Applause
💬 Ask Question | 📧 Email Me Add an applause/like/upvote button to your content. Click counts are stored in your WordPress database. Votes are tracked by hashed IP address. By default, an applause button is added to the top and bottom of the post content area, which can easily be styled with CSS. O
💬 Ask Question | 📧 Email Me
Add an applause/like/upvote button to your content. Click counts are stored in your WordPress database. Votes are tracked by hashed IP address.
By default, an applause button is added to the top and bottom of the post content area, which can easily be styled with CSS.
Or use a simple shortcode:
[applause]
Or use a simple shortcode with the following available parameters:
[applause url="https://example.com/" color="purple"]
Or use the direct HTML code:
<div class="applause"><applause-button url="https://example.com/" color="purple"></applause-button></div>
Change the icon color with CSS:
.applause{color:red}
Automatic
- 01From your WordPress Admin, navigate to: Plugins > Add New
- 02Search for: Applause
- 03Install it
- 04Activate it
Manual
- 05Download
- 06Unzip
- 07Upload to /plugins/ folder
- 08Activate
Frequently asked questions.
It’s not showing the full like count?
If you’re using caching plugin like WP Rocket, go to Settings > WP Rocket > Advanced Rules > Never Cache URL and add /wp-json/applause/ . This ensures the like count API responses are always fresh. Other caching plugins will have a similar setting.
