Display latest Posts from social media sites like Facebook & Twitter. Perform actions such as view profiles, Like, Share, Favorite & Retweet.
Screenshots
Page showing Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts using the 'neutral' layout style. Individual boxes will dynamically rearrange according to the width of the browser or if the web page is viewed on a tablet or smartphone. Note: Login & Logout buttons default to the style of the installed WordPress theme.
Image displayed within a popup after clicking on the thumbnail or link within a post. Click the 'X' or background to close the popup, also pressing the ESC key will close the popup.
Video media (e.g. Amazon Video, YouTube etc) are playable within a popup after clicking on the link.
Tweets from Twitter displayed within a popup after clicking on a #HashTag link.
An individual Facebook post displayed together with some of the latest comments within a popup after clicking the 'view post' link.
A Facebook profile displayed within a popup after clicking on the account name in the header of a post.
An individual Instagram post displayed together with some of the latest comments within a popup after clicking the 'view post' link.
An Instagram profile displayed within a popup after clicking on the account name in the header of a post.
A Twitter profile displayed within a popup after clicking on the account name or username in the header of a post.
Adding the shortcode for the plugin to a WordPress page using the 'Text' mode to avoid HTML formatting being added and causing potential problems.
Editing the General settings section for the plugin. This screen is accessible via the Dashboard menu option 'Social News Center'.
Editing the Facebook & Instagram settings for the plugin. This screen is accessible via the Dashboard menu option 'Social News Center'.
Editing the Twitter settings for the plugin. This screen is accessible via the Dashboard menu option 'Social News Center'.
Page displaying Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts using the 'white' layout style.
Page displaying Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts using the 'black' layout style.
Page displaying Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts using the 'red' layout style.
Page displaying Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts using the 'green' layout style.
Page displaying Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts using the 'blue' layout style.
Installation Instructions
This section describes how to install this plugin and get it working.
Steps:
- Log into WordPress and access ‘Plugins -> Add New’ menu option via Dashboard.
- Upload file ‘social-news-center.zip’ via ‘Upload Plugins’ menu option.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu.
- Configure plugin settings via ‘Social News Center’ menu option within Dashboard. Each social media network will need configuring to access the relevant API (see ‘Admin Settings’ section within ‘readme.txt’ file).
- Add
[sncSocialMediaPosts] shortcode on Page(s) and/or Post(s) on which social media posts are to be displayed.
Which social media networks are supported?
Currently Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are supported with more being added in due course.
Why should users login to social media networks?
Some Facebook pages and Instagram & Twitter accounts have restricted content which will not be displayed unless site visitors are logged into those respective social media networks.
Note: login is required via the Social News Center ‘login’ buttons i.e. being logged into the respective social media network within the same browser is not sufficient.
Does the plugin display posts from any social media accounts?
Posts can be displayed from your personal accounts, your organization’s accounts, or any unprotected/public accounts on the respective social media networks.
ChangeLog
0.0.8
- Ensure compatibility with WordPress V4.8.
0.0.7
- Ensure compatibility with WordPress V4.7.4.
0.0.6
- Ensure compatibility with WordPress V4.7.3.
- Remove unnecessary “require_once” statements for ‘includes/config.php’ & ‘includes/functions.php’ in ‘facebook.php’, ‘instagram.php’ and ‘twitter.php’. These had been causing PHP errors in some instances.
0.0.5
- Ensure compatibility with WordPress V4.7.1.
- Addition of support for Instagram social network including relevant fields within Dashboard settings page and support within user-facing or client-side plugin. Note that user Login button is hidden until needed in future versions.
- Rename cookie ‘snc_access_cookie’ to ‘snc_twitter_access_cookie’ to allow additional social networks using OAuth authentication.
- Replace the ability to ‘Like’ Facebook posts with a non-clickable icon due to Facebook changing this functionality to only being able to like pages. Pages can still be liked when viewing a profile via the popup.
- Removal of ‘liked’ icon and associated count against list of Facebook comments within View Post popup due to Facebook no longer providing this information in the API.
- Display non-clickable ‘Share’ icon if Facebook post has already been shared due to Facebook changing how this functionality works.
- Minor bug fixes including layout of Login/Logout buttons spacing to makeway for Instagram support.
0.0.4
- Upgrade Facebook Graph API call to latest V2.7 in function snc_getFacebookPosts() within ‘social-news-center.php’.
- Ensure compatibility with WordPress V4.6.1.
- Fix JavaScript error “SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected end of data at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data” caused by characters that were non UTF-8 being returned from AJAX call to function snc_getFacebookPosts_callback() within ‘social-news-center.php’.
- Other minor bug fixes.
0.0.3
- Minor bug fixes and ensure compatibility with WordPress V4.6.
0.0.2
- Fix to SQL update in function snc_setSiteCredentials() within ‘includes/functions-wp.php’ concerning the updating of site credentials. Resolves some Twitter login problems.
0.0.1
