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    Home » News & Updates

    heart_this Removed from Cook'd Pro

    Published: Jan 9, 2018 · Modified: Jan 7, 2020 by Skylar · 2 Comments

    Why was it removed?

    The heart_this plugin was developed as a styling element for Cook'd Pro, which was removed from version 4.0.0 released on December 21, 2018.

    The issue was that nothing it conveys is important to the site visitors:

    • The numbers are arbitrary without context - is 4 hearts good? 46 hearts? 211 hearts?
    • Is this the same as Facebook likes? Or Instagram hearts? Why hearts instead of unicorn stickers?
    • It can be artificially manipulated, which leads to a lack of trust

    This can all lead to confusion to the visitor and generally isn't a positive quality signal for a site.

    Our current best practices move away from things that don't directly improve the user experience on the site.

    Most of all, it was developed for a different technology set (relying on certain Javascript) and began running into odd bugs that were too difficult to resolve.

    Restoring heart_this

    You can re-add heart_this by adding the following:

    To "Additional CSS":

    /* Heart This	
    --------------------------------------------- */	
    
     .cookd .heart-this,	
    .cookd .heart-this-wrap .heart-this,	
    .cookd .heart-this:hover,	
    .cookd .heart-this-wrap .heart-this:hover {	
    	background: none;	
    	border: 0;	
    	display: inline-block;	
    	font-size: 13px;	
    	font-style: normal;	
    	font-weight: 400;	
    	height: auto;	
    }	
    
     .cookd .heart-this-wrap .heart-this:hover,	
    .cookd .heart-this-wrap .heart-this:focus,	
    .cookd .heart-this-wrap .heart-this.active {	
    	color: #000;	
    }	
    
     .cookd .heart-this:before,	
    .cookd .heart-this-wrap .heart-this:before {	
    	background: transparent;	
    	content: "\f08a";	
    	font-family: "FontAwesome";	
    	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;	
    	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;	
    	font-style: normal;	
    	font-variant: normal;	
    	font-weight: normal;	
    	height: auto;	
    	line-height: 0.8;	
    	margin-right: 10px;	
    	text-transform: none;	
    	width: auto;	
    }	
    

    To functions.php, inside cookd_post_info_filter():

    if ( function_exists( 'heart_this' ) ) {	
    		$info = " {$info}";	
    	}
    

    The heart_this function is located inside the heart_this plugin.

    Future Support & Development

    This plugin was dropped because it's unsupported by the original developer. This is likely due to the fact that it is a free plugin, which leaves no incentive for further development and support.

    We're not aware of anyone currently familiar with it, or interested in developing it.

    Alternative

    Instead, we recommend focusing on things that drive a positive user experience. In 2019, this involves better engagement with visitors via blog comments, where on-topic discussions can be the focus.

    Removing the heart_this shortcode from your homepage

    In order to remove the heart_this shortcode from the homepage posts, go to Admin > Appearances > Widgets > Cook'd Pro Featured Post and remove it from the entry-meta field.

    We actually recommend not displaying the entry-meta field at all as of 2019. Visitors should be able to tell whether or not a recipe meets what they're looking for based solely on the post title and featured image.

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    Comments

    1. Billy says

      May 24, 2019 at 6:36 pm

      How can you get rid of this though at the top of the post. Mine is currently showing: [heart_this] and I can't figure out where to take it out at. Thanks

      Reply
      • Skylar Bowker says

        June 16, 2019 at 2:01 pm

        Hey Billy - go ahead and reach out with a support ticket for this.

        Reply

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