The discussion revolves around a user’s issue with having two thumbs up icons on their forum posts after updating to Discourse 2.9.0.beta10 and using the Upvotes plugin. The user (Jagster) reports that the issue started after enabling Upvotes and disappears when it is disabled.
Several users, including pfaffman and JammyDodger, try to help by suggesting possible solutions, such as using a theme component to change the like icon or checking for custom code that might be adding an extra thumbs up. However, none of these solutions resolve the issue.
The problem is later narrowed down to a conflict between the Upvotes and Reactions plugins, with Don identifying a specific code snippet in Upvotes that overrides the Discourse Reaction code.
A temporary fix is provided by Don, which involves adding a script to the Common/ Header section of the forum to remove the extra default like button. This solution works for the user, and a permanent fix is later announced by nat, who links to a GitHub pull request that addresses the issue.
I updated my forum last night and it is now on 2.9.0.beta10 (6affbabfd3)
I’m using Reactions to show thumbs up instead of heart/like. I changed from old Q/A to new Upvotes and now I have two thumbs up.
So, there must be somekind conflict and because it started after I installed Upvote and disappeared after disabling I tagged this to Upvote 
If all you want is for likes to be a thumb rather than a heart you might check out Change the Like Icon to 
I have to start take some english lessons. Or using more screenshots. Or both 
This is the issue now:
I understood! I’m just not helpful. 
It seems like it’s probably a bug; my point, though, was that if all you want the plugin for is because you like and not 
then there’s a theme component that will do the job (though I don’t know how you’d convert over to it, so this is likely not very helpful).
That was then a helpful tip. Perhaps a little bit off topic though But just a little. I didn’t know there is a component too. Must try it.
Now I had a little bit time to dig in this — just because I’ll need Upvotes quite soon.
One thumb up comes from component New like icon. That is expected behaviour.
But the other one comes from Upvotes, and that is not expected. I haven’t enabled likes on settings of the plugin, and even I would it should not matter — But when Upvotes is enabled I get thumbs up to every post.
Is there something else I should try?
I’ve installed both to have a check, and I’m not getting two thumbs? (With or without qa enable likes on answers enabled)
Could you have another bit of custom code tucked away somewhere that’s adding another one in?
I think that I looked at this recently and they use different means to store their “extra” reactions/upvotes/likes.
So I think one of those is from Q/A and the other is the regular like? And neither is from reactions?
Can you share your forum URL if it’s public?
Probably yes. I just can’t figure out where 
Exacly. And because of New like icon it is thumbs up, but yes - the second one is ordinary like.
The first one is from the reactions plugin; the second one is the regular like button.
I guess that you have not the reactions plugin, so you’re getting the from both.
I have the Reactions plugin, the Upvotes plugin, and even the New Like component installed and all active, and I cannot replicate this. 
Good guess, but no points
And the very first thumb up disappears when Upvotes is disabled.
Damn, do I have to take the long route and shut down everything and then restart one after one. It have to be in my setup somehow.
Hmm. That’s odd. It should be pretty easy to replicate having a from upvotes next to the :heart (or with the component). That’s the expected behavior. But I haven’t tried.
Right. Because it’s offering a and you have likes also being . This is exactly what is expected.
As I suggested from the beginning. If all you want is to have a single reaction that is a then use just the theme component and you don’t need any plugins.
Actually you were right, partly anway.
The very first one is from Reactions indeed. But why it disapperars when Upvotes is disabled 
One solution is not using Reactions, but then there shall be a mutiny…
Oh, you mean Reactions and not Discourse Retort. I was hoping you were talking about Retort, as I have a client who needs to leave Retort behind. . . .
It sounds like Reactions and Upvotes may have a compatibility issue, whicih would be a bug. 
Hmmm. 
But if Like has been mapped to in Reactions then it should marry up? I’ll have another pop.
No Retort for me… There is too many issues on that.
But there is one thing I don’t understand now.
I have two parts doing same job. Why
Hello,
It seems to this cause one of the unofficial plugin you use. If I check your site in safe-mode only thick the Disable unofficial plugins than it works fine for me. Can you share which plugins you use? 
Now I’m 100 % sure I’ve tried safe-mode Few times actually.
cmd:
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-footnote
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode-color.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-adplugin.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-docs
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-yearly-review
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-plugin-office365-auth
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-google-one-tap
- git clone https://github.com/davidtaylorhq/discourse-whos-online
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-assign.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-checklist
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-data-explorer.git
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-restricted-replies
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-spoiler-alert
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat
- git clone https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-legal-tools
- git clone https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-topic-previews-sidecar
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-templates
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-saved-searches
- git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-upvotes
But then this must come from legal tools or topic-previews-sidecar.