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That may make it a little more challenging to “Like.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmediaengagement.org\u002Fresearch\u002Fengagement-buttons\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">our research on social media buttons\u003C\u002Fa>, we found that \u003Cstrong>people were more likely to click “Respect” over “Like”\u003C\u002Fstrong> in comment sections, and significantly more likely to click “Respect” when the view expressed differed from their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>The Engaging Buttons WordPress plugin allows you to easily set-up and configure alternative buttons to “Like” (and lots more!) on your website.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Engaging Buttons plugin is made by the \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmediaengagement.org\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Center for Media Engagement\u003C\u002Fa>. The Center for Media Engagement (CME) provides research-based techniques for engaging online audiences in commercially viable and democratically beneficial ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Features\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Create buttons\u003C\u002Fstrong> for your website: Respect, Recommend, Important, Useful, and\u002For Thoughtful\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Customize your button\u003C\u002Fstrong> by selecting the design and colors that best fits your website.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Easily display your Top Posts\u003C\u002Fstrong> with the Engaging Button widget, shortcode, or with one click from the settings page.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>(Optional) Send click data back to the Center for Media Engagement so we can continue to provide free, research-based, high-quality plugins and update the plugin with high-engagement words.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Customizable by developers\u003C\u002Fstrong> via CSS and PHP (WordPress filters and hooks).\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Lightweight & Performance-focused\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Only adds 2 files and ~2kb to your site (with GZIP compression).\u003Cbr \u002F>\nThere’s a shortcode and widget for displaying the most Respected\u002FImportant\u002Fetc posts\u002Fpages\u002Fcomments\u002Fetc on your site. Here’s instructions for how to use them.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch3>[engaging-posts] Shortcode\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>By default, this shortcode displays a list of 5 links to the most clicked button posts (any active post type for that button except comments) for each active button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can customize the output of the list by adding in a few optional parameters:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>slug=”your_active_button_slug”\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\nExample: \u003Cstrong>[engaging-posts slug=”respect”]\u003C\u002Fstrong> would output a list of the top 5 “Respected” posts (of any post type except comments).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Accepted slug Values\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– respect\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– important\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– recommend\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– thoughtful\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– useful\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>type=”your_active_post_type”\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\nExample: \u003Cstrong>[engaging-posts slug=”respect” type=”comments”]\u003C\u002Fstrong> would output a list of the top 5 “Respected” comments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Accepted type Values\u003C\u002Fstrong>: Any active post type or comments that you have activated and have chosen in your Engaging Buttons options panel.\u003Cbr \u002F>\nCommon values:\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– comment\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– page\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– post\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– your_custom_post_type_slug\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>how-many=”2″\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\nLimits how many post links to display. Default is 5. Minimum is 1, maximum is 20.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Accepted how-many Values\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\n– Integer from 1 – 20\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Engaging Posts Widget\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>This plugin adds an optional widget to your Appearance > Widgets page that you can use to display the pages that have the most clicks of your chosen button. It’s powered by the [engaging-posts] shortcode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To set it up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>Go to Appearance > Widgets from your WordPress Dashboard\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Drag the “Engaging Posts” widget to an active widget area where you’d like it to display.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Enter the title\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Choose the button you want to get the most clicked posts from (this is a dropdown that only displays your active buttons)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Choose the active post type you want to get the most clicked posts from.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Enter how many post links you want to display (minimum of 1, maximum of 20).\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>NOTE: Popular Button Data is Rebuilt every 5 minutes\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Future versions may include a setting option to set this to rebuild instantly on click, or at a length of time you specify (every 1 minute, 600 minutes, etc). Right now it rebuilds every 5 minutes to save your server resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Developers\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Developer Extensions\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003Cbr \u002F>\nTo see how to query the Engaging Buttons objects or use available filters and hooks, go to our \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fengagingnewsproject\u002Fengaging-buttons\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">github repository for the Engaging Buttons plugin\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Easily add research-based, engaging buttons (such as \"Respect\" or \"Important\") to your site.",2800,100,2,"2021-03-03T19:01:00.000Z","5.7.15","4.0","",[27,28,29,30,31],"buttons","engagement","like","research-based","shortcode","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fengagingnewsproject\u002Fengaging-buttons","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fengaging-buttons.zip",0,null,"2026-04-16T10:56:18.058Z"]