ClickReach – Social Share Buttons & Counter

Description

ClickReach – Social Share Buttons & Counter is an ultra-fast, lightweight, and privacy-focused social sharing plugin for WordPress. It adds beautiful, responsive social sharing buttons with real-time click and share counters to your posts, pages, and custom post types without slowing down your website.

Unlike heavy commercial alternatives that load bloated libraries, external fonts, and slow down your Core Web Vitals, ClickReach is built from the ground up for speed, simplicity, and compliance.

🚀 Key Features

• 100% Free Forever: No locked features, no “Pro” version nag screens, and no subscription fees.
• Ultra-Lightweight & Fast: Pure embedded inline SVGs. Zero external HTTP requests, zero webfont downloads, and no render-blocking styles.
• Real-time Share & Click Counters: Live click counting via secure AJAX that updates without requiring a page refresh.
• Privacy-Friendly & GDPR Compliant: No third-party tracking scripts, no cookies, and no personal data collection.
• Top Social Platforms Supported:
  • X (formerly Twitter) with official branding
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • WhatsApp (optimized for mobile viral sharing)
  • Pinterest
  • Reddit
  • Copy Link (with instant “Copied!” toast feedback)
• Customizable Button Shapes: Choose between Rounded (soft corners), Pill (full capsule), or Flat (clean rectangular) styles.
• Flexible Placement:
  • Automatically display above content, below content, or both.
  • Target specific post types (Posts, Pages, or Custom Post Types).
  • Manual embedding anywhere via shortcode: [clickreach_social_share_buttons].
• Total Share Count Badge: Optional aggregate counter showing total shares across all platforms.
• Per-Post Controls: Easily enable or disable share buttons individually on any specific post or page from the editor sidebar.
• Clean Code: Strictly adheres to WordPress.org security, nonces, sanitization, and coding standards.

External Services

This plugin generates share links that redirect visitors to external social media platforms when they choose to click a share button. No data is sent automatically or in the background — connections only happen when a visitor actively clicks a share button, opening the social platform’s standard share page in a new tab.

The following external services are used as share destinations:

X (Twitter)
Used to share a post title and URL on X (formerly Twitter).
Data sent: Post URL and post title (only when user clicks the share button).
Service URL: https://twitter.com/intent/tweet
Terms of Service: https://twitter.com/en/tos
Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy

Facebook
Used to share a post URL on Facebook.
Data sent: Post URL (only when user clicks the share button).
Service URL: https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php
Terms of Service: https://www.facebook.com/terms.php
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

LinkedIn
Used to share a post title and URL on LinkedIn.
Data sent: Post URL and post title (only when user clicks the share button).
Service URL: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/
Terms of Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement
Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

WhatsApp
Used to share a post title and URL via WhatsApp.
Data sent: Post URL and post title (only when user clicks the share button).
Service URL: https://api.whatsapp.com/send
Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service
Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy

Pinterest
Used to share a post URL and description on Pinterest.
Data sent: Post URL and post title (only when user clicks the share button).
Service URL: https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/
Terms of Service: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/terms-of-service
Privacy Policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

Reddit
Used to share a post URL and title on Reddit.
Data sent: Post URL and post title (only when user clicks the share button).
Service URL: https://reddit.com/submit
Terms of Service: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement
Privacy Policy: https://www.reddit.com/policies/privacy-policy

Copy Link (no external service)
Copies the post URL to the visitor’s clipboard. No external connection is made.