Title: Like and Read
Author: sangay
Published: <strong>మే 30, 2015</strong>
Last modified: మే 30, 2015

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Like and Read

 By [sangay](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sangay/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/like-and-read.zip)

 * [Details](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/like-and-read/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/like-and-read/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/like-and-read/#installation)
 * [Development](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/like-and-read/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/like-and-read/)

## Description

Show only excerpts of post/page contents. Users have to click Facebook like button
to read full post or page.

You can hide entire pages or posts or just sections of them. Visitors can read first
few words (number of characters initially visible can be set) but force them to 
click Like button to keep reading.

## Screenshots

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 * Options Setting
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 * Output

## Installation

You can either install it automatically from the WordPress admin, or do it manually:

 1. Unzip the archive and put the **like-and-read** folder into your plugins folder**/
    wp-content/plugins/**.
 2. Activate the plugin from Plugins menu.

#### Usage

After installing the Plugin, go to Settings -> Like and Read where you can set number
of characters on excerpt, background and font color of excerpt, etc.

On WordPress visual editor select block of text you want to hide and click “Like
and Read shortcode” icon. This will add shortcode [like-and-read]…[/like-and-read]
and the contents within it will be hidden.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Like and Read” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ sangay ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sangay/)

[Translate “Like and Read” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/like-and-read)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/like-and-read/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/like-and-read/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/like-and-read/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/like-and-read/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.00

Initial version (Released on 30 May 2015)

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **11 సంవత్సరాలు ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.2.39**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/like-and-read/)
 * Tags
 * [content locker](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-locker/)[content protect](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/content-protect/)
   [facebook like](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/facebook-like/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/like-and-read/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ sangay ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sangay/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/like-and-read/)