Title: Social Counters Author: mortay Published: October 8, 2010 Last modified: March 29, 2016 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/social-counters.svg) # Social Counters By [mortay](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mortay/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/social-counters.2.2.9.zip) * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-counters/#description) * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-counters/#reviews) * [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-counters/#installation) * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-counters/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-counters/) ## Description It allows to place counters and social sharing links to the most popular social networks like Menéame, Twitter, Facebook, Google Buzz, Tuenti or Bitacoras.com. It also has WordPress actions (add_action) and filters (add_filter) allowing to select the social sharing links we want to show. The available functions are: * `the_social_counters( $counters = array() )`: Displays selected social counters. - `$counters`: Array with list of social counters to view, by default `bitacoras, tuenti,google-buzz,meneame,twitter,facebook` * `the_social_counters__get ( $counters = array() )`: Returns the selected social counters. - `$counters`: Array with list of social counters to view, by default `bitacoras, tuenti,google-buzz,meneame,twitter,facebook` * `social_counter( $social_counter = '', $postparam = false, $linked = true )`: Displays a particular social counter - `$social_counter`: Name of social counter, by default the options are `bitacoras, tuenti,google-buzz,meneame,twitter,facebook` - `$postparam`: $post object to get the counter, by default system use global $post; - `$linked`: Simple option to de-activate link. * `social_counter__get( $social_counter = '', $postparam = false, $linked = true)`: Returns a particular social counter - `$social_counter`: Name of social counter, by default the options are `bitacoras, tuenti,google-buzz,meneame,twitter,facebook` - `$postparam`: `$post` object to get the counter, by default system uses global` $post` var. - `$linked`: Simple option to de-activate link. It’s also possible to define two constants in ‘wp-config.php’… * SOCIAL_COUNTER__LOAD_CSS: If we define this constant as `false`, the plugin will not load the default style. * SOCIAL_COUNTER__LOAD_CSS_SMALL: If we define this constanta as `true`, the plugin will load de small icons. * SOCIAL_COUNTER__TWITTER_USER: The twitter sharing link includes this username with the RT link. ## Screenshots * [[ * Default view in a single post ## Installation 1. Upload directory `social-counter` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Place code `` in Loop (home, single,…) in your theme ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Social Counters” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ mortay ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mortay/) * [ Blogestudio ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blogestudio/) [Translate “Social Counters” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/social-counters) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-counters/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/social-counters/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/social-counters/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/social-counters/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.2.9 * Reduced requests timeout to 1 second. * Various modifications. #### 2.2.8 * Changed cache system to increase page load speed. #### 2.2.7 * Re-Tagged last version. #### 2.2.6 * Repaired error in function called (plugin_dir_url)!! Sorry!! #### 2.2.5 * Changed plugin version in README!! #### 2.2.4 * Repaired error with URLs from plugin and Domain Mapping. * Repaired error with WPML and language load order. #### 2.2.3 * Google Buzz counter deleted. #### 2.2.2 * Repaired malfunction in Twitter counter #### 2.2.1 * Updated CSS Version #### 2.2.0 * Added counter from “Bitcoras” * Added counter from “LinkedIn” * Added SOCIAL_COUNTER__LOAD_CSS_SMALL constant to load only icons, not share text. #### 2.1.1 * Changed counter system on Twitter, now used Twitter itself, not Tweetmeme * Fixed Facebook counter, now uses the Graph API. #### 2.1.0 * Added param to send post object to functions “the_” (postparam). * Changed system of “share” in Twitter #### 2.0.1 * Solved error with CONSTANT `SOCIAL_COUNTER__LOAD_CSS` #### 2.0.0 * Reprogramming of the plugin to work with WordPress actions and filters. #### 1.2.0 * Counter system changed from Twitter to Tweetmeme. * Added function “social_counter__twitter__login_string” to change the user ReTweet. #### 1.1.0 * Fixed bug with cache counter. * Fixed connection error on Menéame. #### 1.0 * First Version ## Meta * Version **2.2.9** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **20+** * WordPress version ** 2.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.4.34** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-counters/) * Tags * [Counter](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/counter/)[facebook](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/facebook/) [social](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social/)[social bookmarking](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-bookmarking/) [twitter](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/twitter/) * [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/social-counters/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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