Title: Pitikostudio Viral Engagement Toolkit
Author: pitikostudio
Published: <strong>September 11, 2026</strong>
Last modified: September 11, 2026

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# Pitikostudio Viral Engagement Toolkit

 By [pitikostudio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pitikostudio/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit.1.0.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/)

## Description

Pitikostudio Viral Engagement Toolkit adds lightweight engagement features that 
work with any modern WordPress theme.

Features include:

 * Reaction buttons for single posts.
 * Aggregate post view counts.
 * Hot score ranking based on views, reactions, comments, and post age.
 * Trending posts shortcode.
 * Trending posts widget.
 * Settings to enable or disable automatic reactions and view tracking.

The plugin is standalone and does not require a specific theme.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install the ZIP from the
    WordPress admin.
 2. Activate the plugin.
 3. Go to Settings > Pitikostudio Engagement to adjust the options.
 4. Use `[pitikostudio_viral_reactions]` inside a post, or `[pitikostudio_viral_trending
    limit="5" mode="hot"]` in any shortcode area.

## FAQ

### Does this plugin require a Pitikostudio theme?

No. It works with any WordPress theme.

### Does the plugin call external services?

No. It does not load remote scripts, fonts, images, APIs, or tracking services.

### Does the plugin collect personal data?

The plugin stores aggregate view counts and reaction totals in WordPress post meta.
It does not store visitor identifiers in cookies or browser storage, and it does
not send data to external servers.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Pitikostudio Viral Engagement Toolkit” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ pitikostudio ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pitikostudio/)

[Translate “Pitikostudio Viral Engagement Toolkit” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.2

 * Renamed the plugin and slug to use the pitikostudio identifier for WordPress.
   org review.
 * Updated text domain, settings page label, and shortcode names for the new slug.

#### 1.0.1

 * Removed manual translation loading for WordPress.org-hosted language packs.
 * Avoided post meta ordering in the trending query.
 * Prefixed uninstall cleanup variables.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial WordPress.org-ready release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **14 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [engagement](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/engagement/)[reactions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reactions/)
   [trending](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/trending/)[views](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/views/)
   [widgets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ pitikostudio ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pitikostudio/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pitikostudio-viral-engagement-toolkit/)