Recover share count after https

  • Resolved Coach Afrane

    (@coach-afrane)


    6 years, 10 months ago

    I lost all share counts after changing from http to https.

    Whiles searching for a solution I came across this thread.
    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-shares-count-recover-after-moving-to-https/

    I copied a code snippet and edited to my domain as directed

    function rsssl_recover_shares($html) {
    //replace the https url back to http
    $html = str_replace('og:url="https://agrihomegh.com', 'og:url="http://agrihomegh.com', $html);
    $html = str_replace('data-href="https://agrihomegh.com', 'data-href="http://agrihomegh.com', $html); 
    return $html; 
}
add_filter("rsssl_fixer_output","rsssl_recover_shares");

    It worked ok by restoring previous share counts. However, I realized share counts for post after https is now reversing back to zero.

    How can I get share counts for both before and after https combined or added together ie. for both http and https?

    Thank you.

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Contributor Rogier Lankhorst

    (@rogierlankhorst)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Hi @coach-afrane,

    I have written an article on this, where I’ve also covered a method to used the post date to distinguish the http and https posts (scroll down to the bottom):
    https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base/how-to-recover-facebook-likes-after-moving-to-httpsssl/

    And some plugin solutions as well.

    Thread Starter Coach Afrane

    (@coach-afrane)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Thanks for your reply, Rogier.

    I have gone through your article and it’s very helpful.

    I tried putting the code together so I can get for both before and after https.
    This what I ended up with. I don’t know coding but I got this;

    function rsssl_recover_shares($html) {
    //replace the https url back to http
    $html = str_replace('property="og:url" content="https://agrihomegh.com','property="og:url" content="http://agrihomegh.com', $html);
    $html = str_replace('data-href="https://agrihomegh.com', 'data-href="http://agrihomegh.com', $html); 
    return $html; 
}
add_filter("rsssl_fixer_output","rsssl_recover_shares");

$start_date = '2019-03-01';
$publish_date = get_post_time('U', false, $post->ID);

if ($start_date && ($publish_date > $start_date)) {
//use https shares
} else{
//use http shares
}

    Am I right?
    Nothing is happening though.

    Plugin Author Mark

    (@markwolters)

    6 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    I don’t see the og:url propery in your page source, if it’s not there the code cannot replace it. You can add the og:url manually or by using an Open Graph plugin to see if that does retrieve the sharecount.

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