How to Add Google Like Button into Thesis Theme

Today we informed you about Google launched +1 like button for blogs and we have also added this button into our blog. I’m expecting that Google +1 like button is going to be really helpful in near future to improve search engine ranking and drive traffic from your Google social network.

Here I’m sharing a quick tutorial on how to integrate Google like button into Thesis WordPress theme. To add Google +1 button, you need to add a code into your head tag and another code to the place where you want to display Google like button.

Adding Google API call code:

So the first step is to add Google API call code which you can grab from official site.

   1: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>

Copy this code and go to Thesis site options> Stats and tracking script and paste the code there. Click on Big ass save button to save the code.

Adding Google +1 code into Thesis theme:

So now we have added script to call Google API and now we will add code to desire place to show Google +1 button. Now add this code into your Thesis custom_functions.php file.

function Google_button() {
if (is_single()) {
echo '


';
}
}
add_action('thesis_hook_before_headline', 'Google_button');

Or you can grab code from here.
Now you can see Google like button below headline of your blog post like this.

It’s just 3 step work and you will have Google +1 button added into your blog running Thesis theme. If you are not using Thesis theme, you can grab it from below link.

Download Thesis Theme

Do let us know if you have added Google Like button into your blog or not?

Article by Harsh Agrawal

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