Recent new features
- Pro+ Feature: Save This!
- Recently added Share buttons: Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, Facebook Messenger, SMS!
- Recently added Follow buttons: Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, TikTok, Flipboard
Would you like more details? Here’s the nitty gritty on everything we’ve improved in Hubbub recently.
2.25.0 – November 19, 2024
- New: 🦋 Share to Bluesky! Add Bluesky share button to any sharing tool!
- New: Bluesky added to the Follow Widget!
- Fix: Icon alignment in the Follow Widget on pages using Twenty Twenty Four.
2.24.1 – 2.24.4 – Various bug fixes and performance improvements. J/K. Here are the deets: Fixed issues related to the Save This verification email and to total and individual share counts. As well as fixing an issue with email addresses not being added to mailing list with consent disabled.
2.24.0 – October 2, 2024
- New: TikTok now available in Follow Widget!
- New: Share to Facebook Messenger!
- New: Save This: First Name can be added to the form and sent to all supported mailing list services and Zapier.
- New: Save This: Email template can be overridden using a file. See support doc.
- New: Save This: Consent checkbox on Save This can now be used to provide consent for your mailing list.
- New: Save This: Additional metadata can be sent with subscriber information to Kit (formerly ConvertKit) including Post title, Post ID, Post URL, and the position of the Save This form. Thanks to our friend and yours, Matt Molen for the suggestion.
- New: Save This: “Powered by” text and the full URL on the Save This email are filterable. See entire list of filters.
- New: Disable Pinterest Image Hover Button by adding any number of classes to the settings. See support doc.
- Improvement: Total Share Count is hidden if share count is zero.
- Improvement: Fusion Builder Gallery loading with the Pinterest Hover Button.
- Improvement: Element spacing for Save This in classic posts on the Kadence theme
- Improvement: Links to Support Docs and Upgrading Licenses now available from Plugins screen.
- Improvement: Pinterest Hover Button disabled on images within the Save This form.
- Improvement: List greater number of MailerLite Classic Groups and ordered them by newest.
- Fix: Disable Pinterest Image Hover Button on any images by adding class “no_pin”.
- Fix: Line breaks in Custom Tweets.
- Fix: Possible XSS vulnerability in custom network labels. Thanks to Artykom K. for responsible disclosure.
2.23.0 – August 5, 2024
- New: Save This: ⚡ Zapier support! Trigger a Zap using a Zapier Webhook to automate any number of tasks.
- New: Save This: Shortcode improvements including overriding Save This settings via shortcode attributes.
- New: Save This: Actions and Filters! Extend and customize the Save This email using filters. Call or trigger other tasks with actions. See our doc and check out our open source plugin with examples.
- New: Save This: Integration with MailerLite Classic.
- New: Save This: Form Message area accepts HTML tags.
- New: Save This: Display the post’s Featured Image in the Save This email.
- New: Save This: A new “Bottom Content” area on the Save This email that accepts HTML tags.
- New: Save This: Choose a Custom Link Color to brand your Save This emails.
- New: SMS Share Button! To add the new sharing button, please update your networks under each tool.
- Fix: Fixed a conflict with W3 Total Cache’s Lazy Loading Images feature.
- Fix: An issue with error logging for email deliverability issues.
- Improvement: Better display compatibility with WPRM Recipe Cards.
- Improvement: Save This shortcode version of the form can be targeted via CSS.
- Improvement: Logo in the Save This email is now larger.
- Other fixes and improvements related to the Save This email display in multiple email clients.
2.22.4 – July 18, 2024
- Fix: Error when MailerLite Groups were not found.
- Fix: Error when a MailerLite Classic API Key was used instead of a MailerLite API Token (MailerLite Classic is not yet supported, coming soon!).
- Fix: An issue with error logging for email deliverability issues that weren’t related to Hubbub.
- Fix: Better handling of taller images used for Social Media and Pinterest on the Post Edit screen.
- Fix: Layout issues related to the Save This consent checkbox when themes set a width for checkboxes.
- Fix: Save This settings reverting to default values on plugin update.
- Fix: Quotation marks in Social Media or Pinterest share options would delete the share options content.
- Fix: Misspelled classname for the Save This consent wrapper. See Custom CSS guide
2.22.3 – June 27, 2024
- New: Save This shortcode support!. You can now use the shortcode [hubbub_save_this] everywhere shortcodes are supported, including Recipe Cards.
- Fix: An issue where blog post content was not rendering when the “middle” block was changed by a third-party plugin.
- Fix: An issue with images that had Pinterest pinning disabled from the Media Library.
- Improvement: The Save This form is more reliably inserted in the “middle” of a post.
- Improvement: Removed front-end jQuery dependency for Save This.
2.22.2 – June 19, 2024
- Fix: An issue with multiple Save This forms appearing in a single post.
- Fix: An issue with block editor warnings for images with pinning disabled after a Tasty Pins migration.
- Fix: An issue with posts with single blocks or a single HTML element.
- Fix: An issue where blog post content was not rendering under certain conditions.
- Fix: A rendering issue on the Save This settings page.
- Other improvements to the verification email, links from within the plugin, and color contrasts on form elements.
- Improvement: Better compatibility Tasty Recipes.
- Improvement: Better compatibility with Kadence add-ons.
- Improvement: Better compatibility with Ultimate Add-ons for Gutenberg.
2.22.1 – June 11, 2024
- Fix: Addressed an issue with the Save This form validation when the consent checkbox was not present.
2.22.0 – June 11, 2024
- New: Save This! Inserts a customizable form in your content that lets your visitors save the current page via email — and can also add them to your mailing list! Integrates with ConvertKit, Flodesk, MailChimp, and MailerLite (more services coming soon). Watch a preview video to see Save This in action!
- Improvement: Better compatibility with the Feast plugin.
2.21.2 – May 21, 2024
- Fix: Block editor error related to images with pinning disabled from the Media Library.
- Fix: There was a conflict with Kadence Advanced Image Gallery blocks and the Pinterest Image Hover button.
- Fix: Several links to support docs in the header of each Hubbub settings page.
2.21.1 – May 14, 2024 (a quick fix!)
- Fix: Fixed an issue with some sharing buttons not working properly.
- Fix: Fixed an issue with the Pinterest Image Hover Button always on option.
2.21.0 – May 14, 2024
- New: Mastodon! Hubbub Pro now supports sharing to any Mastodon instance. To add the new sharing button, please update your networks under each tool. Need help? See our doc
- New: Mastodon follow button! See Hubbub > Settings > Social Identity to fill in your Mastodon username. Then Hubbub > Follow Widget to add the button.
- New: An option to always show Pinterest Image Hover button. See Hubbub > Pinterest in your WordPress Admin.
- New: An option to show/hide button labels on desktop and mobile on the Inline Content Tool. Also available via the [hubbub_share] shortcode.
- New: Support for Flipboard’s new article meta tag. To customize Flipboard’s excerpt, add a Social Media Description in the post editor.
- Fix: When migrating from Tasty Pins, image blocks with pinning disabled sometimes caused a block editor error.
- Improvement: Better compatibility with WP Rocket.
- Improvement: Better compatibility with Cloudflare’s Rocket Loader.
- Fix: Pinterest Hover Button sometimes caused a rendering issue on images with inline styles or fixed widths.
- Fix: Clearing WP Rocket’s cache clearing sometimes caused an error on hosts with PHP Warnings turned on.
- Fix: Better compatibility with PHP 8.x.
- Fix: X icon on Post Edit screen was incorrectly styled.
- Fix: Hubbub no longer includes a SPAN if the sharing tools are inactive or not enabled for the current post type.
- Improvement: Modernized how we store metadata which removed a potential third-party POP Chain vulnerability. Thanks to Wordfence for working with us.
- Minor improvements to user interface and messaging.
2.20.0 – February 1, 2024
- New: Threads! Hubbub Pro now supports sharing to Threads. To add the new sharing button, please update your networks under each tool. Need help? See our doc
- New: Threads in the Follow Widget. If you’re using the Follow Widget, you can now add the Threads follow button. Need help? See our doc
- New: Hubbub is quieter than ever. Admin Notices no longer appear on all WordPress Admin pages.
- New: Hubbub menu badge. The Hubbub menu badge will let you know if you have any notifications that need attention.
- Removed “formerly Grow Social” from the plugin’s name and title bar. Shoutout to our friends at Mediavine!
- Removed no-longer-needed Intercom code.
- Minor improvements to user interface and messaging.
2.19.0 – January 4, 2024
- New: Twitter renamed to X and added X branding.
- New: A setting to switch X back to Twitter. 😏 (Enable in Hubbub > Settings > Misc > Twitter instead of X)
- New: Flipboard is now an option in the Follow Widget.
- Fix: Fixed a potential XSS vulnerability as first reported to WPScan.
- New: Hubbub version information now included in a meta tag to help with customer support.
2.18.1 – December 20, 2023
- Fix: Sharing by email now puts the page’s title as the Subject line and the page’s URL as the body of the message.
- Fix: Share count options label is now more clear.
- Fix: Filenames for JavaScript and CSS files within the plugin are now more cache-friendly. More updates for cache reliability coming soon!
2.17.1 – December 11, 2023
- Fix: Fixed a security vulnerability. Thanks to Abdi Pranata for reporting it.
- New: Technical requirements have increased to at least WordPress 5.3.
2.17.0
- New: Rebranded from Grow Social to Hubbub (for more information read our blog post)
= 2.16.5 =
- Fix Resolves issue where the block editor stopped working on WordPress 6.4.1
= 2.16.4 =
- Fix Resolve errors in the block editor related to Pinterest Data Attributes
- DEPRECATION: Remove support for new data attributes in inline images in list blocks and gallery image blocks
= 2.16.3 =
- MISC: Update the content for the Grow button in the Floating Sidebar page’s Select Networks settings.
- MISC: Update the Grow sidebar button logo SVG paths.
- COSMETIC: Update the default color of the Grow sidebar buttons.
= 2.16.2 =
- Fix Undo Loop created in the block editor when content is pasted in
- Fix conflicting settings that can prevent hover button from being added
- Prevent third party data corruption from interfering with share count functionality
- Fix floating sidebar mobile setting not being respected on the Trellis theme
= 2.16.1 =
- Fix errors in serialized meta values from causing fatal errors
- Fix an issue with that prevented the post image from being pinned in certain situations
= 2.16.0 =
- Add Inline Critical CSS to Inline Content Tool to reduce Layout Shift when CSS loading deferred
- Add Facebook share tooltip to explain why shares do not appear when under 100
- Add Pinterest pinnable image default setting to include all available images
- Add post and category IDs to Grow data
- Add status REST API endpoint
- Add the Grow saved class to the Trellis critical CSS bypass
- Fix fatal error when updating Grow Social Pro license.
- Fix inline content buttons showing up in WooCommerce product pages
- Fix Click-to-Tweet widget not using configured style
- Fix outdated doc links in dashboard
- Fix Custom Tweet Metabox icon
- Fix lazyload being stripped from hidden images in Trellis
- Fix inline content buttons not being styled with custom colors
- Fix extraneous hover buttons on Trellis
- Fix alignment of sticky bar
- Fix inline content buttons not showing up before WPRM Jump to Recipe
- Fix Grow bookmark button not saving state
- Fix checking requirements on older WordPress versions causing fatal error
- Fix image lazy loading in relation to Pinerest hover buttons
- Update custom Pinterest title and description fields to indicate they are no longer supported
= 2.15.1 =
- Fix: Add more checks to ensure share counts refreshing doesn’t slow down server
- Fix: Preserve formatting for text pasted into the block editor
- Fix: Non-wordpress Images causing errors in block editor
= 2.15.0 =
- FEATURE: Add feature flag capabilities for beta program.
- FEATURE: Add pin data attribute support for inline images in paragraph and list blocks
- FEATURE: Add pin data attribute support for the gallery block
- FEATURE: No Checking Share counts if no Share Counts are Displayed for performance increases
- Fix: Fixes issue where missing Facebook token would cause 400 errors when updating share counts
- Fix: Mobile Detection for WhatsApp Network, now using media queries to hide WhatsApp on Desktop
- Fix: Ensure that hidden images are lazy loaded
- Fix: Prevent arbitrary networks from causing errors on sites
- Fix: Undefined Index Notice from Bitly GUID
- Fix: Error when old networks present in tools
- Fix: Resolve output of raw html in link shortening settings
- Fix: 5.8 Compatibility
- Fix: Bug where Grow.me saved state would not be recalled
- COSMETIC: Issue where certain themes are stripping out total share icon
- COSMETIC: Issue where wrong Grow.me Icon is loaded on certain themes
- COSMETIC: Prevent Grow.me saving from shifting auto width columns
= 2.14.1 =
- Fix: Issue when adding multiple pins
- Fix: Resolves an issue where old networks could cause fatal errors during share count retrieval
- Fix: Missing Pinterest Settings when Hover button disabled.
= 2.14.0 =
- FEATURE: Added new hook to allow plugin authors to exclude their custom post-types from being scraped by Facebook’s API
- FEATURE: Grow.me now available as a network for saving
- FEATURE: New setting to allow a second render to fix issues with missing inline content buttons on theme conflicts
- FEATURE: Switches all users to optimized javascript with ability to roll back to jQuery until July 2021
- FEATURE: Add setting to hide Floating Sidebar when it reaches a certain element, configurable in the settings.
- FEATURE: Add a notification for new users to check out setup documentation
- Fix: Fix typo – Change
ca
tocookies
- Fix: Corrected the stuck ON state of the Disable Pinning toggle
- Fix: Added
wprm_recipe
to post-type exclusion array to prevent calls to Facebook’s API - Fix: Fixed naming of license field for Grow Pro
- Fix: Hide Grow sharing elements from printers
- Fix: Trigger attributes for Pop-Up and Floating Sidebar
- Fix: Fixes issue with broken Inline Content buttons on WooCommerce products
- Fix: Fixed an issue where individual share-counts were not displaying when the Minimum Share Count field was filled out.
- Fix: Fixes issue where minimum share count logic was acting as maximum share count logic
- Fix: Grow Social inadvertently disabling Create’s Pinterest Image feature.
- Fix: Prevent unnecessary calls to
wp_remote_get()
that were causing timeouts and high CPU spikes - Fix: Ensure Images in Gallery Blocks that are lazy loaded can still get pinterest hover buttons.
- Fix: Pinterest not picking up some lazy loaded images
- Fix: Missing Tumblr Social Identity Field
- Fix: Occasional Console Error with Intercom
- Fix: Prevent Hover Button from being applied to any create list image
- Fix: Hover Button showing up on iFrame embeds when in combination with some other plugins (Rocket Lazy Loaded)
- Fix: Pro Image Pinterest Fields in classic Editor showing on the Free version
- Fix: UTM parameters appearing in Pinterest Pins when pinned with Third Party Services
- Fix: Resolves Yoast SEO deprecated notice
- Fix: Resolved an issue where share count numbers were overflowing buttons on certain style variations.
- Fix: Resolve issue on some Trellis sites where mobile users needed to click twice on links to go to the target page.
- Fix: Removes unnecessary span#dpsp-post-content-markup tag on page when Pin Images are disabled
- COSMETIC: Remove Icon Font and use inline SVG for admin Icons
- COSMETIC: Corrected
Grow by Mediavine, Social Pro
wording toGrow Social Pro by Mediavine
- COSMETIC: Fix Styling Errors with Click to tweet icon
- COSMETIC: Fix Floating Sidebar Icon alignment issue
- COSMETIC: Fix gap between outline and icon on some button styles.
= 2.13.0 =
- FEATURE: Better Settings management, allow other themes and plugins to set settings dynamically
- FEATURE: Substitute Composer for bespoke file loading to improve stability
- FEATURE: Add Activation and Deactivation Hooks with Data Sync
- FEATURE: Recommended PHP and WordPress versions have been updated to PHP 7.4 and WordPress 5.2
- FEATURE: Allow disabling iFrame pinning
- FEATURE: New lighter weight Icon Animation
- FEATURE: Add Intercom to Grow UI screens
- FEATURE: Make Optimized JavaScript default for new installations
- FEATURE: Stronger indication of visual focus on buttons
- Fix: Fix bug preventing ‘K’ from being added to rounded share counts
- Fix: Add aria-label attribute to network buttons
- Fix: Add noopener to Pinterest hover buttons
- Fix: Remove noreferrer from Network Buttons
- Fix: Prevent notice when Grow runs in some some contexts created by other plugins like Create
- Fix: Hidden images should not get filtered
- Fix: Move all WordPress hook registrations inside functions so they are invoked by the bootstrap rather than the autoloader
- Fix: Adding hover buttons should no longer interfere with inline styles
- Fix: Hidden Images being set to no-pin when using image optimzers that wrap images
- Fix: Text Alignment with Pinterest Button
- Fix: Icon alignment in single column views
- Fix: Fix no pin attribute issue with tasty migrator
- Fix: Resolve conflicts with Create by Mediavine list images
- Fix: Added Tumblr option to Follow Widget
- Fix: Image Hover Button text appearing in search results
- Fix: Prevent tools from rendering multiple times on certain plugins and themes
- COSMETIC: Fix button style 7 border
= 2.12.3 =
- Fix: Error with Stripping of some Yoast meta tags
= 2.12.2 =
- Fix: Ensure special characters get encoded properly for front end data.
- Fix: Issue with removing Yoast meta tags breaking optimization plugins
= 2.12.1 =
- ENHANCE: Allow plugins or themes to identify content area and ignoring of specific images.
- ENHANCE: Don’t load styles if Grow elements don’t exist on page
- ENHANCE: Add share counts to data object for easy access
- Fix: Ensure total count on sticky bar remains readable with custom color
- Fix: Improve accessibility for buttons
- Fix: Fix issues with images outside of content getting pinned
- Fix: Compatibility with Thrive Theme Builder and Widgets
- Fix: Compatibility with Genesis Featured Post Widget
- Fix: Issues with some pinterest data missing
- Fix: Ensure optimization plugins don’t interfere with front end data
- Fix: Issue with pin descriptions using hashtags getting cut off
- Fix: Ensure Yoast OG Tags get Removed if Grow tags are being used
- Fix: Pop animation settings respected
- Fix: Avoid errors with hover buttons when having multiple spaces in classes
- Fix: Errors occurring on archive pages
= 2.12.0 =
- FEATURE: Add alignment option to follow widget
- ENHANCE: Ensure integration classes are loaded even in admin
- ENHANCE: Better integration with Trellis Theme Framework
- Fix: Typo in Pinterest URL
= 2.11.4 =
- Fix: Pinterest Button Sharing single image with Optimize JS setting disabled
- Fix: Error with No pin when the Pinnable images setting has never been changed
= 2.11.3 =
- ENHANCE: Ensure UTM parameters are passed to pinterest pins
- ENHANCE: Use HTTPS protocol for Pinterest actions
- ENHANCE: Better integration with Trellis Theme Critical CSS functionality
- Fix: Make sure icons are loaded into shortcode buttons in case they are stripped out by svg filters
- CHANGE: Roll back icon alignment issues from 2.11.0 release that caused some other issues
= 2.11.2 =
- Fix: Prevent fatal on servers running pre 7.0 versions of php
= 2.11.1 =
- Fix: Prevent fatal error from function name conflicts with some custom fixes for tailwind compatibility
= 2.11.0 =
- FEATURE: Added a button to refresh share counts on all posts
- FEATURE: Added ability to set minimum share for individual networks
- FEATURE: Added ability to set minimum share for individual networks
- FEATURE: Added ability use large image size for hidden pinterest images for better integration with services like Tailwind
- FEATURE: Added ability to disable lazy loading for hidden pinterest images for better integration with services like Tailwind
- CHANGE: Link to Mediavine docs instead of older Devpups docs
- ENHANCEMENT: Add a body class to indicate to themes that the sidebar will show up on Mobile
- ENHANCEMENT: Add async and noptimize to JavaScript assets to prevent compatibility issues with WP Rocket, Autopmize and other optimization plugins.
- ENHANCEMENT: Deeper integration with the Trellis Theme framework
- Fix: Ensure that pinterest hover button pop up still works with Optimize JavaScript setting
- Fix: Resolved an alignment issue with some themes when single column buttons are used
- Fix: Prevent images from Thrive Leads plugin showing up as pinnable when they shouldn’t
- Fix: Make sure pinterest share pop up is the correct size to view content
- Fix: When labels are not shown, ensure that the icons with and without counts line up with each other on 1, 2, and 3 column layouts
- Fix: Change sidebar body class to be more consistent with other themes
- Fix: Ensure pinterest pop up works when Optimze JavaScript setting is used
= 2.10.2 =
- Fix: Ensure proper import/export of Pinterest Settings
= 2.10.1 =
- Fix: Always display Pinterest general settings
= 2.10.0 =
- ENHANCEMENT: Use inline SVG for icons instead of icon font, will improve load times and page speed scores
- ENHANCEMENT: Added pin title attribute to hidden images
- ENHANCEMENT: Added title attribute to share and follow links for accessibility
- ENHANCEMENT: Added support for Pinterest Image Hover button to all post types
- CHANGE: Pinterest Image Hover button settings now has its own dedicated page and if the tool is active it will show up in the admin submenu
- CHANGE: Legacy Serial key input has been hidden
- CHANGE: Switched the Facebook App transient to use an option instead for better compatibility with some hosts.
- Fix: Fixed an issue in Safari where Pinterest hover buttons could cause image captions to move around the page.
- Fix: Fixed a conflict with the Trellis theme framework that caused floating sidebar to overlap with content
- Fix: Fixed a conflict with the Trellis theme framework that caused inline buttons to output twice
- Fix: Fixed a conflict Lazy Load that would cause hidden images to not be available for pinning
- Fix: Added some defensive measures to make sure serialized values get unserialized properly
- Fix: Fixed an error in share count rounding that would cause too many numbers after the decimal point
- Fix: Pinterest Image Hover Overlay will no longer keep a visitor from right clicking to save an image.
= 2.9.1 =
- ENHANCEMENT: Switch to use version 4 of the Bitly API, adding some interface options for compatibility
= 2.9.0 =
- ENHANCEMENT: Now checking for updates from Mediavine servers.
- ENHANCEMENT: Move Grow settings down in the admin menu to free up space near content.
- ENHANCEMENT: Ensure compatibility with Page Builders and image Pinterest data
- Fix: Pinterest button should be centered correctly when that option is settings.
- Fix: Total shares number should not wrap
- Fix: Twitter links should open in new window
- Fix: Optimized JS should not interfere with Pinterest follow button
- Fix: Add multiple hidden images button should work properly
= 2.8.0 =
- ENHANCEMENT: This document.
- ENHANCEMENT: Add data-pin-title attribute support
- ENHANCEMENT: Ensure text remains visible during icon webfont load
- ENHANCEMENT: Sanitize Open Graph and Twitter tags on titles and descriptions
- ENHANCEMENT: Change Youtube Username field label to Youtube Channel
- ENHANCEMENT: Use Trellis content hooks
- ENHANCEMENT: Change default campaign (utm_campaign) name
- Fix: Pin it hover button should no longer remove Pinterest’s widget from the screen
- Fix: Exclude emoji images from being wrapped by the pin it hover button element
- Fix: Better spacing for the inline links
- Fix: Twitter character count should be correct and accommodate for url and username
== v.2.7.3 ==
- New: Added Tumblr follow button.
- Fixed: Issue with adding multiple Pinterest hidden images when thumbnail sizes were not saved in WordPress settings for media.
- Fixed: Issue with posts in the top shared posts widget not being sorted by share counts.
- Misc: Blocked social share counts from being pulled when users are previewing a post.
== v.2.7.2 ==
- Fixed: Issue with apostrophe being displayed as their encoded values in the data-pin-description attribute.
- Fixed: Small bug from shortcode when using the description shortcode attribute.
- Misc: Modified image size from large to medium for the hidden Pinterest images, due to issues with lazy loading plugins.
== v.2.7.1 ==
- New: Added the dpsp_network_button_attribute_rel filter for filtering the share buttons rel HTML attribute.
- New: iframe elements are also taken into account when disabling pinning for images.
- Fixed: Issue with ampersand breaking the email subject when using the email share button.
- Fixed: Issue with rendering the multiple hidden Pinterest images add new button.
- Fixed: Issue with the post’s social media data box causing errors on certain servers.
- Fixed: Issue with the wp media JavaScript object, which was causing compatibility issues with certain plugins.
== v.2.7.0 ==
- New: Added multiple hidden Pinterest images for post and pages.
- New: Added option to select what the Pinterest’s button behavior should be.
- New: Added option to select what images should be considered pinnable.
- Fixed: Issue with Pin It image hover button triggering a JavaScript error in certain conditions.
== v.2.6.6 ==
- New: Added a new way of connecting to a Facebook App to be able to pull share counts.
- Fixed: Issue with data-pin-id and the post’s hidden Pinterest image.
- Fixed: Yummly redirect error due to http call being made instead of https
- Fixed: Missing article:author meta tag when using Yoast SEO plugin.
- Misc: The Pinterest hidden image is now capable of being lazy loaded, for improved SEO.
== v.2.6.5 ==
- Fixed: Pinterest image features not working properly with WordPress 5.2.
- Fixed: Pinterest description for images not being set properly on post types different than post.
- Fixed: Issue with social shares recovery system adding trailing slash to links even when it’s not requested.
- Misc: Crawls and bots no longer trigger the social share counts system.
- Misc: Added rel noopener and noreferrer to the social share buttons.
== v.2.6.4 ==
- Fixed: Gutenberg image block compatibility with Tasty Pins.
== v.2.6.3 ==
- New: Added support for Pin repin ID
- New: Added support for Pin description, repin ID and nopin in the Gutenberg image block.
- Fixed: Pinterest image hover button compatibility with other Pinterest plugins.
- Fixed: Floating Sidebar labels display issues on Safari browser.
- Fixed: Compatibility issue with Yoast SEO’s metadata description.
- Misc: Added alt text to the hidden Pinterest image.
== v.2.6.2 ==
- Fixed: Issue with Reddit share counts not being pulled, due to Reddit new API link.
- Fixed: Issue with custom post Pinterest image not being pulled when using lazy load.
- Fixed: Issue with Pinterest descriptions not showing if the Image Hover Pinterest Button was not active.
- Fixed: Compatibility issues with Thrive Architect editor.
- Misc: Removed support for Google+.
- Misc: Small bug fixes on the admin screen.
== v.2.6.1 ==
- Fixed: Issue with follow buttons being replaced by share buttons.
- Fixed: Issue with the post’s custom Pinterest image not showing up when using the Pinterest browser extension.
== v.2.6.0 ==
- New: Added a new design language for the admin area and refactored the admin JavaScript and CSS files.
- New: Implemented a more powerful social shares recovery system.
- New: Full Yoast SEO compatibility
- Fixed: Bug with post custom Pinterest image not showing as hidden only if the Pinterest image hover button was active.
- Fixed: Issue with post custom hidden Pinterest image not showing up in Tailwind image selection.
== v.2.5.4 ==
- New: Post custom Pinterest description now has character count.
- New: Added image parameter to Yummly share URL.
- Fixed: Issues on certain themes with Pin hover button and centered aligned images.
- Fixed: Issue with Click to Tweet boxes on certain page builders.
- Fixed: Issue with the mobile Sticky Bar appearing on desktop computers.
== v.2.5.3 ==
- Fixed: Admin notification not disappearing after dismissal.
== v.2.5.2 ==
- Fixed: Issue with Sticky Bar not showing up properly in certain situations.
- Misc: Removed support for OpenShareCount.
== v.2.5.1 ==
- New: Added Mix as a social share option.
- New: Added Medium as a social follow option.
- New: Added WPML support for the inline share buttons Share Text.
- New: Added support for million abbreviation for the round share counts feature, is case of large share counts.
- Misc: The Sticky Bar now hides back if it was initially hidden. This was done in order for it to work as the Floating Sidebar.
== v.2.5.0 ==
- New: Added option to insert the custom post Pinterest image as a hidden pin within the post’s content.
- New: Added option to set the images’ default Pinterest description, if data-pin-description is missing from the image.
- New: Added option to set the behavior of the Pinterest image hover button, to be able to pin the post’s custom Pinterest image.
- New: Added option to set an image to be unpinnable.
- New: Added option to set the Sticky Bar share tool to the top of the page, for both desktop and mobile devices.
- New: Added TwitCount integration to pull tweet counts as an alternative to OpenShareCount.
- New: Added support for Yummly share counts.
- Fixed: Removed the plugin’s post meta-boxes from attachment edit pages.
- Fixed: PHP warning for deprecated function when registering widgets.
- Fixed: Issue with Pinterest image hover button not working in certain situations.
- Misc: Minor user interface changes.
== v.2.4.0 ==
- New: Added support for button labels in the Floating Sidebar share tool.
- New: Transformed the Mobile Sticky tool into the Sticky Bar tool.
- New: Added Pinterest pin description feature for all images from the post’s content.
- Misc: Removed support for NewShareCounts and added support for OpenShareCount for tweet counts.
- Misc: Small UI changes for a better user experience.
== v.2.3.4 ==
- Misc: Removed support for StumbleUpon.
== v.2.3.3 ==
- Fixed: Issue with Pinterest image hover button and hidden images.
== v.2.3.2 ==
- New: If the plugin has minimum social share counts active, the buttons will not display share counts for posts that do not have any shares yet.
- Fixed: Pinterest follow button not redirecting to Pinterest.
- Misc: Small interface changes for improved usability.
== v.2.3.1 ==
- Fixed: Issue with Facebook API not pulling social share counts.
- Misc: Removed cron job that pulled social share counts.
== v.2.3.0 ==
- New: New social share counts system.
- New: Added dpsp_get_share_buttons() function to display the social share buttons within template files.
- New: Refactored the way Click to Tweet works and added new design templates.
== v.2.2.9 ==
Fixed: Issue with Floating Sidebar and Mobile Sticky being displayed twice on certain themes.
Fixed: Issue with Pinterest button when the pinit.js file was being requested.
Misc: Improved select2 JavaScript library detection system.
== v.2.2.8 ==
Fixed: Click to Tweet did not add the correct Tweet message.
Misc: Updated the Facebook API calls to version to 2.12.
== v.2.2.7 ==
Fixed: PHP warning in link shortening module.
Misc: Made the Share Options meta-box available for all public post types.
== v.2.2.6 ==
Fixed: LinkedIn social media description not being taken from the meta-box.
Fixed: Twitter opened two share pop-ups when Twitter scripts were being loaded in the page.
Misc: Removed Google+ social share count support, due to Google removing it also.
== v.2.2.5 ==
New: Added support for 280 character tweets.
Fixed: Issue with share pop-up being added to the page as an invisible object blocking the area from being clickable.
Misc: New design for social media buttons labels fields in admin panel to make them more visible.
== v.2.2.4 ==
New: Added Telegram follow button.
Fixed: Telegram icon display issues.
Fixed: Click to Tweet boxes icon display issues
Misc: Small styling fixes for the pop-up content message.
== v.2.2.3 ==
New: Added icon animation.
New: Total share counts are now stylized.
Fixed: Fixed save_post issue that caused WooCommerce purchase process to have massive delays.
== v.2.2.2 ==
Fixed: Custom content meta-box caused new post page to break.
== v.2.2.1 ==
Fixed: JavaScript error that would make certain admin pages not work.
== v.2.2.0 ==
New: Social share counts recovery system, that grabs social shares for both HTTP and HTTPS versions of the URL
New: Refactored the Share Options meta-box to improve user interaction and accessibility
New: Integration with Branch.io as a link shortening service
New: Added Flipboard share button
New: Added Telegram share button
New: Added system debugger for easier debugging
Fixed: Compatibility issue with WP Statistics plugin
== v.2.1.0 ==
New: Added image hover Pinterest share button tool for single posts
New: Added option to set the mobile screen width individually per share tool
Misc: Refactored the way the plugin reads the current post that is being displayed
Misc: Refactored the link shortening system to allow easier integration with other link shortening services
== v.2.0.5 ==
Fixed: Issue with cookies for pop-up share tool not being set per website basis, just per page basis.
== v.2.0.4 ==
New: The title and message of the Pop-Up Share Tool are now both WYSIWYG editors, instead of text input and simple textarea
Fixed: Issue with Facebook access token generation, given that Facebook’s API changed the returned value from simple string to JSON
Fixed: PHP notice in the function that determines if the buttons should be rendered or not
== v.2.0.3 ==
New: Added Xing share and follow buttons.
New: Added GitHub follow button.
Misc: Removed Pinterest from the link shortening system, because shortened links are no longer supported by Pinterest.
Misc: Changed icon and colors for Instagram to match their new branding.
== v.2.0.2 ==
New: Added Refresh Shares button in post edit screen so that the admin can refresh the post’s shares manually if needed.
New: Added a new filter to be able to disable the pulling of the share counts on page load.
Fixed: Performed a security audit and fixed security issues.
Fixed: Issue with floating sidebar custom hover color animation.
== v.2.0.1 ==
New: Added Facebook App Secret field in Settings. If this is present the share counts should be handled with no problems.
Fixed: jQuery not defined error when optimising the website with Autopmize plugin
Fixed: VK did not share the correct link
Mixed: Links shared to StumbleUpon are no longer shortened as they are not supported by StumbleUpon
== v.2.0.0 ==
New: Refactored much of the plugin for improved modularity and performance
New: WhatsApp button is now available in all share tools
New: Option to display buttons only on certain posts
New: Possibility to sort posts by total share count
New: Force Facebook to scrape the post for new data after an admin updates that post
New: Added Swedish and Spanish translation files
Fixed: XSS Vulnerability in admin messages
Misc: Improved the social share counts system
Misc: Added field in the Settings page for Facebook App ID
== v.1.6.2 ==
New: Added English .mo and .po files to use for translating the plugin
Fixed: Twitter handle ( username ) would show twice in certain situations in the Click to Tweet boxes
Fixed: Total share counts would show, even if the post did not have the minimum share counts needed
Misc: Added new filter “dpsp_top_shared_posts_raw”, to filter the top shared posts before inserting them into the data base
== v.1.6.1 ==
New: Added an option to display the total share count for a post displayed by the Top Shared Posts widget
Fixed: Click to Tweet box did not shorten the post’s share link
== v.1.6.0 ==
New: The social share counts grabber system has been completely rewritten
New: Added intro animations for the Mobile Sticky
== v.1.5.8 ==
New: Added “Show after user scrolls” option for the Floating Sidebar
New: Added intro animations for the Floating Sidebar
New: Possibility to add a full URL instead of the username for the social networks follow buttons
New: Follow button for VK
Misc: Minor admin interface changes
Misc: Minor code improvements
== v.1.5.7 ==
New: Added “url” and “description” parameters to
Fixed: Colors for e-mail button when using style number 2
Misc: Small changes to the design of the buttons when the button doesn’t have social share count or a label
== v.1.5.6 ==
New: Added Buffer share button
New: Added Tumblr share button
New: Added WooCommerce support for Inline Content buttons before and after the product’s short description
Misc: E-mail share button background color changed to green, to better differentiate it from the Print button
== v.1.5.5 ==
New: Added Pocket share button
New: Added Print button
New: Exit-intent trigger option for the pop-up share buttons
New: Timer delay trigger option for the pop-up share buttons
New: Added “Share text” option to display a custom text before the buttons from the inline content location
Misc: New polished design for the mobile sticky share buttons
Misc: Under the hood improvements and refactoring
== v.1.5.4 ==
New: Twitter tweet counts through newsharecounts.com
New: Added E-mail share button
New: Added a Total Social Share column in the WordPress admin page of each post type that has social shares
Fixed: Bug that caused issues in the WordPress admin page in Safari browser
Fixed: Issues with the Pinterest button on webpages served through HTTPS
== v.1.5.3 ==
New: Option to display the buttons from the Mobile Sticky only after the user scrolls. You can also add the distance the user has to scroll before the buttons get displayed.
New: Added 5 columns and 6 columns width options
New: Added rel=”nofollow” to all share buttons
Fixed: Buttons styles when the small and big sizes were selected
Fixed: Safari JavaScript error in WP admin when selecting which networks to show
Misc: Changed text domain from “socialpug” to “social-pug”
== v.1.5.2 ==
New: Google Analytics UTM tracking
New: Improved link shortening cacheing system
== v.1.5.1 ==
New: Ability to add a custom sharable content: title, description and image for a given post
New: Ability to add a custom Tweet for a given post
New: Ability to add custom Pinterest image and description for a given post
Fixed: The post’s statistics meta-box now shows correctly the social networks
Misc: Minor admin UI fixes
== v.1.5.0 ==
New: Social Media Follow Widget and
New: Added Yummly share button
New: Added new option to add the Twitter username to all shared tweets
Fixed: Minor CSS fixes
== v.1.4.4 ==
New: Buttons custom colors
Fixed: Minor CSS fixes
Fixed: Escaping attributes for the Open Graph meta tags
== v.1.4.3 ==
New: Added WhatsApp share button to Mobile Sticky
New: Added button sizes for extra customisation
== v.1.4.2 ==
Fixed: Problems with automatic updates
== v.1.4.1 ==
Fixed: PHP Notice caused by absence of post variable
== v.1.4.0 ==
New: Redesigned the plugin’s admin dashboard
Misc: Minor performance improvements
== v.1.3.0 ==
New: Added new social sharing pop-up tool
== v.1.2.4 ==
Fixed: Fetching Google+ share counts resulted in PHP warnings and counts were not fetched
== v.1.2.3 ==
New: Added “remove_url” attribute to shortcode, to hide the posts URL from the tweet
Fixed: Issue where adding a hashtag in the “tweet” attribute of would break the tweet
Fixed: Post thumbnail from Top Shared Posts Widget displays correctly on Firefox now
Fixed: CSS issue where buttons without labels and rounded corners did not get displayed correctly
== v.1.2.2 ==
New: Added the time to the name of the export file
Fixed: Small bug that showed the buttons on posts when no post types where selected
== v.1.2.1 ==
- Fixed: JavaScript conflict with Redux Framework
== v.1.2.0 ==
- New: Added shortcode
- New: Added “Click to Tweet” feature, in the form of shortcode
- New: Added the “Share Options” meta-box, where you can overwrite the location settings
- New: Added URL Shortening with Bitly
- New: Added display option “Minimum share count” so that the share counts get displayed only after reaching a certain share count
- New: Added display option “Share count round” to round big share numbers to their thousands
- Fixed: Fixed the way the buttons appear when the “Show labels” display option is not set
- Misc: Refactored index.php into a class file
== v.1.1.1 ==
- New: Added Minimum Share Count display option
- New: Added Share Count Round display options. This will prettify big share number, rounding the numbers to the nearest thousand.
== v.1.1.0 ==
- New: Added the Mobile Sticky footer that follows the user while scrolling on small screen devices.
- New: Added display option to show the total share count before or after the sharing buttons for the Floating Sidebar and In Content locations.
- Misc: Small interface changes
== v.1.0.0 ==
- Initial release