[theme-reviewers] Do like button (not social) fall in pluginterritory?

[Chip Bennett]

So it's custom post meta data - data that are lost (to the user) when
switching Themes? That definitely falls under Plugin territory.


On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Swagata Das <swagata_das at siteobtain.com>wrote:

>  It stores a hit and show how many likes the post got.
>
>  *From:* Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 11, 2013 1:07 AM
> *To:* Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.<theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Do like button (not social) fall in
> pluginterritory?
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> What does the post "like" button do, if it's not linked to any social
> networks? What is its functionality?
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Swagata Das <swagata_das at siteobtain.com>wrote:
>
>>  Yes, I remember that discussion. The topic was social share/like
>> button. I was asking about a simple blog post 'like' button. It is not
>> linked with any social network anyway.
>>
>>  *From:* Rohit Tripathi <rohitink at live.com>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 11, 2013 12:58 AM
>> *To:* Theme Review Team <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] Do like button (not social) fall in
>> plugin territory?
>>
>> There has been a discussion on this in the past. You really need to see
>> how the sharing/like buttons are implemented in the theme. Are they
>> disabled by default or not? Will it affect the user when the theme is
>> changed? You are the judge here.
>>
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>> From: swagata_das at siteobtain.com
>> To: theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org
>> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 00:37:29 +0530
>> Subject: [theme-reviewers] Do like button (not social) fall in plugin
>> territory?
>>
>> This like button is not a social like button, just a simple "post" like
>> button, as 'I like this post'.
>>
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