# "Like" component not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [September 23, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/like-component-not-working/32174 "2021-09-23T01:11:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![agung\_Taufik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/agung_taufik/32/2589_2.png) [@agung\_Taufik](https://community.glideapps.com/u/agung_Taufik)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/like-component-not-working/32174/1 "2021-09-23T01:11:52Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/a/0/a09417135067fee4c7e49b2d4919ce9b95bb0da7.jpeg) “Like” component not working… How do you do it, when other users like posts from other users, and when users click the “like” component the number of likes will increase… notes : I’ve added “column is user specific” ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/like-component-not-working/32174/2 "2021-09-23T01:30:38Z")
I hardly ever use the like component. What you can do is create a custom action in a button to take care of this. Have a user-specific like count column and a global count column. When user presses a like button: - Increment user-specific like count by 1 - Increment global count by 1 Display the global count, hide the button if user-specific like count equals 1 (to prevent spamming likes). ---
**Author:** ![agung\_Taufik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/agung_taufik/32/2589_2.png) [@agung\_Taufik](https://community.glideapps.com/u/agung_Taufik)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/like-component-not-working/32174/3 "2021-09-23T08:05:49Z")
thanks for your response… Can you provide an example in the form of a screenshot? 🙇‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 8:08am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/like-component-not-working/32174/4 "2021-09-23T08:08:41Z")
Where do you get stuck? I don’t have an example ready, just follow my response above and tell me if you need any further clarification. ---
**Author:** ![agung\_Taufik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/agung_taufik/32/2589_2.png) [@agung\_Taufik](https://community.glideapps.com/u/agung_Taufik)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/like-component-not-working/32174/5 "2021-09-23T11:45:17Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/6/9/69999ce665c510c8ab584503b23b47bc7194e447.png) I don’t have an idea what you mean, how do I add…? - Increment user-specific like count by 1 - Increment global count by 1 ---
**Author:** ![agung\_Taufik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/agung_taufik/32/2589_2.png) [@agung\_Taufik](https://community.glideapps.com/u/agung_Taufik)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/like-component-not-working/32174/6 "2021-09-23T11:47:57Z")
notes there are already 5 users who pressed the “like” button but the data does not increase… ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/like-component-not-working/32174/7 "2021-09-23T11:54:41Z")
Because you’re increasing it on a user-specific column, it will be specific to the signed-in user only. When I say user-specific like count, I mean the column you’re already having. This will act as the flag to know whether the user has pushed the like button or not. When I say global count, I mean a normal column without that user-specific settings so you can display that to all users. ---
**Author:** ![agung\_Taufik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/agung_taufik/32/2589_2.png) [@agung\_Taufik](https://community.glideapps.com/u/agung_Taufik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/like-component-not-working/32174/8 "2021-09-25T16:15:28Z")
Thank you for guiding me…