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Free Plugin by marubon v1.1.3

SNS Count Cache

This plugin gets and caches SNS counts in the background, and help you to shorten page loading time through the use of cache mechanism.

SNS Count Cache

The facts

Rating
4★ from 4
Active installs
7k+
Price
Free
Last updated
6 Jun 2019
Added
Jun 2014
Requires WP
3.7
Tested up to
WP 5.2.26
Downloads
150,847

Our analysis

AI-assisted

SNS Count Cache is a WordPress plugin designed to improve page loading times by caching share and follower counts from various social networking services. It retrieves and stores these counts in the background, allowing for quicker access without network delays.

The plugin supports share counts from Twitter, Facebook, Pocket, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Hatena Bookmark, as well as follower counts from Twitter, Facebook, Feedly, Instagram, OneSignal, and Push7. It includes specific functions for retrieving these counts from the cache, making it suitable for websites that rely on social media engagement metrics.

Best for: Websites that want to enhance performance by displaying social media share and follower counts.

What it does well

  • Improves page loading times
  • Caches share and follower counts
  • Supports multiple social networking services
  • Functions available for retrieving cached counts

Where it falls short

  • Limited information on features and settings
  • Last updated in June 2019

Verdict

SNS Count Cache may be useful for those looking to optimise their site’s speed while integrating social media metrics, though its last update was in 2019.

From the developer

marubon's own description of SNS Count Cache, lightly tidied.

SNS Count Cache is a plugin which helps you to shorten page loading time displaying share and follower counts through the use of cache mechanism.

Notice:
In the upgrade from Ver. 0.11.1 or below, Reregistration of information such as client ID, client secret, and access token is needed in the setting page.

The plugin gets share counts for the following SNS and caches these counts in the background.

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pocket
  • Pinterest
  • Linkedin
  • Hatena Bookmark

Note: You can select alternative Twitter API for share count retrieval from the following alternatives.

  • widgetoon.js & count.jsoon
  • OpenShareCount
  • TwitCount

The plugin also caches follower counts for the following SNS in the same way.

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Feedly
  • Instagram
  • OneSignal
  • Push7

The share and follower counts can be retrieved quickly not through network but through the cache using given functions.

The following shows functions to get share count from the cache:

  • scc_get_share_twitter()
  • scc_get_share_facebook()
  • scc_get_share_pocket()
  • scc_get_share_pinterest()
  • scc_get_share_linkedin()
  • scc_get_share_hatebu()
  • scc_get_share_total()

The following shows functions to get follower count from the cache:

  • scc_get_follow_feedly()
  • scc_get_follow_twitter()
  • scc_get_follow_facebook()
  • scc_get_follow_instagram()
  • scc_get_follow_onesignal()
  • scc_get_follow_push7()

The following describes meta keys to get share count from custom field.

  • scc_share_count_twitter
  • scc_share_count_facebook
  • scc_share_count_pocket
  • scc_share_count_pinterest
  • scc_share_count_linkedin
  • scc_share_count_hatebu
  • scc_share_count_total

The following describes meta keys to get delta of share count from custom field.

Read the full description on the official page →

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