How do I show only the count? Without the icon?

[ooclaar]

How do I show only the count? Without the icon?

[jkopec]

The following worked for me:

$like_count = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), "_post_like_count", true );
$like_count = ( isset( $like_count ) && is_numeric( $like_count ) ) ? $like_count : 0;
echo $like_count;

Just paste this somewhere inside your wordpress-loop.