Simple Likes

Documentation updates for v2.0.0 stable release.

Statamic 6 Compatibility Release

This is the first stable release for Statamic 6.

Added

• Wishlist feature for guests and authenticated users
• New Antlers tags: {{ simple_like:wishlist }}, {{ simple_like:wishlist_count }}, {{ simple_like:is_guest }}
• New API endpoint /!/simple-likes/wishlist for client-side wishlist fetching
• Example wishlist partials (Alpine.js and server-side versions)
• Guest likes cleanup command: php please simple-likes:prune-guests --days=30 --dry-run
• Sortable table columns in CP widgets
• Control Panel translation support
• Mobile responsive widget layouts
• Gravatar support with automatic fallback to initials

Changed

• Migrated all widgets to Vue 3 components
• Migrated fieldtype to Vue 3 Composition API
• Minimum requirement: statamic/cms: ^6.0, php: ^8.2

For Statamic 5, use v1.x releases.

Final Release for Statamic 5

This is the last release supporting Statamic 5. Future development continues on v2.x for Statamic 6.

Statamic 5 Users

This version will continue to work but will only receive critical security fixes.

Upgrading to Statamic 6

When you upgrade to Statamic 6, update your addon:

composer require mikomagni/simple-likes:^2.0

For new features including wishlists and guest cleanup commands, upgrade to v2.x.

• A beta version for Statamic 6 is now available

Initial release of the Simple Likes add-on.

Features

• Like buttons for any entry in any collection, with full control over which collections are enabled
• Guest & authenticated user support with privacy-friendly IP hashing
• Per-entry control to enable/disable guest likes or close likes entirely
• Boost field to set a starting count for social proof
• Antlers tags for popular content, recent activity, weekly trends, and top users
• Four dashboard widgets for at-a-glance engagement stats
• Multi-layer spam protection with configurable rate limiting
• Batched API requests to minimise database queries on pages with many like buttons
• Full static caching support with client-side hydration
• Alpine.js and Vanilla JS versions included
• Flexible database support