Display Likes, Tweets, Pageviews, and Comment Counts. Use transient cache to store data for 30 minutes.

display-social-media-counts.php

<?php

/**
 * Get tweet count from Twitter API (v1.1)
 */
function wds_post_tweet_count( $post_id ) {
 
  // Check for transient
  if ( ! ( $count = get_transient( 'wds_post_tweet_count' . $post_id ) ) ) {
 
		// Do API call
		$response = wp_remote_retrieve_body( wp_remote_get( 'https://cdn.api.twitter.com/1/urls/count.json?url=' . urlencode( get_permalink( $post_id ) ) ) );
 
		// If error in API call, stop and don't store transient
		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
			return 'error';
 
		// Decode JSON
		$json = json_decode( $response, true );
 
		// Set total count
		$count = absint( $json->count );
 
		// Set transient to expire every 30 minutes
		set_transient( 'wds_post_tweet_count' . $post_id, absint( $count ), 30 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS );
 
	}
 
	return absint( $count );
 
}

/**
 * Get like count from Facebook FQL
 */
function wds_post_like_count( $post_id ) {
 
	// Check for transient
	if ( ! ( $count = get_transient( 'wds_post_like_count' . $post_id ) ) ) {
 
		// Setup query arguments based on post permalink
		$fql  = "SELECT url, ";
		//$fql .= "share_count, "; // total shares
		//$fql .= "like_count, "; // total likes
		//$fql .= "comment_count, "; // total comments
		$fql .= "total_count "; // summed total of shares, likes, and comments (fastest query)
		$fql .= "FROM link_stat WHERE url = '" . get_permalink( $post_id ) . "'";
 
		// Do API call
		$response = wp_remote_retrieve_body( wp_remote_get( 'https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?format=json&query=' . urlencode( $fql ) ) );
 
		// If error in API call, stop and don't store transient
		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) )
			return 'error';
 
		// Decode JSON
		$json = json_decode( $response, true );
 
		// Set total count
		$count = absint( $json[0]->total_count );
 
		// Set transient to expire every 30 minutes
		set_transient( 'wds_post_like_count' . $post_id, absint( $count ), 30 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS );
 
	}
 
	return absint( $count );
 
}

/**
 * Get post pageview count
 */
function wds_post_pageview_count( $post_id ) {
 
	// Check for transient
	if ( ! ( $count = get_transient( 'wds_post_pageview_count' . $post_id ) ) ) {
 
		// Verify we're running Jetpack
		if ( function_exists( 'stats_get_csv' ) ) {
 
			// Do API call
			$response = stats_get_csv( 'postviews', 'post_id='. $post_id .'&period=month&limit=1' );
 
			// Set total count
			$count = absint( $response[0]['views'] );
 
		// If not, stop and don't set transient
		} else {
			return 'Jetpack stats not active';
		}
 
		// Set transient to expire every 30 minutes
		set_transient( 'wds_post_pageview_count' . $post_id, absint( $count ), 30 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS );
 
	}
 
	return absint( $count );
 
}

/**
 * Get post comment count
 */
function wds_post_comment_count( $post_id ) {
 
	// Check for transient
	if ( ! ( $count = get_transient( 'wds_post_comment_count' . $post_id ) ) ) {
 
		// Verify comments are open
		if ( comments_open() ) {
 
			// Get comment count
			$count = absint( get_comments_number( $post_id ) );
 
		// If not, stop and don't set transient
		} else {
			return 'Comments closed';
		}
 
		// Set transient to expire every 30 minutes
		set_transient( 'wds_post_comment_count' . $post_id, absint( $count ), 30 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS );
 
	}
 
	return absint( $count );
 
}

/**
 * Markup for Social Media Icons
 */
function wds_social_media_icons() {
	
	// Get the post ID
	$post_id = get_the_ID(); ?>
 
	<div class="social-icons-wrap">
		<ul class="social-icons">
			<li class="social-icon twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/share?&amp;url=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&amp;text=<?php the_title(); ?>&amp;via=XXXXXXXXXXXXX"><?php echo wds_post_tweet_count( $post_id ); ?></a></li>
			<li class="social-icon facebook"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&amp;appId=XXXXXXXXXXXXX"><?php echo wds_post_like_count( $post_id ); ?></a></li>
			<li class="social-icon pageviews"><p><?php echo wds_post_pageview_count( $post_id ); ?></p></li>
			<li class="social-icon comments"><a href="<?php comments_link(); ?>"><?php echo wds_post_comment_count( $post_id ); ?></a></li>
		</ul>
	</div><!-- .social-icons-wrap -->
 
<?php }

some-loop.php

<div id="primary" class="content-area">
  <div id="content" class="site-content" role="main">
 
  <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
 
		<?php /* The loop */ ?>
		<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
			<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
			<?php wds_social_media_icons(); ?>
		<?php endwhile; ?>
 
	<?php else : ?>
		<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'none' ); ?>
	<?php endif; ?>
 
	</div><!-- #content -->
</div><!-- #primary -->