How to add the 1.1.9 Like button changes to your theme

January 20, 2023, 06:11:21 pm

If you are running a custom theme, there is a good chance that the 1.1.9 patch will not be able to update your theme files. The theme will still work w/o the updates, it will just lack the new functionality. Below is how you would make the edits to update the like names.

In previous releases the like / unlike button had (3) CSS class names of

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.like_button
.unlike_button
.likes_button

The problem is ad blockers would strip these out (hiding the button) as they were interpreted as social icons/links. To work around this the class names were changed from "like" to "react" as follows

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.react_button
.unreact_button
.reacts_button

As such in your custom theme, you should add the new classes (or replace, your choice) with the new names wherever they appear. For example

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.like_button:before {

changes to

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.like_button:before, .reacts_button:before {

There will be several of these in your index.css and possibly some in your color variant file.