up word) and that it works!
Dislikes – not sure what the Locale thing is for and too lazy to look it up Update: Marco (plugin author) dropped by in comments to explain locale is for default language for the button display – cool!
Verdict – Going on all my blogs














