@plugdash/heartpost

The EmDash alternative to WP ULike

The lightest form of applause.

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A heart counter backed by Cloudflare KV. One click, one count, no account needed. Ships HeartButton.astro with four variants and full CSS customisation.

npm install @plugdash/heartpost
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one click, one count, no account

This is the default. No configuration.

Setup

  1. Install and register

    npm install @plugdash/heartpost
    import heartpost from "@plugdash/heartpost"
// in emdash plugins array:
heartpost()

  2. Add to your layout

    import HeartButton from "@plugdash/heartpost/HeartButton.astro"

<HeartButton post={post} />

After this, every post can show a heart count. The count is stored in KV and updates without a page refresh.

It looks right. But it's yours to change.

Props

proptypedefaultdescription
post EmDash content item Required
variant "circle" | "pill" | "inline" "circle" Visual style
size "sm" | "md" | "lg" "md" Size scale

CSS custom properties

tokendescription
--plugdash-heart-color Active colour
--plugdash-heart-size Icon size

Components are intentionally simple. Copy src/HeartButton.astro into your theme and modify freely - no upstream coupling.

Pairs well with

a heart and a share are different signals. Give readers both.

sharepost

beta

Readers who want to share your work shouldn't have to work for it.

npm install @plugdash/sharepost

readtime

beta

Readers decide in three seconds. Give them a reason to stay.

npm install @plugdash/readtime
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