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=== Super Socializer ===
Contributors: Heateor, the_champ, Hungarian Translator: László Tavaszi http://kerekmese.hu, Chinese Translator: Alex Li plpkj.com, Portuguese Translator: Paulo Purkyt https://www.linkedin.com/in/ppurkyt, Italian Translator: Maurizio https://freedomsgate.org, Spanish translator: Ignacio Iglesias http://trespies.com, Arabic Translator: http://www.ArabsSM.com, Russian Translator: Nicholas Lagunov http://tobehip.com.ua
Donate link: https://www.heateor.com/donate?action=Super+Socializer
Tags: the champ, champ, social login, social sharing, social commenting, social comments, social plugin, buddypress, bbpress, social share, comments, share post, user profile data, social analytics, online identity, social profile storage, id provider, single sign-on, social media tools, free social login, post to social networks, social authentication, social app, connect, capture social data, social sign-in, signin, sign up, signup, social connect, facebook login, twitter login, google login, google+ login, linkedin login, yahoo, vkontakte, instagram, reddit, digg, stumbleupon, delicious, float it, tumblr, social network
Requires at least: 2.5.0
Tested up to: 4.4.2
Stable tag: 7.5.4
License: GPLv2 or later
The unique Social Plugin to let you integrate Social Login, Social Share and Social Comments at your website
== Description ==
**Available in English, Spanish, Hungarian, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Arabic and Russian languages**
= Feature list =
* Social Sharing from around 100 social networks
* Share counts are supported for Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, GooglePlus, Delicious, Buffer, Reddit, Pinterest, Stumbleupon and Vkontakte
* FREE icon customization options
* Options to specify sharing icon shape - Square, Round and Rectangular
* Options to specify sharing icon size - minimum 16 pixels, no upper limit
* Options to specify sharing icon backround color and logo color
* Sharing counter customization options
* Enable share count cache with option to control cache refresh time-frame
* Enable url shortening to use in sharing
* Horizontal and Vertical (floating) layout for sharing
* Customizable target url for sharing
* Rearrange order of sharing icons
* Specify position of sharing icons with respect to content - Top and Bottom
* Enable/Disable sharing on default/custom post types
* Enable/Disable sharing on individual pages/posts
* Enable/Disable total/individual share count(s)
* Mobile responsive sharing interface
* Enable/Disable vertical/floating sharing interface on mobile device
* Social Login from 9 Social Networks - Facebook, Google, Linkedin, Twitter, Vkontakte, Instagram, Xing, Twitch and Steam
* Enable Social Login interface at WordPress Login, Register pages and comment form
* Syncs user's basic social profile data with WordPress profile
* Enable Social Login at WooCommerce checkout page and customer login form
* Enable Sharing at WooCommerce products
* Syncs user's basic social profile data with WooCommerce profile
* Sync social profile data with BuddyPress XProfile fields
* Auto-approve comments made by users logged in using Social Login
* Use user's social profile avatar as profile picture at your website
* Customizable login/post-registration redirection
* Enable Facebook Like/Recommend, Google +1, Google Plus Share, Twitter Tweet, Yummly, Buffer, Xing buttons
* Enable Social Comments - Facebook Comments, Google Plus Comments, Disqus Comments
* Widgets and shortcodes for Social Sharing, Social Login, Social Comments and Like Buttons
* Let your users link their social accounts to the account at your website
* Compatible with BuddyPress, bbPress, WooCommerce
* Multisite Compatible
* Supports HTTPS enabled websites
* 24/7 quickest customer support
Detailed Overview:
= Social Login = Enables users to login to your website through their existing IDs on popular social networks.
**Benefits**
1. **Rapid signup/login**: When using Social network for login, users do not need to type anything (most of the users are already logged into their social accounts). It helps in boosting signup/login rate at your blog.
2. **Profile Data**: User's profile data will be saved in your blog database. This data also includes users' email, enabling you to communicate with them.
3. **Spam Reduction**: Because social networks authenticate individuals and generally don't allow multiple accounts, the likelihood of false identities and spammers goes down.
= Social Sharing = Enables users to share your website content over popular sharing networks resulting in increased user traffic.
**Benefits**
1. **Increased User Traffic**: When users share content over their Social network, it shows up in front of more people which results in increased user traffic at your website.
2. **SEO Optimization**: Social sharing helps your website content get indexed faster and improves other factors that help in search engine optimization of your blog.
= Facebook Commenting = Enables users to comment on your website via their Facebook account.
**Benefits**
1. **Virality**: When people comment at your blog using their Facebook account, the comment not only shows up at your blog, but it also appears in their news feed. This puts your blog in front of new audience which further adds to the likelihood of you getting a new returning visitor.
2. **Higher Conversations**: When you know the person commenting on something, it's more likely that you will also type out your ideas there, unlike the situation when you don't know the person involved in the conversation.
3. **Credibility**: In traditional comment form, anyone can put any fake name (Bruce Wayne ..... ;)) to comment on your blog. If the same comment is from the original Facebook account of the person who is commenting, you can give credibility to this user and also the people will automatically trust it.
4. **No Spam**: You can get rid off the spammers and users, commenting using their fake accounts.
5. **Works for the lazy**: Most people are nowadays lazy. To get these people commenting on your blog, it will just require them to login to their Facebook account (which almost everyone does after powering on computer).
= User Profile Data = Every time a user logs in, plugin fetches profile data of the user and store that in your WordPress database.
**Benefits**
1. **Better Customer Relationship**: User profile data includes user's personal information which can be used to foster customer relationships.
2. **Updated and Genuine Data**: As people update their (real) profile details on their Social network, you get updated and genuine data which is unlikely in case of traditional registration process.
3. **Enhances Marketing Efforts**: Social data can integrate with third-party platforms such as email marketing platforms, ad servers, recommendation engines, and more, to target the right users with the right messages which increases ROI (Return on Investment).
= Single sign-on = Enable single sign-on in your WordPress multisite network.
= What makes this plugin different and why should I choose this plugin when there are many other social plugins? =
1. **Free**: Yea, right. It is a free plugin. You need not pay single penny to use the features of this plugin.
2. **No need to register anywhere**: Unlike other third party Social plugins, you do not need to create an account at third party website.
3. **Absolutely Simple**: Plugin configuration is kept dead simple. Screenshots are provided with options wherever required.
4. **Fresh Icon Themes**: Fresh and trendy themes are used for Social Login and Sharing icons.
5. **Optimal Loading time**: Loading time of Social Login and Sharing icons is optimal and if you compare with other plugins, you will find it less than that of all those plugins.
6. We promise to provide **best quality** among other similar plugins. If you find our plugin is lacking some feature, you can email us and we will do our best to include that feature in our plugin as soon as possible.
7. Our **support team is working 24/7** to answer your queries and assist you. You will find us the quickest to respond.
= Important links =
* Plugin Demo: http://super-socializer-wordpress.heateor.com
* Plugin Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/SocializerChamp
* Our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/heateor
* Our GooglePlus Page: https://plus.google.com/+Heateor
* Our Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/heateor
<a href="http://support.heateor.com">Support Documentation</a> | <a href="https://www.heateor.com/social-analytics-sharing">Social Analytics</a> | <a href="https://www.heateor.com/add-ons">Add-ons</a>
You can provide your feedback at hello[at]heateor[dot]com
== Installation ==
= Installation =
* Download the plugin from this page
* Navigate to **Plugins** > **Add New** > **Upload Plugin** section in your website admin panel
* Click **Upload**, click **Choose file**, upload the plugin zip and click **Install Now** button
* Activate the plugin when installation is complete
= Configuration =
After installing and activating the plugin, you will see **Super Socializer** in the left sidebar in your website admin panel.
You can configure required options in **Facebook**, **Social Login** and **Social Sharing** sections.
There is **help** available with each option. You can see the help text by clicking the **bubble** icon before each option.
= Widgets and Shortcodes =
* Navigate to the **Widgets** section in the **Appearance** menu.
* Look for the **Super Socializer - Login** and **Super Socializer - Sharing** widgets and click/drag these to add the widgets to the desired widget area on the right.
* After adding the widget, you can customize it by changing the **Title**, **Before widget content** and **After widget content** options.
You can use **[TheChamp-Login]** and **[TheChamp-Sharing]** Shortcodes in the content of required page/post where you want to display Social Login and Sharing interfaces respectively.
Optionally, you can use **style** attribute in the Shortcode to style the rendered Social Login and Sharing interfaces.
For example
**[TheChamp-Login style="background-color:#000; float:right"]**
= Display Social Login and Sharing interface on other pages =
You can enable Social Login and Sharing anywhere in your website page/post content using **Shortcodes** mentioned above.
== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= What is this Social Login stuff and why would I need it? =
Social Login enables your website users to login using their existing accounts on Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google plus etc.
**Benefits**
1. **Rapid signup/login**: When using Social network for login, users do not need to type anything (most of the users are already logged into their social accounts). It helps in boosting signup/login rate at your blog.
2. **Profile Data**: User's profile data will be saved in your blog database. This data also includes users' email, enabling you to communicate with them.
3. **Spam Reduction**: Because social networks authenticate individuals and generally don't allow multiple accounts, the likelihood of false identities and spammers goes down.
= What is Social Commenting and why would I need it? =
Social commenting enables your website users to comment at your blog using their existing accounts on Social networks.
**Benefits**
1. **Virality**: When people comment at your blog using their Facebook account, the comment not only shows up at your blog, but it also appears in their news feed. This puts your blog in front of new audience which further adds to the likelihood of you getting a new returning visitor.
2. **Higher Conversations**: When you know the person commenting on something, it's more likely that you will also type out your ideas there, unlike the situation when you don't know the person involved in the conversation.
3. **Credibility**: In traditional comment form, anyone can put any fake name (Bruce Wayne ..... ;)) to comment on your blog. If the same comment is from the original Facebook account of the person who is commenting, you can give credibility to this user and also the people will automatically trust it.
4. **No Spam**: You can get rid off the spammers and users, commenting using their fake accounts.
5. **Works for the lazy**: Most people are nowadays lazy. To get these people commenting on your blog, it will just require them to login to their Facebook account (which almost everyone does after powering on computer).
= What is Social Sharing and why would I need it? =
Social Sharing enables your website users to share your website content over their social network.
**Benefits**
1. **Increased User Traffic**: When users share content over their Social network, it shows up in front of more people which results in increased user traffic at your website.
2. **SEO Optimization**: Social sharing helps your website content get indexed faster and improves other factors that help in search engine optimization of your blog.
= How much do you charge for the plugin? =
This plugin is FREE to download and feel free to use it on your WordPress, BuddyPress, BBPress and any other WP based systems. For advanced features and custom solutions, drop an email at support@heateor.com
= Can you help me set up the plugin at my website? =
Yes, we can help you with it. Just drop an email at support@heateor.com
== Screenshots ==
1. **Social Login**: Social Login interface at Wordpress login form
2. **Social Sharing**: A wide variety of sharing icons
3. **Social Sharing**: Options to chosse size (ranging from 16px to 35px) and shape (round and square) of sharing icons
4. **Social Sharing**: Around 90 social networks in Social Sharing
5. **Social Commenting**: WordPress Commenting selected
6. **Social Commenting**: Facebook Commenting selected
7. **Social Commenting**: GooglePlus Commenting selected
8. **Social Commenting**: Disqus Commenting selected
== Changelog ==
= 7.5.4 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing title was appearing in open graph meta tags content, thereby in the webpage description in sharing window, in some cases
* [Bugfix] Twitter sharing was not working if there was double quote in the title of webpage
* [Improvement] Removed French translation due to poor feedback
= 7.5.3 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons disappeared from some pages after updating plugin to previous version
= 7.5.2 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing title and share counts were appearing in post excerpts at homepage
* [Bugfix] Single and double quotes in post title were appearing encoded when sharing on Twitter
* [Improvement] Improved Delecious icon
* [Improvement] Updated Facebook SDK to version 2.5
* [Improvement] Link to set password is being sent to new users, instead of plain text password, via email
* Removed Serbo-Croatian translation
= 7.4.2 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons disappeared from post excerpts after updating to version 7.4.1, in a few cases
= 7.4.1 =
* [Bugfix] Url passed in Facebook sharer was not being encoded and querystring variables after '&' were not appearing in the url being shared
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons were not appearing if posts page was a page other than homepage
* [Bugfix] "failed to open stream" PHP warning was being generated in a few cases
* [Bugfix] CSS of default login page was getting affected
* [Bugfix] Google +1 and GooglePlus Share buttons were vertically misaligned
* [Bugfix] Fixed "theChampFBKey not defined" and "theChampFBLang not defined" Javascript errors generated when "Load all Javascript files in single file" option was enabled
* [New] Added option to sync social profile data with BuddyPress XProfile fields
* [New] Included Twitch and Steam Open ID in Social Login networks
* [New] Included Chinese translation
* [New] Included Portuguese translation
* [Improvement] Improved Spanish translation
= 7.2.1 =
* [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
= 7.2 =
* [Bugfix] Website title was appearing in homepage content in a few cases
* [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 share counts cache
* [New] Added option to specify time duration to refresh share count cache
= 7.1 =
* [Bugfix] Plugin functionality was breaking in a few cases when "Load all Javascript files in single file" option was enabled
* [Improvement] Improved bit.ly short url cache resulting in reduced page load time
* [Improvement] Specified "the_champ_sharing_title" class name for the div containing title of sharing interface
* [Improvement] Removed German translation due to poor feedback
* [New] Option to clear bit.ly shorturl cache
= 7.0.1 =
* [Bugfix] 'array_replace' function was causing fatal error at the websites running on PHP version < 5.3. Introduced fallback function for
= 7.0 =
* [New] Added more options to customize social share icons and counters
* [New] Now choose from over 100 social sharing and bookmarking services, to display in sharing bar
* [New] Official Like/Tweet/+1 buttons can also be included in sharing bar with other sharing icons
* [New] Added option to load all Javascript files combined in single file in single request
* [New] Added option to enable OpenShareCount and NewShareCounts APIs to fetch Twitter share counts
* [New] Added option to specify custom CSS at "Super Socializer > General Options" page
* [Bugfix] Social Login icons were appearing misaligned at WooCommerce Customer Login form
* [Bugfix] Social Commenting was getting enabled on default pages and posts automatically, after updating the plugin to new version
* [Bugfix] Vertical/Floating sharing bar/like buttons at homepage was sharing the url of first article at the page, instead of that of homepage
* [Bugfix] User was not getting redirected to the same tab after saving changes, at plugin options page
* [Improvement] Share counts are being rounded off instead of K+, M+ format
* [Improvement] Admin UI improvement
* [Improvement] Compatible with PHP 7 (Still, we recommend to check it first on your development environment before moving to production)
= 6.6.4 =
* [Bugfix] Text was appearing in encoded format in Whatsapp sharing
* [Improvement] <div id="vk_api_transport"></div> was being added in <head> section on enabling Vkontakte login
= 6.6.3 =
* [Bugfix] Garbled characters were appearing in Twitter sharing content, on non-English websites in some cases
= 6.6.2 =
* [Bugfix] Single quote in article title was breaking Twitter sharing functionality
= 6.6.1 =
* [Bugfix] Twitter sharer was including '+' in place of space in the content being shared in IOS
* [Bugfix] Vertical sharing/like buttons interface at homepage was using title of first post on the page instead of that of homepage
= 6.6 =
* [New] Added option to enable/disable sharing and like buttons at BuddyPress Group page
* [New] Added option to show/hide options for website users to update social avatar at BuddyPress profile page
* [New] Made changes to make plugin compatible with "Share Analytics" add-on
* [Bugfix] Horizontal sharing interface was appearing aligned vertically in some cases
= 6.5 =
* [Improvement] Updated GooglePlus logo
* [New] Added option in Social Commenting to specify the HTML ID of container element of default comment form
* [Bugfix] Users were getting redirected to 404 page after email verification in few cases
= 6.4 =
* [Bugfix] Whatsapp sharing was not working on some versions of IOS
* [Bugfix] "Send username-password to user after Social Login" functionality was not working with WP version 4.3 and above
* [Bugfix] "Stick sharing bar horizontally at bottom on mobile devices" option was not working for widget and shortcode
* [Bugfix] Total share counts were being displayed in Italic font in few scenarios
* [New] Added option to disable user registration through Social Login
= 6.2 =
* [Improvement] Minor performance improvements
* [Improvement] Improved Italian Translation
= 6.1 =
* [Bugfix] Facebook Comments Email Notifications were working only for first comment when posted multiple comments without refreshing the page
= 6.0 =
* [New] Added options to enable/disable Social Commenting at default (post, page) and custom post types
* [New] Added option to enable/disable sticky horizontal Social Sharing bar at bottom of page on mobile devices
* [New] Included Russian translation
* [New] Removed upper limit from size of sharing icons
* [New] Added filter 'the_champ_before_user_registration' before user registration functionality
* [Bugfix] Social Login icons were not appearing at WooCommerce Checkout page
* [Bugfix] Facebook Like and Recommend buttons were not appearing consistently
* [Bugfix] Social Login shortcode was displaying title for logged in users too
* [Bugfix] Facebook Login was not working in Chrome on IOS
* [Improvement] Widget code has been updated to use php5 style constructors
* [Improvement] WooCommerce shipping and billing details are now synced with social profile data
* [Improvement] Sharing icons got sexier
* [Improvement] If social profile data has username, it is being used as is for WordPress username
= 5.8.1 =
* [Bugfix] Yummly and Buffer sharing were not working
= 5.8.0 =
* [New] Added options to enable sharing, like buttons on custom posts and WooCommerce products
* [New] Added option to enable social login at customer login form at WooCommerce My Account page
* [New] Included shortcode for Social Account Linking [TheChamp-Social-Linking]
* [New] Added Yummly and Buffer to sharing and like buttons
* [New] Added option to show total shares with sharing icons
* [New] Option to hide/show vertical sharing/like buttons interface on mobile devices
* [New] Added option to update social avatar at user profile page
* [New] Added option to prevent modernizr JS from loading
* [New] Included "title" attribute in shortcodes
* [New] Included Arabic Translation
* [New] Included Serbo-Croatian Translation
* [Improvement] Improved Print icon in sharing
* [Improvement] Increased space between like buttons
* [Improvement] Escaped output of add_query_arg and remove_query_arg functions
* [Improvement] Increased font size of share counts in vertical sharing bar
* [Bugfix] Tweet button was showing encoded characters for some content
* [Bugfix] Support documentation links were redirecting to 404, "not found" page in websites with ssl enabled
= 5.5.2 =
* [Bugfix] Facebook Commenting interface was shrinked on mobile devices due to recent changes introduced in FB JS SDK by Facebook
* [Bugfix] Facebook Login was unable to fetch email and some other profile data of user due to recent changes introduced in FB JS SDK by Facebook
* [Improvement] Updated FB JS SDK to latest version 2.4
= 5.4.2 =
* [Improvement] Improved sharing/login icons for Twitter, GooglePlus, Stumbleupon, Pinterest, Email and Digg
* [Bugfix] Overlapped, messy sharing and login icons in a few cases
* [Bugfix] Admin was unable to disable sharing/like buttons at homepage set as static page
* [Bugfix] Starting share counts were not working for homepage set as static page
* [Bugfix] Rearrange sharing icons functionality was not working in a few cases
* [Bugfix] WordPress Comments tab in Social Commenting interface was displaying incorrect comment counts in a few cases
= 5.3.2 =
* [Improvement] Optimized loading of Social Commenting
* [Improvement] Improved LinkedIn sharing
* [Bugfix] Some commenting tabs were not visible if there was space in "Order of tabs in commenting interface" option in Social Commenting section
* [Bugfix] Modernizr Javascript was breaking functionality of some themes if included in footer
* [Bugfix] Double Social Login icons at front-end with a few themes
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons were not visible in "Rearrange icons" option in admin panel in a few cases
= 5.2.2 =
* [Bugfix] Fixed issues with sharing and like buttons (Social Counter) shortcodes/widgets
* [Bugfix] Facebook comemnts in new commenting interface were not visible in Firefox browser
= 5.1.2 =
* [Bugfix] Double sharing icons were appearing at front-end
= 5.0.2 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons were not being displayed in admin and front-end, with some themes, on updating the plugin
= 5.0.1 =
* [Bugfix] Social Commenting was breaking layout of some themes
= 5.0.0 =
* Improved Social Sharing icons
* Two themes for sharing icons (round and square)
* Option to change size of sharing icons (ranging between 16x16px and 35x35px)
* Option to disable/enable "More" icon in sharing
* Improved Social Login icons
* Feature to slide in/out vertical sharing/counter interface
* Option to use already enabled shortlinks with sharing
* GooglePlus and Disqus included in Social Commenting
* [Bugfix] Cached short urls were not being removed on deletion of plugin
= 4.3.0 =
* [Bugfix] Facebook Comments layout was distorted in mobile devices
* Updated Facebook SDK to latest version
* Added action "the_champ_login_widget_hook" in Social Login widget before logout link
= 4.2.0 =
* [Bugfix] Xing login was not working
* [Bugfix] Google Login was not working with French translation
* [Bugfix] Bit.ly service was being called on each page load. Now short urls are being cached.
* [Bugfix] Names having cyrillic characters were not being displayed
* [Bugfix] Could not FB comment using mobile, interface kept refreshing
* [Bugfix] "fb-root" div was being included in the 'head' section of webpage
* [Bugfix] FB Commenting was not working with Disqus commenting
* [Bugfix] Bitly url shortener was not working in sharing shortcode
* [Bugfix] Removed {} (empty brackets) from front.css file
* [Bugfix] Commenting.js file was being loaded on the page where FB commenting was disabled
* Included Whatsapp in sharing
* Included option to enable only Facebook Commenting without enabling default comment form
* Removed Facebook feed feature
* Included 'Archives' in 'Sharing Location' option
* Included filter 'the_champ_login_interface_filter' in 'inc/social_login.php' file to use custom icons for Social Login
* Included filter 'the_champ_ajax_response_filter' in helper.php file to alter AJAX responses
* Included action 'the_champ_hook_update_profile_data' in 'inc/social_login.php' to update profile data
* Included an option to enable/disable social account linking at BuddyPress profile page
* Now fuctionality does not rely on 'wp_footer' hook to include Javascript files in footer of the webpage
* CSS improvements
= 4.0.2 =
* Removed credit links
= 4.0.1 =
* [Bugfix] Fixed issue with Xing Social Login
* [Bugfix] Translation was broken
= 4.0.0 =
* Included Xing in Social Login
* Included Xing in Social Sharing
* Included Xing in Social Counter
* Added option to specify target url in sharing and counter
* Added option to specify minimum share count in sharing interface for individual pages/posts
* Users can link their social accounts at profile page
* Added option to redirect users to BuddyPress profile page after login and registration
* Added option to left, right and center align horizontal sharing and counter interface
* Added option to specify social avatar quality
* Added options to enable sharing at BBPress forums, topics, replies and BuddyPress activity
* Social Login app configuration steps simplified
* Improved Print icon in sharing
* Vkontakte share counts now supported
* Included shortcode for Facebook Commenting
* Added option to disable Facebook Comments on individual page/post
* Added option to specify language for Social Counters
* Included Stumbleupon badge in Social Counters
* Included functionality to comment after clicking Facebook like/recommend
* Included option to enable share counts in sharing shortcode and widget
* Included French, Hungarian, German and Italian translation
* Facebook Comments and default commenting works simultaneously without the need to toggle between them
* [Bugfix] Share counts were not being displayed when bit.ly url shortner was enabled
= 3.4.2 =
* Verified compatibility with WordPress 4.0
* [Bugfix] Fatal error at "Social Counter" page in admin panel
= 3.4.1 =
* Updated screenshots in Social Counter section in admin panel
* Minor CSS changes
= 3.4.0 =
* Added Social Counters (Facebook like, Twitter Tweet, Google +1 etc)
* Updated StumbleUpon sharing icon
* Added FAQ section at "Social Sharing" page
* CSS improvements
* Added hook "do_action('the_champ_user_successfully_created', $userId, $userdata)" after user creation
* Added hook "apply_filters('the_champ_bypass_sharing', $post, $content)" before rendering sharing interface
* Added option to specify background color of the vertical sharing bar
* Added option to use bit.ly url shortening sevice in sharing
* Added option to specify username in Twitter sharing
* Bugfix: If used any other language than English in the FB comment title, undefined characters were being displayed at front end
= 2.9.0 =
* Facebook commenting is now responsive
* Sharing interfaces are now responsive
* Switching between Facebook and traditional commenting is smoother
* Customizable text on buttons to switch commenting modes
* Option to align floating sharing interface left/right
* JS and CSS files minified
* CSS improvements
* Bugfix: When one logged in using Twitter from login page, it was redirected back to login page
* Bugfix: WordPress usernames created from social profile of the users were in lowercase
= 2.8.1 =
* Bugfix: Google+ icon was showing up twice in Vertical sharing provider selection
* Bugfix: Vertical sharing bar is not appearing if left offset is less than 200
= 2.8.0 =
* Included floating sharing bar
* Included option to enable sharing on category archive pages
* Included option to hide/show sharing counts
* Included option to auto-approve comments made by social login users
* Included option to specify the messgae on "email required" popup
* Enabled share counts for Google+
* Included option to delete options on plugin deletion
* Included Spanish language translation
* Minor bug fixes
= 2.5.2 =
* Bug fix: Continuous loading icon after Social Login
= 2.5.1 =
* Bug fix: Google Social Login icon was not responding
= 2.5.0 =
* Enhanced Social Sharing to support 80 sharing services, including Pinterest
* Improved user experience and user interface in Social Sharing
* Sharing icons display number of shares
* Included Instagram in Social Login
* Optimized loading time of Social Sharing and Login interface
* Facebook commenting and WordPress commenting can be used simultaneously (website users can switch between the two)
* Fixed the issue with Twitter login redirection
* Added option to control redirection after user registration
= 2.1.0 =
* Performance improvements
= 2.0.0 =
* Included Vkontakte in Social Sharing and Social Login
* Added option to disable sharing at particular post/page
* Added option to specify language in Facebook comments
= 1.0.2 =
* Fixed the bug due to redeclaration of Twitter OAuth class
= 1.0.1 =
* Minor bug fix in Facebook feed functionality
= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release of the plugin
== Upgrade Notice ==
= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release of the plugin
= 1.0.1 =
* Minor bug fix in Facebook feed functionality
= 1.0.2 =
* Fixed the bug due to redeclaration of Twitter OAuth class
= 2.0.0 =
* Included Vkontakte in Social Sharing and Social Login
* Added option to disable sharing at particular post/page
* Added option to specify language in Facebook comments
= 2.1.0 =
* Performance improvements
= 2.5.0 =
* Enhanced Social Sharing to support 80 sharing services, including Pinterest
* Improved user experience and user interface in Social Sharing
* Sharing icons display number of shares
* Included Instagram in Social Login
* Optimized loading time of Social Sharing and Login interface
* Facebook commenting and WordPress commenting can be used simultaneously (website users can switch between the two)
* Fixed the issue with Twitter login redirection
* Added option to control redirection after user registration
= 2.5.1 =
* Bug fix: Google Social Login icon was not responding
= 2.5.2 =
* Bug fix: Continuous loading icon after Social Login
= 2.8.0 =
* Included floating sharing bar
* Included option to enable sharing on category archive pages
* Included option to hide/show sharing counts
* Included option to auto-approve comments made by social login users
* Included option to specify the messgae on "email required" popup
* Enabled share counts for Google+
* Included option to delete options on plugin deletion
* Included Spanish language translation
* Minor bug fixes
= 2.8.1 =
* Bugfix: Google+ icon was showing up twice in Vertical sharing provider selection
* Bugfix: Vertical sharing bar is not appearing if left offset is less than 200
= 2.9.0 =
* Facebook commenting is now responsive
* Sharing interfaces are now responsive
* Switching between Facebook and traditional commenting is smoother
* Customizable text on buttons to switch commenting modes
* Option to align floating sharing interface left/right
* JS and CSS files minified
* CSS improvements
* Bugfix: When one logged in using Twitter from login page, it was redirected back to login page
* Bugfix: WordPress usernames created from social profile of the users were in lowercase
= 3.4.0 =
* Added Social Counters (Facebook like, Twitter Tweet, Google +1 etc)
* Updated StumbleUpon sharing icon
* Added FAQ section at "Social Sharing" page
* CSS improvements
* Added hook "do_action('the_champ_user_successfully_created', $userId, $userdata)" after user creation
* Added hook "apply_filters('the_champ_bypass_sharing', $post, $content)" before rendering sharing interface
* Added option to specify background color of the vertical sharing bar
* Added option to use bit.ly url shortening sevice in sharing
* Added option to specify username in Twitter sharing
* Bugfix: If used any other language than English in the FB comment title, undefined characters were being displayed at front end
= 3.4.1 =
* Updated screenshots in Social Counter section in admin panel
* Minor CSS changes
= 3.4.2 =
* Verified compatibility with WordPress 4.0
* [Bugfix] Fatal error at "Social Counter" page in admin panel
= 4.0.0 =
* Included Xing in Social Login
* Included Xing in Social Sharing
* Included Xing in Social Counter
* Added option to specify target url in sharing and counter
* Added option to specify minimum share count in sharing interface for individual pages/posts
* Users can link their social accounts at profile page
* Added option to redirect users to BuddyPress profile page after login and registration
* Added option to left, right and center align horizontal sharing and counter interface
* Added option to specify social avatar quality
* Added options to enable sharing at BBPress forums, topics, replies and BuddyPress activity
* Social Login app configuration steps simplified
* Improved Print icon in sharing
* Vkontakte share counts now supported
* Included shortcode for Facebook Commenting
* Added option to disable Facebook Comments on individual page/post
* Added option to specify language for Social Counters
* Included Stumbleupon badge in Social Counters
* Included functionality to comment after clicking Facebook like/recommend
* Included option to enable share counts in sharing shortcode and widget
* Included French, Hungarian, German and Italian translation
* Facebook Comments and default commenting works simultaneously without the need to toggle between them
* [Bugfix] Share counts were not being displayed when bit.ly url shortner was enabled
= 4.0.1 =
* [Bugfix] Fixed issue with Xing Social Login
* [Bugfix] Translation was broken
= 4.0.2 =
* Removed credit links
= 4.2.0 =
* [Bugfix] Xing login was not working
* [Bugfix] Google Login was not working with French translation
* [Bugfix] Bit.ly service was being called on each page load. Now short urls are being cached.
* [Bugfix] Names having cyrillic characters were not being displayed
* [Bugfix] Could not FB comment using mobile, interface kept refreshing
* [Bugfix] "fb-root" div was being included in the 'head' section of webpage
* [Bugfix] FB Commenting was not working with Disqus commenting
* [Bugfix] Bitly url shortener was not working in sharing shortcode
* [Bugfix] Removed {} (empty brackets) from front.css file
* [Bugfix] Commenting.js file was being loaded on the page where FB commenting was disabled
* Included Whatsapp in sharing
* Included option to enable only Facebook Commenting without enabling default comment form
* Removed Facebook feed feature
* Included 'Archives' in 'Sharing Location' option
* Included filter 'the_champ_login_interface_filter' in 'inc/social_login.php' file to use custom icons for Social Login
* Included filter 'the_champ_ajax_response_filter' in helper.php file to alter AJAX responses
* Included action 'the_champ_hook_update_profile_data' in 'inc/social_login.php' to update profile data
* Included an option to enable/disable social account linking at BuddyPress profile page
* Now functionality does not rely on 'wp_footer' hook to include Javascript files in footer of the webpage
* CSS improvements
= 4.3.0 =
* [Bugfix] Facebook Comments layout was distorted in mobile devices
* Updated Facebook SDK to latest version
* Added action "the_champ_login_widget_hook" in Social Login widget before logout link
= 5.0.0 =
* Improved Social Sharing icons
* Two themes for sharing icons (round and square)
* Option to change size of sharing icons (ranging between 16x16px and 35x35px)
* Option to disable/enable "More" icon in sharing
* Improved Social Login icons
* Feature to slide in/out vertical sharing/counter interface
* Option to use already enabled shortlinks with sharing
* GooglePlus and Disqus included in Social Commenting
* [Bugfix] Cached short urls were not being removed on deletion of plugin
= 5.0.1 =
* [Bugfix] Social Commenting was breaking layout of some themes
= 5.0.2 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons were not being displayed in admin and front-end, with some themes, on updating the plugin
= 5.1.2 =
* [Bugfix] Double sharing icons were appearing at front-end
= 5.2.2 =
* [Bugfix] Fixed issues with sharing and like buttons (Social Counter) shortcodes/widgets
* [Bugfix] Facebook comemnts in new commenting interface were not visible in Firefox browser
= 5.3.2 =
* [Improvement] Optimized loading of Social Commenting
* [Improvement] Improved LinkedIn sharing
* [Bugfix] Some commenting tabs were not visible if there was space in "Order of tabs in commenting interface" option in Social Commenting section
* [Bugfix] Modernizr Javascript was breaking functionality of some themes if included in footer
* [Bugfix] Double Social Login icons at front-end with a few themes
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons were not visible in "Rearrange icons" option in admin panel in a few cases
= 5.4.2 =
* [Improvement] Improved sharing/login icons for Twitter, GooglePlus, Stumbleupon, Pinterest, Email and Digg
* [Bugfix] Overlapped, messy sharing and login icons in a few cases
* [Bugfix] Admin was unable to disable sharing/like buttons at homepage set as static page
* [Bugfix] Starting share counts were not working for homepage set as static page
* [Bugfix] Rearrange sharing icons functionality was not working in a few cases
* [Bugfix] WordPress Comments tab in Social Commenting interface was displaying incorrect comment counts in a few cases
= 5.5.2 =
* [Bugfix] Facebook Commenting interface was shrinked on mobile devices due to recent changes introduced in FB JS SDK by Facebook
* [Bugfix] Facebook Login was unable to fetch email and some other profile data of user due to recent changes introduced in FB JS SDK by Facebook
* [Improvement] Updated FB JS SDK to latest version 2.4
= 5.8.0 =
* [New] Added options to enable sharing, like buttons on custom posts and WooCommerce products
* [New] Added option to enable social login at customer login form at WooCommerce My Account page
* [New] Included shortcode for Social Account Linking [TheChamp-Social-Linking]
* [New] Added Yummly and Buffer to sharing and like buttons
* [New] Added option to show total shares with sharing icons
* [New] Option to hide/show vertical sharing/like buttons interface on mobile devices
* [New] Added option to update social avatar at user profile page
* [New] Added option to prevent modernizr JS from loading
* [New] Included "title" attribute in shortcodes
* [New] Included Arabic Translation
* [New] Included Serbo-Croatian Translation
* [Improvement] Improved Print icon in sharing
* [Improvement] Increased space between like buttons
* [Improvement] Escaped output of add_query_arg and remove_query_arg functions
* [Improvement] Increased font size of share counts in vertical sharing bar
* [Bugfix] Tweet button was showing encoded characters for some content
* [Bugfix] Support documentation links were redirecting to 404, "not found" page in websites with ssl enabled
= 5.8.1 =
* [Bugfix] Yummly and Buffer sharing were not working
= 6.0 =
* [New] Added options to enable/disable Social Commenting at default (post, page) and custom post types
* [New] Added option to enable/disable sticky horizontal Social Sharing bar at bottom of page on mobile devices
* [New] Included Russian translation
* [New] Removed upper limit from size of sharing icons
* [New] Added filter 'the_champ_before_user_registration' before user registration functionality
* [Bugfix] Social Login icons were not appearing at WooCommerce Checkout page
* [Bugfix] Facebook Like and Recommend buttons were not appearing consistently
* [Bugfix] Social Login shortcode was displaying title for logged in users too
* [Bugfix] Facebook Login was not working in Chrome on IOS
* [Improvement] Widget code has been updated to use php5 style constructors
* [Improvement] WooCommerce shipping and billing details are now synced with social profile data
* [Improvement] Sharing icons got sexier
* [Improvement] If social profile data has username, it is being used as is for WordPress username
= 6.1 =
* [Bugfix] Facebook Comments Email Notifications were working only for first comment when posted multiple comments without refreshing the page
= 6.2 =
* [Improvement] Minor performance improvements
* [Improvement] Improved Italian Translation
= 6.4 =
* [Bugfix] Whatsapp sharing was not working on some versions of IOS
* [Bugfix] "Send username-password to user after Social Login" functionality was not working with WP version 4.3 and above
* [Bugfix] "Stick sharing bar horizontally at bottom on mobile devices" option was not working for widget and shortcode
* [Bugfix] Total share counts were being displayed in Italic font in few scenarios
* [New] Added option to disable user registration through Social Login
= 6.5 =
* [Improvement] Updated GooglePlus logo
* [New] Added option in Social Commenting to specify the HTML ID of container element of default comment form
* [Bugfix] Users were getting redirected to 404 page after email verification in few cases
= 6.6 =
* [New] Added option to enable/disable sharing and like buttons at BuddyPress Group page
* [New] Added option to show/hide options for website users to update social avatar at BuddyPress profile page
* [New] Made changes to make plugin compatible with "Share Analytics" add-on
* [Bugfix] Horizontal sharing interface was appearing aligned vertically in some cases
= 6.6.1 =
* [Bugfix] Twitter sharer was including '+' in place of space in the content being shared in IOS
* [Bugfix] Vertical sharing/like buttons interface at homepage was using title of first post on the page instead of that of homepage
= 6.6.2 =
* [Bugfix] Single quote in article title was breaking Twitter sharing functionality
= 6.6.3 =
* [Bugfix] Garbled characters were appearing in Twitter sharing content, on non-English websites in some cases
= 6.6.4 =
* [Bugfix] Text was appearing in encoded format in Whatsapp sharing
* [Improvement] <div id="vk_api_transport"></div> was being added in <head> section on enabling Vkontakte login
= 7.0 =
* [New] Added more options to customize social share icons and counters
* [New] Now choose from over 100 social sharing and bookmarking services, to display in sharing bar
* [New] Official Like/Tweet/+1 buttons can also be included in sharing bar with other sharing icons
* [New] Added option to load all Javascript files combined in single file in single request
* [New] Added option to enable OpenShareCount and NewShareCounts APIs to fetch Twitter share counts
* [New] Added option to specify custom CSS at "Super Socializer > General Options" page
* [Bugfix] Social Login icons were appearing misaligned at WooCommerce Customer Login form
* [Bugfix] Social Commenting was getting enabled on default pages and posts automatically, after updating the plugin to new version
* [Bugfix] Vertical/Floating sharing bar/like buttons at homepage was sharing the url of first article at the page, instead of that of homepage
* [Bugfix] User was not getting redirected to the same tab after saving changes, at plugin options page
* [Improvement] Share counts are being rounded off instead of K+, M+ format
* [Improvement] Admin UI improvement
* [Improvement] Compatible with PHP 7 (Still, we recommend to check it first on your development environment before moving to production)
= 7.0.1 =
* [Bugfix] 'array_replace' function was causing fatal error at the websites running on PHP version < 5.3. Introduced fallback function for this.
= 7.1 =
* [Bugfix] Plugin functionality was breaking in a few cases when "Load all Javascript files in single file" option was enabled
* [Improvement] Improved bit.ly short url cache resulting in reduced page load time
* [Improvement] Specified "the_champ_sharing_title" class name for the div containing title of sharing interface
* [Improvement] Removed German translation due to poor feedback
* [New] Option to clear bit.ly shorturl cache
= 7.2 =
* [Bugfix] Website title was appearing in homepage content in a few cases
* [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 share counts cache
* [New] Added option to specify time duration to refresh share count cache
= 7.2.1 =
* [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
= 7.4.1 =
* [Bugfix] Url passed in Facebook sharer was not being encoded and querystring variables after '&' were not appearing in the url being shared
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons were not appearing if posts page was a page other than homepage
* [Bugfix] "failed to open stream" PHP warning was being generated in a few cases
* [Bugfix] CSS of default login page was getting affected
* [Bugfix] Google +1 and GooglePlus Share buttons were vertically misaligned
* [Bugfix] Fixed "theChampFBKey not defined" and "theChampFBLang not defined" Javascript errors generated when "Load all Javascript files in single file" option was enabled
* [New] Added option to sync social profile data with BuddyPress XProfile fields
* [New] Included Twitch and Steam Open ID in Social Login networks
* [New] Included Chinese translation
* [New] Included Portuguese translation
* [Improvement] Improved Spanish translation
= 7.4.2 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons disappeared from post excerpts after updating to version 7.4.1, in a few cases
= 7.5.2 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing title and share counts were appearing in post excerpts at homepage
* [Bugfix] Single and double quotes in post title were appearing encoded when sharing on Twitter
* [Improvement] Improved Delecious icon
* [Improvement] Updated Facebook SDK to version 2.5
* [Improvement] Link to set password is being sent to new users, instead of plain text password, via email
* Removed Serbo-Croatian translation
= 7.5.3 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing icons disappeared from some pages after updating plugin to previous version
= 7.5.4 =
* [Bugfix] Sharing title was appearing in open graph meta tags content, thereby in the webpage description in sharing window, in some cases
* [Bugfix] Twitter sharing was not working if there was double quote in the title of webpage
* [Improvement] Removed French translation due to poor feedback