Retrieving Google Plus share count with wp_remote_post
So I’ve spent most of my morning working on my website’s customized social share buttons. Reading out Twitter and Facebook shares were no problem, but Google Plus is a real challenge, as they don’t offer an easy-to-use GET API. I found a working technique using barebones CURL ( http://www.tomanthony.co.uk/blog/google_plus_one_button_seo_count_api/comment-page-1/ ). But previously, I’ve tried hard … Read more