widgets, social networks, performance Requires at least: 3.5 Tested up to: 3.9.1 Stable tag: 1.8.1 License: GPLv3 or later License URI: http://www.

Rachel Baker

<p>Simple social sharing plugin that loads the third-party scripts asynchronously<br />
and after the page loads to improve site performance.</p>
<p>The plugin provides settings to load any of the following sharing widgets:</p>
<ul>
<li>Twitter</li>
<li>Facebook</li>
<li>Google+</li>
<li>Linkedin</li>
<li>Hacker News</li>
</ul>
<p>Available display options include ability to display the sharing widgets on<br />
above or below content on pages, specific custom post types or blog and archive pages.</p>
<p>Why is Asynchronous script loading better?<br />
Asynchronous loading allows multiple files to load parallel to each other.<br />
Instead of having to wait for Twitter to respond with their script, the browser<br />
moves on and starts fetching the next request.</p>
<p>Dependencies</p>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 3.5+</li>
<li>Content worth sharing</li>
</ul>
<p>Contributors Welcome</p>
<ul>
<li>Submit a <a href="https://github.com/rachelbaker/Async-Social-Sharing" rel="nofollow ugc">pull request on Github</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Upcoming Versions Wishlist</p>
<ul>
<li>Allow re-arranging of social widgets</li>
</ul>
<p>Credits</p>
<ul>
<li>Inspired by Stoyan Stefanov’s blog post <a href="http://www.phpied.com/social-button-bffs/" rel="nofollow ugc">“Social Button BFFs”</a></li>
<li>HackerNews button code by <a href="https://github.com/igrigorik/hackernews-button" rel="nofollow ugc">Ilya Grigorik</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Author</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://rachelbaker.me" rel="nofollow ugc">Rachel Baker</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>1.8.1</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fixed bug where plugin would cause a fatal error for PHP 5.2 and under by<br />
changing class initialization process.</li>
<li>Added minor style fix for Facebook sharing widget alignment.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.8.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added <code>async_social_display()</code> function to be used as a template tag to output<br />
the social sharing widgets anywhere theme developers desire within the loop.</li>
<li>Added option to allow site administrators to enter their Facebook Application<br />
ID.</li>
<li>Added option allowing site administrators to choose if the social sharing<br />
widgets should be output before or after the content.  props @dustyf</li>
<li>Changed settings screen to use WordPress default admin styles to fix checkbox<br />
display in WordPress 3.8+.</li>
<li>Removed bloated admin stylesheet.</li>
<li>Minor refactoring of plugin instance loading.</li>
<li>Minor code formatting changes.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.7.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fixed bug where “headers already sent” message was displayed upon plugin<br />
activation due to blank line at top of main plugin file.</li>
<li>Enabled automatic plugin updates for WordPress 3.7 users.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.7.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added option to display or hide sharing widgets from posts.</li>
<li>Restructured file organization.</li>
<li>Tested compatibility with 3.7</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.6.2</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fixed bug where previous plugin users could not disable the css without<br />
removing and then re-adding the plugin.</li>
<li>Updated compatibility to support 3.5</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.6.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fixed bug where widgets were not displaying on pages if option was specified.</li>
<li>Fixed bug where CSS styles for previous installations was still loading,<br />
even though the option to disable was selected.</li>
<li>Expanded post-type multi-selection box area on plugin options page.</li>
<li>Added instructions for selecting multiple post types from plugin options page.</li>
<li>Tested with WordPress 3.5 RC2</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.6</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added option to prevent default CSS stylesheet from loading.</li>
<li>Fixed bug where PHP Exception was thrown if post types array was empty.</li>
<li>Tested with WordPress 3.5 Beta 3</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.5.1</h4>
<p>Fixed bug that would cause content in RSS feeds to not display.<br />
Fixed bug where PHP Exception was thrown on pages if the display options were<br />
not set.</p>
<h4>1.5.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added ability to display social widgets on pages.</li>
<li>Added ability to select which custom post types will display the social<br />
widgets.</li>
<li>Reworked <code>async-share.js</code> file.  Now only the external social scripts that are<br />
selected to be displayed will be loaded.</li>
<li>Improved display styles for social widgets.</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.2.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Combined function for plugin’s script and style loading.</li>
<li>Fixed bug that was generating a PHP error when no options were set.</li>
<li>Tested with WordPress 3.4.1</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.1.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added Display Options to plugin to allow sharing widgets to be displayed on<br />
blog and archive pages.</li>
<li>Fixed bug with Facebook <code>fb-root</code> div not being detected before script loaded.</li>
<li>Updated license to GPLv3</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0.1</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added lazy loading to async-share.js</li>
<li>Fixed issue with plugin settings link</li>
</ul>
<h4>1.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Initial release</li>
</ul>


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