Who should use Love Button?

Love Button is a consumer product built for wordPress site owners.

Yes — Love Button is free to use.

Is Love Button still active?

The GitHub repository shows 12 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to Love Button?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts, Zodan Like Button, and Like Post Block.

Who makes Love Button?

Love Button is developed by Web Guy.

How long has Love Button been around?

Love Button first shipped in 2025.

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Love Button

Name: Love Button
Author: Web Guy

wordpress.orgDesign & Creative

Love Button is a free WordPress plugin that lets site owners add a customizable 'love' button to their posts, serving as an alternative to the Facebook Like button. It can be styled with CSS, used via shortcode, or embedded directly with HTML. The plugin is designed for WordPress users who want to increase engagement without relying on proprietary social media widgets.

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Overview

5 features

Love Button sits in PulseGate's Design & Creative category. It focuses on enabling WordPress site owners to add a non-proprietary, customizable 'love' button to their posts instead of relying on third-party like buttons. It is built as a consumer product for wordPress site owners. Love Button is free to use. Love Button is available on the web.

Web Guy builds and maintains Love Button, and it first shipped in 2025. The project is developed in the open on GitHub with 12 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 5 catalogued features are customizable button, shortcode support, and Direct HTML embed. The interface is available in English and Chinese.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Customizable button
Shortcode support
Direct HTML embed
CSS styling
Easy installation

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Browser

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy PolicyFree tierGitHubActive maintenanceMulti-language

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed8 Jul · 17:34 UTC
Love Button verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Love Button

What does Love Button do?: Love Button focuses on enabling WordPress site owners to add a non-proprietary, customizable 'love' button to their posts instead of relying on third-party like buttons. It is catalogued under Design & Creative on PulseGate.
Who should use Love Button?: Love Button is a consumer product built for wordPress site owners.
Is Love Button free?: Yes — Love Button is free to use.
What platforms does Love Button run on?: Love Button runs on the web.
Is Love Button still active?: The GitHub repository shows 12 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to Love Button?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts, Zodan Like Button, and Like Post Block.I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts Zodan Like Button Like Post Block
Who makes Love Button?: Love Button is developed by Web Guy.
How long has Love Button been around?: Love Button first shipped in 2025.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Chinese
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
First seen: 8 Jul 2026
Built for: WordPress site owners
Model: B2C
Solves: Enabling WordPress site owners to add a non-proprietary, customizable 'love' button to their posts instead of relying on third-party like buttons.

Registered as

GitHub: webguyio/love
WordPress.org: love-button

Developer

Web Guy

Solo developer

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 0
Forks: 0
Open issues: 1
Last commit: 27 Apr 2026
Commits 90d: 12
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main

Index record

Identity confidence: High · 95.6
Indexed: 8 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Jul 2026
Last seen: 8 Jul 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: love-button-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 8 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/love-button

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