Re:Likes

Re:Likes lets readers react to the exact words that stand out to them – not just to a post as a whole. Readers can select a sentence, paragraph, or part of a comment and mark it with a Like or Dislike. Their reactions stay attached to the selected passage, so they can return later, add new reactions, remove part of an existing reaction, or clear their reactions. Readers can also switch to an aggregate heatmap that reveals which parts of the content received the strongest response from the wider audience. This makes it possible to see where readers agreed, disagreed, or felt most engaged without interrupting the reading experience. Re:Likes works with:

• Posts and pages.
• Public custom post types.
• Approved comments.
• Multiple selectable content areas on the same page.
• Logged-in WordPress users and anonymous readers.
• Personal reaction views and aggregate heatmaps.

Reactions are saved as precise text ranges rather than as post metadata. They remain anchored to their passages across common layout changes, including responsive wrapping, resizing, rotation, and font loading. The plugin includes configurable colors, reaction controls, heatmap appearance, reader features, touch-control placement, content selectors, comment selectors, and theme integration options.

0.2.9

• Added a configurable maximum of 100 heatmap intensity levels by default and grouped adjacent fragments that share a visual level.
• Cached exact WordPress heatmap aggregates while preserving accurate current-reader exclusion and anonymous expiry handling.

0.2.8

• Allowed 0.01 increments for fractional brush controls and 0.001 values for Fog fade speed.

0.2.7

• Synchronized the latest documented Clean Selection and Re:Likes v1.1 readable cores and regenerated their operational minified bundles.
• Avoided anonymous-session creation for public heatmap reads and added immediate public fallback after a stale anonymous token.

0.2.6

• Fixed session, reaction, and heatmap endpoint construction on WordPress installations that use query-based REST URLs.
• Added absolute localized route URLs plus a core fallback for rest_route API bases.

0.2.5

• Added complete author, project, source-repository, copyright, and license metadata.
• Loaded Terser-minified browser cores in production while retaining both readable core sources in the plugin package.

0.2.4

• Synchronized the bundled Clean Selection v1.1 core with durable multiselect resize restoration while retaining Re:Likes' single-capture behavior.

0.2.3

• Kept the touch control visible only while configured selectable surfaces are onscreen.
• Stabilized reaction anchors across wrapping-space changes so nearby Like and Dislike overlays both survive resize and rotation.

0.2.2

• Prevented reaction overlays from widening mobile pages.
• Kept the touch selection bar visible and aligned to the changing mobile visual viewport.
• Added centered reaction-popup placement and removed theme focus borders from the reader switch.

0.2.1

• Rebuilt reaction and heatmap geometry after resize, rotation, font loading, and observed surface-size changes.

0.2.0

• Corrected selection and reaction-overlay sizing under WordPress theme canvas styles.
• Added complete brush, persistent-cloud, heatmap, cursor, and separate post/comment geometry controls.
• Made the reader control bar configurable through settings or theme CSS variables.
• Added block-theme comment content defaults, removed attachment targeting, and refreshed the settings screen.
• Gave Re:Likes explicit page-level priority over the standalone Clean Selection plugin.

0.1.1

• Synchronized the bundled v1.1 JavaScript cores and preserved theme cursor styles during passage selection.

0.1.0

• Initial development release.