Comments on: How to Add Facebook Like Button in WordPress

By: Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:08:19 +0000

Post loop is the code which says while have posts, the post etc. You want to post this code before the endwhile;

By: Fran Dorf

Fran Dorf — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:23:31 +0000

Where do I find the “post loop” in the single.php file? I’ve tried pasting your code in various places and nothing happens!!!

By: wpbeginner

wpbeginner — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:40:20 +0000

your code is right… it seems like that its some sort of FB glitch that its not recording your likes.

By: Tierney

Tierney — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:44:50 +0000

sorry. I tried posting my code but showed up as that WP beginner. My apologies

By: Tierney

Tierney — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:41:46 +0000

Hi, I posted the code on my site and it worked. However, the friend icon is not staying. When i refresh the page, the friend icon disappears. I want all of the friend that clicked the like button to remain so I would know who clicked the like button. I need their names for the prize drawing. Can you help? Here is my code:http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=ID)); ?>&layout=standard&show_faces=true;width=450&action=like&colorscheme=light” scrolling=”no” frameborder=”20″ allowTransparency=”true” style=”border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:60px”>

By: Megan at Fiterature

Megan at Fiterature — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:11:42 +0000

Hi – this is not working for me. I copy and pasted exactly what is above into my single.php section. I am using the Twenty Eleven theme. When I Update File and then check my website…no Like button. What am I missing?

By: wpbeginner

wpbeginner — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:18:55 +0000

@papayacansada where it says href in the code. Replace the php code with your site domain.

By: papayacansada

papayacansada — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:17:22 +0000

I’ve been having some headaches with this thing, all I want is a facebook like button on the homepage, I got that but the problem is that when the button is clicked it will like the most recent post and not the main page, after many attempts at the moment I have the code outside the loop, in the header so it displays pretty much everywhere, it seems that even this way when I’m on a single page the button work as supposed and likes go to the single post, my concern is the main page, I need it to like mydomain.com and not the latest post when I’m on the homepage.

By: jenniferdoser

jenniferdoser — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:41:29 +0000

I’m using the XFBML way and I’m still not quite there. I think the main issue is that when I first activated the plugin, I used my business page Facebook ID instead of my personal ID. I’ve since updated the ID, but I still get an error when I like a post:The app ID “73464248836″ specified within the “fb:app_id” meta tag was invalid.This is my business page ID. I tried deleting the plugin and starting from scratch, but that’s not working. How can I get WP to recognize the new ID?

By: wpbeginner

wpbeginner — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:12:05 +0000

@jenniferdoser Ok first, you need to follow the XFBML way if you want insights, and the dropdown message box on the like buttons.Then follow this tutorial:http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-get-facebook-insights-for-your-wordpress-site/