=== BJ Facebook Popular Posts === Contributors: bjornjohansen Tags: facebook, widget, popular posts, popular Author URI: http://twitter.com/bjornjohansen Requires at least: 3.1 Tested up to: 3.5.1 Stable tag: 0.2.2 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Finds the number of Facebook shares for each of your posts. Includes widget for displaying most popular posts. == Description == Finds the number each of your posts have been shared on Facebook and saves it as a hidden meta field. The numbers are updated each hour through a cron job. The update is non-blocking so visitors won't notice any performance degradation. A widget for displaying most shared posts is included, and the output is easy to override. I have only tested this on one site, but it works flawlessly for me. Please let me know if you have any issues. Fastest way to get a response is by Twitter: http://twitter.com/bjornjohansen == Installation == 1. Download and unzip plugin 2. Upload the 'bj-facebook-popular-posts' folder to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory, 3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress. == Frequently Asked Questions == = I don't like your markup. How do I provide my own? = Copy bj-fbpp-widget.tmpl.php to your theme folder and customize as you like. It's a standard WP_Query Loop. = How do I display the number of shares? = Look inside bj-fbpp-widget.tmpl.php (there's sample code in a comment). == Screenshots == 1. The Posts overview gets a new, sortable column that shows number of shares on Facebook 2. Widget settings 3. Sample usage of widget. The HTML is really easy to override. == Changelog == = Version 0.2.2 = * Added missing screenshot = Version 0.2.1 = * The included widget now lets you select what post types to show = Version 0.2.0 = * Changed from the graph API to FQL = Version 0.1.8 = * The background updates now uses HTTP 1.1 so it works with shared hosting as well * Tested up to: 3.4.2 = Version 0.1.7 = * Tested up to: 3.4.1 = Version 0.1.6 = * Screenshot descriptions in readme.txt had fallen out. Back in now. = Version 0.1.5 = * Added screenshots * Removes output buffering from the update response to avoid timeouts * Improved the fetch queue * Added filter: bj_fb_num_posts - Number of posts to fetch per batch (hour). Defaults to -1 (all posts) * Added filter: bj_fb_post_type - Post type (content type) to find shares for. Defaults to 'all' = Version 0.1 = * Seems to work just fine