Plugin / WordPress Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share

Changelog

3.3.4 [6 November 2019]

[Bugfix] Fixed XSS vulnerability on “heateor_sss_sharing_count” AJAX action

3.3.3 [26 October 2019]

[Bugfix] Changing Alignment of floating follow icons was not changing the label of offset option right below that in “Sassy Social Share – Follow Icons” widget

3.3.2 [24 September 2019]

[Bugfix] Custom theme for Social Media Follow icons was not working for Instagram icon, if multi-colored background was enabled

3.3.1 [23 September 2019]

[New] Added option in “Miscellaneous” section to adjust the background color (plain or multi-colored) of Instagram share and follow icon

3.3 [21 September 2019]

• [New] Added shortcode [Sassy_Follow_Icons] to integrate social media follow icons
• [New] Added option in the social media follow widget to float follow icons vertically
• [New] Added Youtube icon in social share networks
• [Improvement] Floating social share icons are now compatible with AMP
• [Improvement] Using ‘wp_add_inline_script’ to add inline Javascript code right above the sassy-social-share-public.js file
• [Improvement] Updated background of Instagram button to the multicolored one
• [Improvement] Facebook App ID for Facebook Messenger is being used from the options (if there is saved any) instead of the hardcoded one
• [Bugfix] Email share icon was appearing twice when searching in the “more” share popup
• [Bugfix] Center aligning the standard share icons was not center aligning the title above share bar

3.2.28 [13 August 2019]

• [Bugfix] Social share icons were not working with standard and transitional AMP modes
• [Bugfix] Fixed a PHP warning appearing at plugin options page in some cases
• [Improvement] Assigned class “heateor_sss_sharing_title” to the title appearing above the social share icons rendered via shortcode

3.2.26 [19 June 2019]

• [New] Added option to customize logo and background color of social media follow icons
• [New] Added Whatsapp in Social Media Follow icons
• [Bugfix] Fixed the PHP notices being generated when using the widget
• [Bugfix] Updated the background color for Reddit share icon for AMP according to the Reddit branding guidelines

3.2.25 [6 June 2019]

• [Bugfix] Minor bugfixes
• [Bugfix] Facebook App ID and Facebook App Secret options were not appearing in Miscellaneous section if Facebook share icon was enabled via shortcode or widget

3.2.24

• [Bugfix] Facebook share count was not working in some cases

3.2.23

• [Bugfix] Performance improvement and minor bugfix

3.2.22

• [New] Added Telegram in social media follow icons
• [Bugfix] Performance improvement

3.2.21

• [Bugfix] Share counts were reduced significantly in some cases after last update

3.2.20

• [Bugfix] Facebook shares were not working because of the expiration of Facebook API v2.8
• [Bugfix] Fixed a PHP error occurring when floating share bar enabled via shortcode
• [Improvement] Share counts are loading faster

3.2.19

• [Bugfix] Social shares for the homepage were reset to 0 after last update in some cases
• [Bugfix] Minor bugfixes

3.2.18

• [Bugfix] Tumblr share stopped working
• [Bugfix] Querystring parameter in the url was causing changes in the share counts for the webpage
• [Improvement] Line share now works with the devices that doesn’t support Line app
• [Improvement] Removed Google+ from social share and social media follow icons
• [Improvement] Removed white background from the slider arrow below the floating share icons
• [Improvement] Applied white background to the total shares in the horizontal floating sticky share bar

3.2.17

• [Bugfix] Previous update was generating Javascript error when Whatsapp share icon was not enabled

3.2.16

• [Bugfix] Minor bugfix in Whatsapp share

3.2.15

• [New] Twitter sharer shows title from “Twitter Title” option of Yoast Premium SEO post meta options, if one is specified
• [Bugfix] Whatsapp share was not working in some cases with server cache enabled

3.2.14

• [Bugfix] Alignment of rectangular social share buttons got worse after previous update
• [New] Added Fintel.io social share icon

3.2.13

• [Bugfix] Center alignment for standard share icons was not working in some cases
• [Bugfix] Enabling social share count was not taking effect for rectangular social share/like buttons
• [Bugfix] Fixed mis-alignment of rectangular social share icons
• [Bugfix] Xing share stopped working
• [Bugfix] Whatsapp share was not working on Firefox and Safari browsers
• [New] Added option to hide the slider present below the floating share bar
• [Improvement] Improved the look of slider arrow below the floating share bar

3.2.12

• [New] Included MeWe in social media follow icons
• [Bugfix] Social share icons stopped working in Classic mode of AMP plugin after last update
• [Improvement] Updated background color of Reddit icon according to Reddit branding guidelines

3.2.11

• [New] Included MeWe in social share networks
• [New] Included Xing in social media follow icons
• [Improvement] Added compatibility with Paired and Native modes of AMP plugin

3.2.10

• [New] Added Medium, Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte in social media follow icons widget
• [Improvement] Added “aria-label” attribute in the hyperlinks for social media follow icons
• [Improvement] Added rel=”noopener” attribute in the hyperlink for Whatsapp share icon
• [Improvement] Fixed a PHP notice being generated when enabling social share widget from “Appearance > Widgets” page in admin

3.2.9

• [Bugfix] Added TwitCount.com service to get Twitter share counts working again

3.2.8

• [Bugfix] Pinterest shares disappeared due to changes in Pinterest API

3.2.7

• [Bugfix] Hover icon color was not working for Instagram, StockTwits, GentleReader and Mix social share logos (thanks danira-horses.ru)

3.2.6

• [Bugfix] Follow Icons widget was breaking layout of webpage in a few cases
• [Bugfix] Broken “Plugins” page in admin area on multisite installation in some cases
• [Bugfix] Fixed PHP warning “Division by zero…” in “public/class-sassy-social-share-public.php”
• [Bugfix] StockTwits was not there with the other social networks appearing in the “More” share networks popup
• [New] Added Threema
• [Improvement] Improved StockTwits logo
• [Improvement] Whatsapp icon was triggering share in the same browser tab instead of another tab
• Removed Yahoo Bookmarks
• Removed Yahoo Messenger
• Removed Delicious
• Removed Polyvore
• Removed Oknotizie
• Removed Baidu
• Removed DiHITT
• Removed Netlog
• Removed NewsVine
• Removed NUjij
• Removed Segnalo
• Removed Stumpedia
• Removed YouMob

3.2.5

• [Bugfix] Twitter share counts disappeared as newsharecounts.com went dead

3.2.4

• [New] StumbleUpon share is now Mix share
• [Bugfix] Enabling the horizontal sticky floating share bar was causing a white bar to appear at the bottom of webpages in mobile devices where floating bar was not enabled
• [Bugfix] “heateor-sss-no-counts” attribute was causing “disallowed attribute” validation error on AMP
• [Improvement] Meta options for individual posts/pages were also appearing for non-admin users
• [Improvement] “global $post” was generating PHP notices where $post was NULL

3.2.3

• [Bugfix] Social Share counts were not working properly after previous update

3.2.2

• [Bugfix] Facebook shares were not correct in a few cases with Recover Social Share Counts add-on active

3.2.1

• [Improvement] Compatible with GDPR
• [Bugfix] GentleReader logo was not appearing when enabled in social share bar

3.2

• [New] Added GentleReader bookmarking service
• [Bugfix] Follow icons were appearing below each-other in a few cases
• [Bugfix] Follow icons were appearing broken if standard or floating share icons were not enabled
• [Improvement] Whatsapp sharing is now compatible with Whatsapp web app
• [Improvement] Improved “More” share icons popup for mobile devices
• [Improvement] Improved admin UI for mobile devices
• [Improvement] Upgraded version of official Facebook SDK being used throughout the plugin
• [Improvement] Link to language codes at plugin options page was broken

3.1.10

• [New] Added “heateor_sss_follow_icons” filter to customize “Follow Icons” widget
• [Improvement] Reduced space between social share icons in AMP for better look

3.1.9

• [Bugfix] Facebook share counts were not getting updated after updating to version 3.1.8 in some cases

3.1.8

• [New] Odnoklassniki share icon now supports share counter
• [Bugfix] Comment icon at homepage was not redirecting to the comment form of individual post
• [Bugfix] Some social media icons in “Follow Icons” widget were appearing broken
• [Improvement] Share count functionality is smoother

3.1.7

• [Improvement] Compatible with AMP
• [New] Included “Sassy Social Share – Follow Icons” widget to integrate Social Media follow icons with the website
• [Bugfix] Social share icons in “more share icons popup” were coming out of it in a few cases

3.1.6

• [Bugfix] “create_function() is deprecated” error was being generated with PHP version 7.2

3.1.5

• [Bugfix] Pinterest save button was misaligned
• [Bugfix] Viber logo was not appearing in Viber share icon, in a few cases
• [Bugfix] Horizontal sticky share bar was truncated on the left when enabling “Auto-adjust according to screen width” option, in a few cases
• [Improvement] Performance improvement

3.1.4

• [Bugfix] Facebook share count was not getting updated with the share counts of other social networks, in a few cases

3.1.3

• [Improvement] Improved share counts functionality
• [Improvement] Performance improvement
• [Bugfix] “Auto-adjust according to screen width” option was not working for horizontal sticky interface, in a few cases

3.1.2

• Google Plus share counts are no longer supported, as the official API no longer serves the share count

3.1.1

• [Improvement] Social Share dialogue was being opened in new tab instead of the popup window, in the latest version of Google Chrome browser

3.1

• [Bugfix] Share counts were being cached even when “Refresh Share Count cache every” option (in “Miscellaneous” section) was kept blank

3.0

• [New] Included Copy Link, Diaspora, Douban, Draugiem, Facebook Messenger, Google Classroom, Kik, Papaly, Polyvore, Refind, Skype, SMS, Trello, Viber and Telegram in sharing networks
• [New] Added “Comment” icon in sharing networks to send users to comment form at the webpage
• [New] Added search box above the social networks at options page in admin, to find the desired social networks easily
• [New] Added option to append myCRED referral ID to the urls being shared
• [Improvement] Delicious share/bookmark counts are no longer supported, as Delicious bookmark count API is dead
• [Improvement] Improved social share icons
• [Bugfix] Twitter share count was not working in some cases
• [Bugfix] Total share count was not appearing correct in a few cases
• [Bugfix] Share icons were not appearing at the webpages built using Elementor plugin

2.5.8

• [Improvement] Performance improvement for the mobile responsiveness feature added in previous version

2.5.7

• [Improvement] Horizontal sticky sharing bar is now responsive with auto-adjusting width according to device screen
• [Improvement] Sticky horizontal sharing icons were covering website footer on mobile devices
• [Improvement] Share counts are now being rounded off to one decimal

2.5.6

• [Bugfix] Floating sharing icons were not picking up correct title and url at archive pages

2.5.5

• [Bugfix] Plugin “Settings” link at “Plugins” page in admin area was redirecting to wrong page

2.5.4

• [Bugfix] Reddit share count was not appearing in some cases
• [Improvement] Plugin admin UI is compatible with WordPress version 4.7
• [Improvement] Removed deprecated ‘-moz-box-shadow’ from the CSS

2.5.3

• [New] Compatible with Recover Social Share Counts add-on
• [Bugfix] Vkontakte share count was not working in some cases

2.5.2

• [Bugfix] Myspace sharing was not working
• [Bugfix] Myspace was not appearing in “More” share icons popup
• [Bugfix] Colon (:) in post/page title was appearing encoded in Twitter sharing

2.5.1

• [Bugfix] Flipboard sharing was not working due to outdated API
• [New] Twitter sharer shows title from “Twitter Title” option of Yoast SEO post meta options, if one is specified
• [Improvement] Improved share count functionality
• [Improvement] Updated Instagram icon

2.5

• [Bugfix] “Widgets” page in admin area was unresponsive, in some cases
• [Bugfix] Share counts were not working for the sharing icons enabled using Shortcode and Widgets, in some cases
• [Improvement] Share count cache was not working for sharing icons enabled using shortcode and widgets

2.4.5

• [Bugfix] Facebook shares were not being included in total shares, in some cases
• [Improvement] Added background color for Pocket share icon
• [Improvement] Default plugin options are being saved for every subsite in multisite network on Network Activating the plugin
• [Improvement] Default plugin options are being saved when a new subsite is created in multisite network

2.4.4

• [Bugfix] Facebook share counts were not appearing on websites with SSL enabled

2.4.3

• [Bugfix] Facebook share icon was appearing distorted in some cases

2.4.2

• [Bugfix] Facebook share counts were not appearing in some cases
• [Bugfix] Shares specified in “Starting share count” option for individual posts/pages were not appearing at homepage
• [Bugfix] Querystring variables were not being appended to the url being shared
• [Bugfix] Border radius was not reverting to default when kept blank in “Theme Selection” section at sharing options page in admin area
• [Improvement] “Share” was being displayed in total share counts for 0 shares, instead of “Shares”
• [Improvement] Admin UI improvement
• [Improvement] Improved Blogger Post icon

2.4.1

• [Bugfix] Share counts suddenly stopped appearing because of deprecated Facebook share count API
• [Improvement] Admin UI improvement

2.4

• [Bugfix] Plugin was not picking the homepage url correctly if it was different from the WordPress installation directory
• [New] Included StockTwits and Instagram in sharing networks
• [New] Included official Facebook share button in sharing networks

2.3

• [Bugfix] ‘&’ in post/page title was breaking the subject in email sharing
• [Bugfix] Pinterest share count was not appearing after updating plugin to version 2.0
• [Bugfix] “Social Share myCRED Integration” add-on was not logging points for sharing in few cases, when cached counts were being displayed
• [New] Added option to disable/enable sharing on AMP pages

2.2

• [Bugfix] Pinterest share button was not working after updating to previous version

2.1

• [Improvement] Fixed AMP validation errors (thanks @nfabiox85 🙂 )

2.0

• [Bugfix] Sharing title and share counts were appearing in the content of post excerpts at posts page
• [Bugfix] Single and double quotes in post title were appearing encoded when sharing on Twitter
• [Bugfix] Twitter sharer was not fetching correct title if there was a double quote in it.
• [Bugfix] + sign was appearing in the subject when using Email sharing
• [Bugfix] When total share count was 1, “Shares” was being displayed instead of “Share”
• [Bugfix] “Shares/Share” text was not being translated
• [Bugfix] Google +1 and GooglePlus Share official buttons were appearing vertically mis-aligned
• [Improvement] Compatible with AMP (https://wordpress.org/plugins/amp) plugin
• [Improvement] Improved Delecious icon
• [Improvement] Updated Facebook SDK to version 2.5
• [Improvement] Changed background color of Linkedin icon to match its brand guidelines

1.7.2

• [Bugfix] Vkontakte share count was appearing in the form of VK.Share.count(0, 0)
• [Bugfix] Reddit badge was not appearing on webpages having ssl enabled

1.7.1

• [Bugfix] Share counts were messing with the sharing icons in some cases

1.7

• [Bugfix] Website title was appearing in homepage content in a few cases
• [Bugfix] Fixed a PHP notice filling error log when enabled WordPress debugging
• [Bugfix] Share counts were not appearing in a few cases
• [Improvement] Share counts are now being cached (using WordPress transients) resulting in faster page loading with share counts enabled
• [Improvement] Twitter logo background color updated to match Twitter’s brand guidelines
• [New] Added option to clear Bit.ly shorturl cache
• [New] Added option to clear share counts cache
• [New] Added option to specify time duration to refresh share count cache

1.6

• [Improvement] Improved bit.ly short url cache resulting in reduced page load time
• [Improvement] Specified “heateor_sss_sharing_title” class name for the div containing title of sharing interface
• [Improvement] Compatible with “Social Share myCRED Integration” add-on

1.5

• [Bugfix] “Logo Color” option was not working for Standard Icon theme selection from previous version
• [Bugfix] Share counts were not appearing if counter position was not specified in “Theme Selection” section
• [Bugfix] Stumbleupon, Xing and Pinterest Pin It official buttons were overlapping each other
• [Bugfix] Last plugin update overrode the previous logo color selection for sharing icons. It won’t happen from this update.
• [New] Added option to enable OpenShareCount and NewShareCounts APIs to fetch Twitter share counts
• [Improvement] Compatible with PHP 7
• [Improvement] CSS improvements

1.1

• [Bugfix] Default font color of inner share counters was not white
• [Bugfix] Line app logo was not appearing in Line app sharing icon, in a few cases
• [Bugfix] Height of “More” sharing popup was inappropriate in a few cases
• [Improvement] Added links for more customization options in FAQ section at plugin options page
• [Improvement] Improved share counter functionality
• [Improvement] Admin UI improvements

1.0.0

• Initial release of the plugin