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https://github.com/humanmade/Social-Counts

Adds the # of times a post has been shared on major social networks as post meta.
https://github.com/humanmade/Social-Counts

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Adds the # of times a post has been shared on major social networks as post meta.

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HM Social Counts
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Adds the # of times a post has been shared on major social networks as post meta. It uses http://sharedcount.com/ and it's API.

**Please Note**: This plugin requires an account / API from http://sharedcount.com/ in order to work.

#Pull Requests Welcome
Let's make it a kick-ass plugin we can share with the worlds.

## Installation

* Upload this directory to your '/wp-content/plugins/' directory, using your prefered method (ftp, sftp, etc.)
* Activate Social Counts from your plugins page in your WordPress Dashboard area.

## Usage
Place the following code in your WordPress loop(s) to display the total number of shares:

```php
get_total_shares();
}
```

###Here's a list of networks currently supported from the SharedCount API:

- StumbleUpon
- Reddit
- Facebook
- Delicious
- Google+
- Buzz
- Twitter
- Digg
- Pinterest
- LinkedIn

If you'd like to display the total count from a specific network you could add a network paramter to your template tag.

For example:

```php
get_total_shares( 'facebook' );
}
```