QW Share Buttons

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1.4.8

• Add customizable After-Share Actions and fix the follow/CTA panel for external sharing links.

1.4.7

• Fix LinkedIn icons, button alignment, hover colors and Minimal style compatibility.
• Add customizable share container width, background color and border controls.
• Improve More button with network selection, display limits and a redesigned dropdown.
• Improve Custom Network Builder validation, icons and settings handling.
• Improve Elementor-friendly responsive layouts without new frontend dependencies.

1.4.6

• Add optional BuddyPress public activity sharing and bbPress topic/reply sharing.
• Reuse existing buttons and styles without new frontend dependencies; disabled by default.

1.4.5

• Add Custom Share Network Builder with secure HTTPS URL templates, editable labels, colors, bundled icons and Media Library image icons.
• Integrate custom networks with existing share buttons, ordering and click tracking without new frontend dependencies.

1.4.4

• Add a single image Share button with a compact social sharing menu.
• Add Pinterest, WhatsApp, Facebook, X, Telegram, LinkedIn, Email and Copy Link sharing.
• Improve image-share compatibility, copy feedback and frontend cache busting.
• Keep the feature lightweight with vanilla JavaScript and no external dependencies.

1.4.3

• Fix: Style preset previews now show all three network icons fully inside each card, including the Pill preset.
• Improve: Preset gallery sizing adapts to narrow WordPress admin screens without clipping the icons.
• No changes to existing saved settings, frontend share buttons, or Click to Tweet behavior.

1.4.2

• Add Gutenberg Click to Tweet quote-card block with quote, optional attribution, and a post-linked X share action.
• Preserve existing share buttons and text-selection sharing behavior.

1.4.1

• New: Style presets. On the Button Appearance page, pick a ready-made look in one click: Classic, Minimal, Dark, Pill, Outline or Gradient. Each card shows a small preview. A preset fills in shape, style, spacing, colors and the dark bar, and the live preview updates. Your labels and button size are not changed, and nothing is saved until you click Save Settings. The card of the look you are using is highlighted.
• New: Gradient button style (also in the Button Style list): soft light-to-dark shading on top of your network colors or your custom color.
• Improved: The Button Appearance preview now shows the Dark Mode Bar setting.
• Fix: In the preset gallery, the Pill preview no longer sticks out of its card.

1.4.0

• Improved: No jQuery on the front of your site. The frontend script was rewritten in plain JavaScript (share clicks, counts, More menu, share on text selection). The script no longer depends on jQuery, so pages where nothing else uses it skip that download. Behavior is unchanged.
• New: Privacy policy text. Suggested wording for your privacy policy is now available under Settings → Privacy → Policy Guide.
• New: Privacy & speed card on the Support page, with a button to the privacy policy text.
• New: Privacy and speed details added to the readme description and FAQ.
• Fix: The share count in the floating bar stays hidden as styled after a click, instead of appearing.

1.3.9

• New: Follow icon styles. On Extras → Follow Icons choose the icon size (small, medium, large), shape (round, rounded square, square) and colors (each network’s brand color, or one color for all icons). The live preview updates as you choose. The shortcode also accepts size and shape, e.g. [qwshare_follow size=”large” shape=”square”]. Defaults match the old look, so existing sites do not change.

1.3.8

• New: WhatsApp Chat page. The WhatsApp click-to-chat button now has its own menu item (QW Share → Extras → WhatsApp Chat) instead of sitting inside Advanced Options. The page explains what the button does in plain words, shows a live preview of the button on a sample page (it updates as you type your number, message and corner), and lists the setup steps.
• New: Follow Icons page. Follow / Profile icons now have their own menu item (QW Share → Extras → Follow Icons) with a short explanation, where the icons can appear (shortcode, widget, under the share bar) and a live preview that shows each icon as soon as you type its profile link.
• New: Editable text labels. Change the words on the WhatsApp button (for example “Chat with us” or “Ask a question”) and the text before the follow icons (for example “Follow us” or “Follow me”). Leave a box empty to show only icons. The shortcode also accepts label=”…”, e.g. [qwshare_follow label=”Follow me”].
• Improved: The WhatsApp number box warns you when the number looks too short, instead of silently keeping the button hidden.
• Fix: Description text under card titles touched the card border in the WhatsApp, Follow and WooCommerce settings. It now has the same side padding as the rest of the card.
• Fix: The WhatsApp profile link in Follow icons could be typed but was never saved. It is now saved and shows in the follow bar.
• Fix: The Shortcodes help page said follow icon links are set under Advanced Options. It now points to the Follow Icons page and shows the label option.
• Fix: The YouTube follow icon was drawn with a damaged outline (lumpy corner). Replaced with a clean icon.

1.3.7

• New: WhatsApp click-to-chat. Fixed floating button that opens a chat with your number via wa.me (Advanced Options). Optional pre-filled message and left/right position. Hidden on WooCommerce cart and checkout. Off by default.

1.3.6

• New: Show after scroll. Optionally hide the floating bar and automatic inline share bar until the visitor scrolls 25%, 50%, or 75% of the page (Where to Display → Floating Share Bar). Once shown, they stay visible. Off by default (show immediately).

1.3.5

• New: Elementor widget — QW Share Buttons. Drag share buttons into any Elementor layout. Choose networks, alignment, optional post/product ID, custom URL and title (same options as the shortcode and Gutenberg block).

1.3.4

• New: WooCommerce share positions. Place share buttons on product pages after the title, price, short description, or Add to cart (Where to Display → WooCommerce). Off by default. Uses your usual networks (WhatsApp product share, etc.) without a duplicate bar in the long description.

1.3.3

• New: Follow / Profile icons. Link to your Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Telegram, Pinterest and Threads pages. Shortcode [qwshare_follow], widget “QW Follow Icons”, and optional display under the share bar. Set URLs under Advanced Options.
• New: Image share on hover. Optional Pinterest, WhatsApp and Copy controls on post images (off by default). Small script loads only when enabled.

1.3.2

• Fixed: Share Statistics device mismatch. When total clicks are higher than mobile+desktop, a short note explains that older clicks were recorded before device tracking (1.3.0+). Percentages still use only clicks that have device data.
• New: Reset on Top Posts. On Share Statistics, each row has a Reset button to clear click counts for that post only (confirm dialog). Same data as the editor box option — total and by network for that post.
• Fixed: Reset column visible. Top Posts table widths updated so Post, Clicks, Displayed, and Reset all show without being clipped off-screen.

1.3.1

• Improved: Reset counts on this post. In the QW Share editor box, check “Reset counts on this post” and save. Click counts for that post (total and by network) go back to 0. Starting count is left alone. Uses the existing post-meta only – no new tables, options, or frontend scripts.

1.3.0

• New: Share preview card. Optional card under the share buttons showing the post title and featured image — similar to how the link may look when shared on WhatsApp, X or Facebook. Off by default (Advanced Options).
• New: Clicks by device on Share Statistics. See how many clicks come from mobile vs desktop (tracked from this version onward).

1.2.9

• New: Gutenberg block — QW Share Buttons. Add share buttons in the block editor. Choose which networks to show and how to align them. The editor shows a live preview, same options as the shortcode.
• New: Clicks over time on the Share Statistics page. See a simple chart for the last 7 or 30 days, plus a clearer Top Posts list. Daily click totals start from this version.
• New: Share on text selection (“Share this quote”). When a visitor highlights text on a post or page, a small popup appears with X, WhatsApp, Telegram and Copy so they can share that quote. Off by default — turn it on under Advanced Options.
• New: Live phone preview on Buttons in Mobile. See how mobile labels and the optional bottom bar look before you save. The preview updates as you change settings.
• Improved: Clearer share button icons in the bar and in the Button Appearance preview so the admin preview matches the front of your site.

1.2.8

• New: “QW Popular Shares” widget lists posts with the most share clicks (uses existing counts). Options: title, number of posts, post type, show count.

1.2.7

• Fixed: The Button Appearance settings page showed an empty grey panel in 1.2.6. The new “More button” switch was missing its style, so it stretched over the whole page. It now looks and works like the other switches. Your saved settings are not changed.

1.2.6

• New: Share Buttons widget under Appearance → Widgets (optional title, networks list, alignment).
• New: Optional More overflow in Button Appearance — show the first N networks and put the rest under a More menu (inline bars and widget).

1.2.5

• New: Template tag qwshare_buttons() for theme developers. Same options as the shortcode (networks, align, url, title, id). Documented on the Shortcodes page.
• New: languages/qw-share-buttons.pot so translators can start work without extracting strings themselves.

1.2.4

• New: Alignment setting in Button Appearance (Theme default, Left, Center, Right) for inline share buttons. Shortcode align still overrides it.
• New: “Shares” column on the Posts and Pages lists shows each post’s click count (admin only, uses existing stored counts). Click the heading to sort by it.
• New: In the QW Share editor box, a short line lists clicks by network for that post (e.g. WhatsApp 12, Copy Link 5).
• Fixed: A PHP warning (“Undefined variable $network”) appeared once for every share button when PHP warnings were turned on. This came in with 1.2.2.
• Fixed: Screen readers now read the AI buttons as “Summarize with ChatGPT” (and so on) instead of “Share on ChatGPT”.

1.2.3

• New: Backup & Restore in Advanced Options. Download your settings to a file and import them later or on another site. A wrong file is rejected and nothing changes.
• New: Share Statistics now shows “Clicks by network”, and the CSV export has a column for each network.
• New: Short messages after you reset settings, reset click counts or import settings.
• Fixed: The Gab, SMS and a few other icons showed the wrong name in a tooltip. Icons are also a little smaller now.
• Fixed: The buttons under Share Statistics are laid out correctly.

1.2.2

• New: AI buttons. “Summarize with” ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Perplexity, Google AI and Muse (Meta AI). Pick them in Select Buttons (they are off until you choose them) and change the question in Share Messages.
• New: Link Tracking in Counts & Tracking. Add UTM tags to shared links, with an optional campaign name, and share the short WordPress link instead of the long one. Both are off by default.
• New: The Claude and Muse buttons also copy the question to the clipboard, in case the AI site opens with an empty box.
• Improved: AI buttons open in a normal browser tab, and screen readers read them as “Summarize with ChatGPT” and so on.
• Improved: The AI sites are listed in the External services section of this readme.

1.2.1

• New: Write your own share message for WhatsApp, X, Telegram, Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon, Truth Social and SMS. Use {title}, {url} and {site}. Empty boxes keep the old wording.
• New: Email subject and email body boxes.
• New: Optional Google Analytics 4 / Tag Manager “share” event when someone clicks a share button (off by default).
• Fixed: The Email button put the link in the subject and only the title in the body. Now the title is the subject and the link is in the body.
• Improved: Settings are easier to find. The long “Advanced Options” page is split up: Share Messages has its own menu item, Floating Share Bar is under Where to Display, Dark Mode is under Button Appearance, and all count and Google Analytics settings are under Counts & Tracking. Your saved settings are not changed.
• Improved: Every settings page now starts with a short plain-language line, and the first page has a 3-step quick start.
• Improved: Slightly faster page rendering. The finished share bar is no longer cleaned a second time.

1.2.0

• New: “Hide share buttons on this post” in the editor box. It turns off the automatic buttons (inline, floating and bottom bar) for that post. A shortcode you add yourself still shows.
• New: “Share text” in the editor box. Type your own text to share instead of the post title.
• Improved: The editor box is now called “QW Share” because it holds more than counts.
• Improved: Posts that hide the buttons no longer load the share scripts and styles.
• Improved: Deleting the plugin also removes the new per-post settings.

1.1.9

• New: The share buttons shortcode now has options. Use networks to pick which buttons show (and their order), url to share any link, title to change the shared text, and align to place the buttons left, center or right.
• New: Short names for networks in the shortcode, like x, fb, wa, tg, mail, link and share.
• Improved: The Shortcodes page now lists every option with examples and all network names.
• Improved: Smaller plugin download. Removed unused images and unused styles, and made the donation QR image lighter.
• Fixed: A shortcode that shares a different link no longer stops the post’s own share bar from showing.

1.1.8

• Fixed: Made-up or unknown network names can no longer be counted, so your database stays clean.
• Fixed: The share shortcodes no longer show drafts or private posts to people who are not allowed to see them.
• Fixed: A rare JavaScript error that could happen if the plugin’s settings did not load.
• Fixed: Post titles with special characters (like &) now appear correctly in shared links.
• Fixed: Email and SMS share clicks are now counted reliably, even when the page changes right away.
• Fixed: Clicking a second share button quickly is no longer ignored.
• Fixed: Very large counts now show as 1M instead of 1000K.
• Fixed: “Reset all click counts” now removes only this plugin’s data.
• Fixed: The share bar no longer shows twice when you add the shortcode to a post or when a theme loads the content twice.
• Improved: The “QW Share Counts” box in the editor now shows on every post type that has buttons or counts.
• Improved: The reset buttons now use a safer method.
• Improved: CSV export now includes all your post types, adds a Post Type column, and works on very large sites.
• Improved: Settings changes apply immediately.
• Improved: Deleting the plugin on a multisite network now cleans up every site.

1.1.7

• Added: New “Buttons in Mobile” settings page. Show on Mobile, Mobile Labels, the Mobile Bottom Bar and the Share button options are now together in one place. Your saved settings are unchanged.

1.1.6

• Fixed: Share buttons now appear automatically (without a shortcode) on more themes and page builders, including block themes.
• Added: Option to show the Share button on laptops and desktops too (off by default; works in browsers that support it).
• Improved: Clearer help text under Where to Display, explaining how to select several post types and what each “Show on” option does.
• Improved: The “Copied!” and thank-you messages are now announced to screen readers.
• Maintenance: Simplified the copy-to-clipboard code (no change in behavior).
• Added: FAQ entries for the WeChat button and the share-count shortcode.

1.1.5

• Scripts and styles now load only on pages where buttons can actually appear (respects post types and Where to Display rules).
• Fixed: “Count only on” post types can now be cleared completely.
• Fixed: Email and SMS buttons no longer open an empty popup window.
• Fixed: the [qwshare_share_count] shortcode now updates right after a share.
• Share bar is no longer added when a theme or plugin builds an excerpt from the content.

1.1.4

• Fixed WeChat button: it now copies the page link (WeChat has no public web share URL, so the old link did nothing).
• Fixed Truth Social icon: the faded background shape now shows correctly instead of at full strength.
• Allowed extra SVG attributes (opacity, fill-rule, clip-rule, transform) so icons render as intended.
• Copy Link / WeChat: if the modern clipboard API is denied, fall back to the older copy method so the button still works.

1.1.3

• Clearer settings labels: Select Buttons, Where to Display, Share Statistics, and Buttons On / Off.
• Live preview on Button Appearance — see shape, style, size, spacing, labels, and colors before you save.
• Preview matches the real buttons on your site (same look and brand colors).
• Choose where buttons show: all selected post types, only some categories, or only specific posts/pages.
• New Shortcodes page in the sidebar with simple examples.
• Share buttons no longer appear in feeds, excerpts, or secondary loops.
• Better accessibility: proper labels on buttons and safer link attributes.
• Scripts and styles load only when buttons can actually show.
• Safer cleanup when the plugin is deleted; better support for future updates.
• Fixed a filter that could pass the wrong HTML for a single button.
• Removed unused modal code.
• Mobile visibility uses cache-friendly CSS instead of PHP device checks.
• Social preview tip handles non-English titles correctly.

1.1.2

• Fixed rare double-counting when two people shared the same post at the same time.
• Only published posts are counted (drafts and private posts are ignored).
• Added a per-IP rate limit so fake or rapid clicks cannot inflate share counts.
• Shortcodes load their styles earlier so buttons do not flash unstyled.
• Simpler, cleaner share-count tracking.

1.1.1

• Share counts work correctly on cached pages (Cloudflare and page-cache plugins).
• Shortcodes always load their CSS and JS, even on pages or widgets outside the normal settings.
• Safer counting when many people click at once (no lost clicks).

1.1.0

• Cleaner admin design: header, tabs, cards, network tiles, and sticky save bar.
• Native mobile Share button (opens the phone share menu on supported browsers).
• Optional sticky share bar at the bottom on mobile.
• Better counting behind Cloudflare and other proxies (new Visitor IP Source setting).
• Shared-IP visitors are no longer treated as one person when counting.

1.0.0

• First release of QW Share Buttons.
• Inline share buttons and a floating side bar.
• Click-based share counts, starting count, and per-post options.
• 25+ networks, Copy Link, dark mode, and thank-you message.
• Shortcodes: [qwshare_share_buttons] and [qwshare_share_count].
• Share statistics with CSV export.