Description
Facebook Like Box Widget is a social plugin that enables Facebook Page owners to attract and gain Likes & Recommendation Comments from their own website. The Like Box enables users to: see how many users already like this page, and which of their friends like it too, read recent posts from the page and Like the page with one click, without needing to visit the page.
Updated:
With the release of Graph API v.2.3 the Like Box plugin is deprecated => Facebook: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/like-box-for-pages
On Facebook Like Box Widget 2.8, I have added Facebook Page Plugin that allows you to embed a simple feed of content from a Page into your websites.
You still can continue to use Facebook Like Box as Facebook mentioned if you continue to use Like Box plugin, it will automatically fall back to the Page Plugin by June 23rd 2015.
Frequntly Asked Qustions
Screenshots
WordPress Admin Setting for Facebook Like Box 
WordPress Admin Setting for Integration to display Social Network Buttons (Default is NO) 
WordPress Admin Setting for Integration to display Twitter Counter & Twitter Signature (Default is NO) 
WordPress Front Page Display (with streams) 
WordPress Front Page Display (no streams) 
Now you can enable additional social network buttons such as Pinterest, Twitter, Google+ and it is floating on the left or right side with 6 styles for you to choose (default is set to No). It is powered by AddThis.com. 
From Version 2.7 now another additional integration to display Twitter Counter & Twitter Signature from your Twitter profile. Can be positioned before or after Facebook Like Box & Facebook Like Button
Installation
- Download “facebook-like-box-widget.zip” to your computer.
- Login as administrator
- Click on Plugins –> Add New
- On “Install Plugins” page, clik on “Upload”
- Browse and select “facebook-like-box-widget.zip” and click on “Install Now”
- You can activate it now
- Finally, add the widget to your sidebar through the ‘Appearance > Widgets’ menu
- Go to your widget and adjust the settings
or visit author website for Facebook Like Box tutorial.
FAQ
- Installation Instructions
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- Download “facebook-like-box-widget.zip” to your computer.
- Login as administrator
- Click on Plugins –> Add New
- On “Install Plugins” page, clik on “Upload”
- Browse and select “facebook-like-box-widget.zip” and click on “Install Now”
- You can activate it now
- Finally, add the widget to your sidebar through the ‘Appearance > Widgets’ menu
- Go to your widget and adjust the settings
or visit author website for Facebook Like Box tutorial.
Reviews
Its okay…
This plugin works only if you want to spend time updating the code to the current wordpress version. I give it two stars only because its a nice simple plugin but for a normal user who doesn’t know how to code it isn’t for them. I think it works nice after the changes I made.
Excellent!
Works like a charm! No problem at all until this moment… Thank you for the great work!
Dont be deceived by number of downloads
Installed this because of number of installs.
Lacks support and functionality is off and on.
Will use something else.
Simplest one out there
Simplest and cleanest one I could find. Works great.
Very nice and easy to use widget
This is a very easy to use widget and is very easy to understand.
I liked this very much.
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Contributors & Developers
“Facebook Like Box Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
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Changelog
v1.0 05.25.2010
initial release
v1.1 06.11.2010
minor fix to update stream setting
v1.2 09.09.2010
minor fix to title
v1.5 02.10.2011
Enhanced with Show Faces Option and Color Scheme Option
v1.5.1 02.26.2011
Minor changes
v1.6 02.27.2011
Minor changes & tested for WordPress 3.1
v1.7 03.02.2011
Fixed small bug in if condition & show faces
v1.8 03.06.2011
Major fixes for showing faces and streams & enhancement to include Facebook Like and Recommend Button, and to support XFBML rendering
v1.9 05.02.2011
Minor enhancement for administration page
v2.0 06.04.2011
Minor enhancement
v2.1 08.15.2011
Tested with WordPress 3.2.1
v2.2 12.15.2011
Support with Border Color following Facebook Developer update
v2.3 03.17.2012
Removed support for iFrame per WordPress Team feedback
v2.4 08.05.2012
- Now you can enable additional social network buttons such as Pinterest, Twitter, Google+ and it is floating on the left side (default is set to No).
- Leave Title field blank will not show default title anymore
v2.5 09.05.2013
- Tested on WordPress 3.5.2
v2.6 09.10.2013
- Remove minor option from Setting per WordPress Plugin Team feedback
v2.7 11.19.2013
- Fix minor bug for Social Buttons from AddThis Integration
- Add 3 more styles for floating Social Buttons
- Enhance with Twitter Signature & Twitter Counter & Twitter Follow QR Code Integration
- Tested with WordPress 3.7.1
v2.8 04.29.2015
- Introduce Facebook Page Plugin (The Page Plugin lets you easily embed and promote any Facebook Page on your website. Just like on Facebook, your visitors can like and share the Page without having to leave your site)
- Deprecated Facebook Like Box – If you still continue use Facebook Like Box, it will automatically fall back to the Page Plugin by June 23rd 2015 – quoted from Facebook Developer’s page
v2.9 02.22.2017
- Tested on WordPress 4.7.2
