Posts Social Shares Count Plugin
Plugin that gives you shortcodes and PHP functions to count posts/pages shares on 6 social networks!
About
You can use this plugin to get the number of shares for a given post by ID.
How to use
To count for example how many times the post or page has been shared on Facebook use the function echo pssc_facebook() in the loop or echo pssc_facebook( $post_id ) anywhere. This function will return the count integer for example 5 or 0.
Or you can use the shortcode [pssc_facebook] in the post you want to count shares for or [pssc_facebook post_id=””] for a specific post by ID.
Available Shortcodes
- [pssc_facebook]
- [pssc_pinterest]
- [pssc_linkedin]
- [pssc_delicious]
- [pssc_stumble]
- [pssc_gplus]
- [pssc_all]
Available Functions
- pssc_facebook()
- pssc_pinterest()
- pssc_linkedin()
- pssc_delicious()
- pssc_stumble()
- pssc_gplus()
- pssc_all()
Note that PHP functions needs to be echoed.
Change Log
- Version 1.4.1: Removed Twitter functions due Twitter’s disabling their count API.
- Version 1.4.0: Fixed some bugs and added Posts Social Shares Count to edit posts/pages/custom post types list view in admin (edit.php).
- Version 1.3.1: Fixed a bug with caching.
- Version 1.3: Added caching support and Added total shares count to post edit page.
- Version 1.2: Fixed a bug with functions without post ID usage.
- Version 1.1: Fixed a bug with pssc_all shortcode
Installation
- Go to your admin area and select Plugins -> Add new from the menu.
- Search for \”Posts Social Shares Count\”.
- Click install.
- Click activate.
Screenshots
Shares count in admin edit post view
Shares count in admin edit post/pages/post types list view
Changelog
1.4.1
- Bug fixes
- Disabled Twitter functions because Twitter has disabled their count API. See this blog post
1.4.0
- Added Posts Social Shares Count to edit posts/pages/custom post types list view in admin (edit.php).
- Fixed PHP notices that displayed randomly.
- Fixed Issue for users with PHP safe_mode or open_basedir set on.
- Fixed Issue with Pinterest count to always 0.
1.3.1
1.3
- Added Caching support
- Improved performance
- Added total shares count to post edit page
1.2
- Fixed a bug with functions without post ID usage.
1.1
- Fixed a bug with [pssc_all] shortcode
1.0