I have the Social Counter widget properly configured so that it has a token from Facebook. It properly pulls the number of likes from my Facebook page.
However, I primarily use my personal profile on Facebook for my following rather than my page and I have public followers. Is it possible to make the Social Counter widget work with a personal profile rather than a page?
Hello,
Unfortunately the social counter will pull fans. A personal page has no fans. Only pages have a number of fans that can be grabbed. Sorry but the social facebook counter will not work with personal profiles.
Thank you!
Hi Bogdan B.
Just a quick question, is it possible to use a completely new widget / plugin instead of social media counter.
e.g: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-facebook-twitter-widget/ and also make sure the layout stays responsive. The goal here is to directly show a Facebook Business or Personal Page.
With Regards,
sam_at
Hello,
You can but you will have to test it out as it is not tested by us. I cannot provide any recommendations but we have seen usesr’s websites that do not use our social sharing options but rather third party plugins.
You can give it a try.
Thank you!
Hi Bogdan B.
Thank you for your reply. It is a bit funny but I can understand the reluctance at your end to suggest any specific plug-in. In any case as a follow up on the post (* since the issue is still not resolved) can I make a couple for formal requests an observations;
1.Formal Request: In terms of the template, can you guys test and recommend a plugin (*officially after confirming at your end and getting the due approval from you team) for adding a facebook business page to the Newspaper Template. In simple words, it is a “must to have” on a blogging portal and you guys are not giving any other alternative which is not acceptable.
2.RnD: In terms of the issue topic, I have tried adding the plugin and it got installed successfully. Although I could only add it to the “Widgetised Sidebar” and not in the “Visual Composer” section directly. Will keep you posted on the progress.
3.Observation: The template is fantastic and I was able to deploy the website very fast. To this I would like to congratulate you and the team.
I am still 30% into the project and will surly need some more support and guidance from you folks. Looking forward to that :). (I know the post is a bit too long for the forum and henceforth will try to avoid such verbose posts and stick to the issue)
Hello,
Unfortunately we have tons of suggestions and we must pick very carefully what we implement in our theme. We already have a social media plugin that comes with our theme so we do not plan on testing any social media plugins. I will add your suggestion to our list for future updates though and we will consider it.
You will have to search for a plugin that can do this for the time being.
Thank you!
