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\ud83d\udcac Ask Question<\/a> | \ud83d\udce7 Email Me<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Add an applause\/like\/upvote button to your content. Click counts are stored in your WordPress database. Votes are tracked by hashed IP address.<\/p>\n\n

By default, an applause button is added to the top and bottom of the post content area, which can easily be styled with CSS.<\/p>\n\n

Or use a simple shortcode:<\/p>\n\n

[applause]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
Or use a simple shortcode with the following available parameters:<\/p>\n\n
[applause url=\"https:\/\/example.com\/\" color=\"purple\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
Or use the direct HTML code:<\/p>\n\n
<div class=\"applause\"><applause-button url=\"https:\/\/example.com\/\" color=\"purple\"><\/applause-button><\/div>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
Change the icon color with CSS:<\/p>\n\n
.applause{color:red}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n
Automatic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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  • From your WordPress Admin, navigate to: Plugins<\/strong> > Add New<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Search for: Applause<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Install it<\/li>\n
  • Activate it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
    Manual<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
      \n
    • Download<\/li>\n
    • Unzip<\/li>\n
    • Upload to \/plugins\/ folder<\/li>\n
    • Activate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
      \n
      It's not showing the full like count?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
      If you're using caching plugin like WP Rocket, go to Settings > WP Rocket > Advanced Rules > Never Cache URL<\/strong> and add \/wp-json\/applause\/<\/code>. This ensures the like count API responses are always fresh. Other caching plugins will have a similar setting.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n
      0.2<\/h4>\n\n
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      • Replaced third-party API with local database storage<\/li>\n
      • Simplified to single like\/unlike toggle<\/li>\n
      • Votes tracked by hashed IP address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
        0.1<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • New<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Add an applause\/like\/upvote button to your content.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/148468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148468"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/webguyio"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=148468"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=148468"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=148468"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=148468"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sa.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=148468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}