Like Button for the Web

A single click on the Like button will 'like' pieces of content on the web and share them on Facebook. You can also display a Share button next to the Like button to let people add a personal message and customize who they share with.

Like Button Configurator Code Example Settings Adjust Language FAQs

Step-by-Step

1. Choose URL or Page

Pick the URL of a website or Facebook Page you want to use with the like button.

2. Code Configurator

Paste the URL to the code configurator and adjust settings like the width of your like button. Click the Get Code button to generate your like button code.

3. Copy & Paste HTML snippet

Copy and past the snippet into the HTML of the destination website.

Like Button Configurator

URL to Like

Width

Layout

standard

Action Type

Button Size

Full Code Example

Copy & paste the code example to your website. Adjust the value data-href to your website URL. Next use the og:*** meta tags to adjust your link preview. og:url and data-href should use the same URL.

<html>
<head>
	<title>Your Website Title</title>
    <!-- You can use open graph tags to customize link previews.
    Learn more: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters -->
	<meta property="og:url"           content="http://www.your-domain.com/your-page.html" />
	<meta property="og:type"          content="website" />
	<meta property="og:title"         content="Your Website Title" />
	<meta property="og:description"   content="Your description" />
	<meta property="og:image"         content="http://www.your-domain.com/path/image.jpg" />
</head>
<body>

	<!-- Load Facebook SDK for JavaScript -->
	<div id="fb-root"></div>
	<script>(function(d, s, id) {
	  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
	  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
	  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
	  js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1";
	  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
	}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script>

	<!-- Your like button code -->
	<div class="fb-like" 
		data-href="http://www.your-domain.com/your-page.html" 
		data-layout="standard" 
		data-action="like" 
		data-show-faces="true">
	</div>

</body>
</html>

Customize Link Preview

Settings

In addition to the settings above, you can also change the following:

Setting	HTML5 Attribute	Description	Default
`action`	`data-action`	The verb to display on the button. Can be either `like` or `recommend`	`like`
`colorscheme`	`data-colorscheme`	The color scheme used by the plugin for any text outside of the button itself. Can be `light` or `dark`.	`light`
`href`	`data-href`	The absolute URL of the page that will be liked.	Current URL.
`kid_directed_site`	`data-kid-directed-site`	If your web site or online service, or a portion of your service, is directed to children under 13 you must enable this	`false`
`layout`	`data-layout`	Selects one of the different layouts that are available for the plugin. Can be one of `standard`, `button_count`, `button` or `box_count`. See the FAQ for more details.	`standard`
`ref`	`data-ref`	A label for tracking referrals which must be less than 50 characters and can contain alphanumeric characters and some punctuation (currently +/=-.:_). See the FAQ for more details.	None
`share`	`data-share`	Specifies whether to include a share button beside the Like button. This only works with the XFBML version.	`false`
`show_faces`	`data-show-faces`	Specifies whether to display profile photos below the button (standard layout only). You must not enable this on child-directed sites.	`false`
`size`	`data-size`	The button is offered in 2 sizes i.e. `large` and `small`.	`small`
`width`	`data-width`	The width of the plugin (standard layout only), which is subject to the minimum and default width. Please see Layout Settings below for more details.	See `standard` in Layout Settings

Layout Settings

There are the following options:

Layout	Default Sizes
`standard`	Minimum width: 225 pixels. Default width: 450 pixels. Height: 35 pixels (without photos) or 80 pixels (with photos).
`box_count`	Minimum width: 55 pixels. Default width: 55 pixels. Height: 65 pixels.
`button_count`	Minimum width: 90 pixels. Default width: 90 pixels. Height: 20 pixels.
`button`	Minimum width: 47 pixels. Default width: 47 pixels. Height: 20 pixels.

Adjust Language

You can adjust the language of the Like Button by loading a localized version of the Facebook JavaScript SDK. When you load the SDK adjust the value js.src to use your locale: Just replaced en_US by your locale, e.g. fr_FR for French (France):

js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/fr_FR/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.8";

Supported locales are referenced in the Facebook Locales XML file. You may need to adjust the width of a Social Plugin to accommodate different languages. You may find more information on our Localization & Translation page.