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# Post voting

Snax plugin allows you to to vote for a post only on its single page. Bimber extends the voting capabilites to archives (grids, lists). You have also full control over the votes and voting box elements visibility.

## Requirements

To use the voting module, please make sure you have it enabled. Read here how to do that.

## Single post

### Votes

To show the vote counter (screen, point 2), please do as follows:

- Go to the WP admin panel › Appearance › Customize
- Switch to the Posts › Single panel
- Scroll down to the Hide Elements section
- Uncheck the Votes option (screen, point 1)

### Voting box

To enable post voting (screen, point 2), please do as follows:

- Go to the WP admin panel › Appearance › Customize
- Switch to the Posts › Single panel
- Scroll down to the Hide Elements section
- Uncheck the Voting box option (screen, point 1)

### Special collections

To show vote counters (screen, point 1a) and allow users to vote (screen, point 2a) for posts in special collections (e.g. More From), please do as follows:

- Go to the WP admin panel › Appearance › Customize
- Switch to the Posts › Single panel
- Scroll down to a special collection section (e.g. More From)
- Uncheck the Votes option (screen, point 1) and Voting box option (screen, point 2)

## Archives

### Home

To show the vote counter (screen, point 1a) and the voting box (screen, point 2a) on your homepage, please do as follows:

- Go to the WP admin panel › Appearance › Customize
- Switch to the Home › Main Collection panel
- Scroll down to the Hide Elements section
- Uncheck the Votes option (screen, point 1) and Voting box option (screen, point 2)

### Other archives

To show the vote counter (screen, point 1a) and the voting box (screen, point 2a) on your other archive pages (categories, tags etc), please do as follows:

- Go to the WP admin panel › Appearance › Customize
- Switch to the Posts › Archive panel
- Scroll down to the Hide Elements section
- Uncheck the Votes option (screen, point 1) and Voting box option (screen, point 2)

## Votes widget

To display best voted posts in a sidebar, please follow these simple steps:

- Go to the WP admin panel › Appearance › Widgets page
- Find the Bimber Posts widget on the available widget list
- Add the widget to your target sidebar
- Fill the widget title (e.g. Best Voted)
- Set the Sort by option to votes
- If you wish to show the vote counter and allow users to vote directly from the widget, please uncheck the votes and voting box in the Hide elements section
- Adjust other options

## Voting threshold

If you like not to show the votes for a specific post until the counter reaches some value, please go to the WP admin panel › Appearance › Customize › Snax plugin panel and set the Hide votes threshold.