Plugin that gives you shortcodes and PHP functions to count posts/pages shares on 6 social networks!
As of April 2026, Posts Social Shares Count is a WordPress count plugin with 400 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Simple Download Monitor.
You can use this plugin to get the number of shares for a given post by ID.
To count for example how many times the post or page has been shared on Facebook use the function echo pssc_facebook() in the loop or echo pssc_facebook( $post_id ) anywhere. This function will return the count integer for example 5 or 0.
Or you can use the shortcode [pssc_facebook] in the post you want to count shares for or [pssc_facebook post_id=””] for a specific post by ID.
Note that PHP functions needs to be echoed.
| WordPress | 2.5.0+ requiredTested up to 4.3.34 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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