store locally the counts of share for each author WordPress

ahonshaw comments:

Thanks Luis,

Can you please explain more on the "You can filter the content or in the single.php add +1 to the post and the author" ? I don't know how to store the count of share to a custom field of author profile. Also if the authors posted more than 2 posts, how do I store the sum of count of shares for all his/her posts?

Thank you!

Luis Abarca comments:

Its something like this, so you only count visits when the user is reading a post entry or page


add_filter('the_content', 'add_visit');

function add_visit( $content )
{
global $post;

if (!is_single() && !is_page() ) {
return $content;
}

// Old value
$current_visits = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_visits', true);

update_post_meta($post->ID, '_visits', $current_visits + 1);

// author ID
$user_id = $post->post_author;

$total = get_user_meta($user_id, '_totalvisits', true);

update_user_meta($user_id, '_totalvisits', $total + 1);

return $content;
}


ahonshaw comments:

Thanks Luis, but what I would like to know is how to store locally the counts of "shares".

For example, there are 3 posts --A, B ,C -- and 2 authors --X,Y --on the website. X posted A and B, and Y post C.

A post got : 2 of fb like, 3 of google+
B post got : 1 of fb like , 2 of google+
C post got: 1 of fb like, 1 of google +

1. How do I display the total count of shares on the post (which are A : 5 people share this post, B: 3 people share this post, C : 2 people share this post )
2. How do I display the total count of shares on the author ( which are X : 8 , and Y: 2)
3. How do I filter posts as per count of shares, and filter authors as per count of shares.

Thank you!

ahonshaw comments:

Thanks Hardeep, yes I am looking for the implementation of sharing script. It does not necessary on top of "sharethis" as long as there is better solution to store the count of shares ( facebook, google+,...etc) for each post and for each author.

I will contact you soon if you can help.

Thank you!

Hardeep Singh comments:

Hello,

I am fine to work on this.
Let's get on Skype to discuss and close.

Thanks
Hardeep

ahonshaw comments:

Hi ej_emma, can it be used on top of "share this" plugin ? How do I reach you?

Thanks!

ej_emman comments:

hello ahonshow,

I just send you pm.

cheers,


ej_emman