Like Dislike, Star Ratings, Favorites & Post Views & Share – Posts, Comments, Products

Description

Like Dislike, Star Ratings, Favorites & Post Views & Share – Posts, Comments, Products is a lightweight, user-friendly plugin that lets users engage with posts, comments, and WooCommerce products using Like, Dislike, Star Rating, Post View Tracking, and Favorites (wishlist-like system).

Built with performance in mind, the plugin uses AJAX for seamless interaction and offers customization for labels, icon colors, display positions, view counters, tooltips, and more.

⚠️ Note: The product star rating system in this plugin is a custom-built functionality using its own database table, not the default WooCommerce or WordPress rating/comments meta. This ensures better performance and independent control over ratings.

🎯 Key Features

🔥 Added set default options (Added in 2.5)

• Introduced a new “Set Default Options” panel to automatically pre-configure recommended plugin settings.
• Allows users to quickly apply optimal defaults with a single click.

🔥 Added user activity shortcodes for displaying engagement history (Added in 2.4)

• [ldppp_user_history] – Shows all user activity (likes, dislikes, ratings, and comment votes).
• [ldppp_user_likes] – Displays all liked or disliked posts/products by the user.
• [ldppp_user_ratings] – Lists all user-given ratings with average rating details.
• [ldppp_user_comment_votes] – Shows comment like/dislike history.
• Added simple, responsive layout for displaying user activity lists.

🔥 New Admin columns functionality (Added in 2.3)

• Admin columns (Likes, Dislikes, Ratings, Reads) now display only for selected post types.
• Ratings column shows average rating instead of sum (e.g., 3.5/5).
• Comment Likes/Dislikes columns can be enabled via backend option.
• Fully supports WooCommerce products with proper column alignment.
• Read count tracking added per post/product.
• Default values displayed when no data exists; ratings rounded to 1 decimal.

🔥 Update Design (Added in 2.2)

• Update uninstall file code and remove tables and options data when uninstall
• Fixed ratings structure

🔥 Progress / Ratio Bars (Added in 2.1)

• Added Like/Dislike ratio bars for posts and comments.
• Added Rating ratio bar for star ratings.
• Ratio bars visually show the percentage difference between likes/dislikes and rating scores.
• Smoothly updates instantly when user interacts (AJAX powered).
• Fully responsive and inherits theme styles for smooth integration.
• Added admin settings for ratio bar options

🔗 Update Admin UI (Added in 2.0)

• Admin settings now include a dedicated Social Share tab in the plugin settings page.
• Added custom text field to display a label before the share icon (e.g., “Share this post:”).
• Improved admin UI for better usability and tab navigation.
• Bug fixes and minor improvements for like/dislike and ratings system.

🔗 Social Share Buttons (Added in 1.9)

• Add share icon automatically after post/product content.
• Modern popup showing popular share platforms (Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, Telegram, Pinterest, Reddit, Tumblr, Email, Copy Link).
• Admin setting to select which post types display the share button.
• Uses Font Awesome/Dashicons for platform icons.
• Works responsively on all devices.

❤️ Add to Favorites (Added in 1.8)

• New: Added Shortcode: [ldppp_user_history] to display logged-in user’s interaction history.
• New: Display user’s Likes and Dislikes with post type labels (Post, Product, Page, or CPT).
• New: Show Ratings history with post/product title, rating value, and post type.
• New: Show Comment Votes history including comment excerpt, related post link, post type, and user’s action (Like/Dislike).
• Display a heart icon at the end of post content.
• Users can add/remove posts to/from favorites with one click.
• Supports all custom post types (CPTs).
• Admin settings to:
  • Enable/Disable Favorites feature.
  • Select which post types display Favorites.
  • Customize label text for Favorites.
  • Set active and inactive heart icon colors.
• Shortcode: [ldppp_user_favorites]
  • Display a logged-in user’s favorites list on any page or section.
• Tooltip support for Favorites icon.

👍 Like / 👎 Dislike Buttons

• Interactive Like and Dislike buttons for posts, comments, and products.
• Choose how counts are displayed – Numbers or Percentages.
• Customize labels and icon colors.
• Optionally hide counts for Likes and Dislikes.
• Dynamic option to select which post types display Like/Dislike.
• Restrict voting to logged-in users only (optional).

⭐ Star Ratings System

• Display 1–5 star rating on posts and WooCommerce products.
• Custom product rating system using its own database table.
• Option to hide star ratings on post detail pages.
• Show average rating instantly with AJAX.
• Restrict ratings to logged-in users (optional).

👁️ Post View / Read Tracking

• Enable post view/read counter with anti-spam options.
• Prevent multiple counts from the same IP.
• Configure how much content (%) must be read before counting.
• Configure how much time (seconds) must be spent before counting.
• Choose how to display views – as icons or text.
• Meta box inside post/product edit screen shows:
  • Likes
  • Dislikes
  • Views
  • Ratings
  • Favorites

⚡ AJAX-Powered Interaction

• All actions (like/dislike/star/view/favorites) run without page reload.
• Real-time updates for user feedback.

🛡️ Anti-Spam & Access Control

• Restrict multiple votes/views/favorites via IP, cookies, or user login.
• Allow/disallow guest voting or favorites.
• Restrict features to logged-in users (optional).

🎨 Highly Customizable

• Custom label text for Like/Dislike buttons (posts, products, comments).
• Custom label text for Favorites.
• Icon color controls for Like, Dislike, and Favorites (active/inactive).
• Counter display type (Number or Percentage).
• Position controls: before/after content or buttons.
• View counter display as Icon or Text.
• Fully responsive and theme-compatible.

💬 Comments Reactions

• Enable comment Like/Dislike voting.
• Custom label for comment buttons (e.g., «Was this comment helpful?»).
• Restrict to logged-in users or allow guests.

🧰 Developer-Friendly

• Clean, lightweight code.
• Includes hooks and filters for developers.

Privacy & Supported Networks

This plugin itself does not collect or send any personal data to external servers.
All Likes, Dislikes, Ratings, Favorites, and Post View counts are stored locally in your WordPress database.

The social share buttons included in the plugin redirect users to external platforms. These platforms may collect data according to their own privacy policies. The following external services are used to enable sharing:

Network
Share URL
Privacy Policy

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php
Privacy Policy

Twitter
https://twitter.com/intent/tweet
Privacy Policy

LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle
Privacy Policy

Pinterest

Privacy Policy

WhatsApp
https://api.whatsapp.com/send
Privacy Policy

Gmail
https://mail.google.com/mail/
Privacy Policy

Telegram
https://t.me/share/url
Privacy Policy

Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/submit
Privacy Policy

Tumblr
https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool
Privacy Policy

Email
Uses browser-based default email client
No external service

Print
Opens the print dialog in the user’s browser
No external service

Copy
Copies the current page URL to clipboard
No external service

⚠️ Note: Email, Print, and Copy actions are handled locally in the user’s browser. The plugin never sends this data to any external service.

Credits

Developed by Kirtikumar Solanki.
Donations welcome via PayPal.