MAJOR FEATURE RELEASE — Click-to-Share Quote Blocks, Network Expansion, Share Counter
New features:
* Click-to-Share Quote Blocks: Gutenberg block and [cp_quote] shortcode that turn a quotable sentence into one-click share moments — the modernized click-to-tweet pattern for every supported network.
* Network expansion: Added WhatsApp, Pinterest, Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon, Reddit, Telegram, and Copy Link share destinations alongside the existing LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and Email.
* Privacy-friendly share counter: Optional aggregate share counts stored in your own database as post meta. No cookies, no IP collection, no third-party services. Off by default for front-end display; on by default for storage so you start collecting from day one if you ever want to display later.
* Mastodon instance prompt: Smart per-device prompt that remembers the user’s chosen instance via localStorage so they only type it once.
* Copy Link button: First-class share destination using the modern Clipboard API with execCommand fallback for older browsers — captures the silent shares (DMs, messaging apps) that traditional share buttons miss.
Compatibility:
* Tested up to WordPress 7.0 and verified on PHP 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4.
* Minimum requirements bumped to WordPress 6.0 and PHP 8.0 — both are reasonable modern floors that match what the WordPress core team itself recommends. The plugin’s existing code already worked on these versions; this is a declaration update, not a behavior change.
Settings page additions:
* New “Discover more from Sitetrail” section on the plugin’s own settings page. The existing Sitetrail Newspass card remains the featured pitch (it’s the paid extension of the Super Suggest feature) and is joined by two sister WordPress plugins from the same team: AI Live Chat PRO (AI chatbot for WordPress + WooCommerce) and Woo Toolbox (WooCommerce utility suite). No tracking parameters in any URL.
* New “More plugins by Sitetrail” link in the row meta on the Plugins admin screen — a single, discreet entry pointing to the Sitetrail plugin hub, using the standard plugin_row_meta filter.
Technical improvements:
* New CP_Social_Networks registry centralizes share-URL builders and self-hosted inline SVG icons for every brand glyph.
* New REST endpoint content-publicity/v1/share (POST, with WP REST nonce CSRF protection, strict server-side validation of post ID + network slug allow-list) for share-count increments.
* New CP_Share_Counter and CP_Quote_Block classes with full PHPDoc.
* New uninstall.php cleans up both the option row and every share-count post-meta key on plugin deletion (multisite-aware).
* New phpcs.xml ruleset for WordPress Coding Standards verification on every release.
* All new JavaScript is vanilla (no jQuery dependency).
* Settings auto-migrate on upgrade — new toggles get their default values automatically without losing your existing configuration.
* All brand SVG icons are CC0-licensed from Simple Icons; see LICENSE-ICONS.txt.
Privacy & compliance:
* Strengthened the no-tracking promise: explicit disclosure in the readme that share counts are stored exclusively in your own database with no external transmission.
* No cookies set by any 1.2.0 feature.
* localStorage used only for two purposes: per-device dedup of share-count increments and remembering a reader’s Mastodon instance — both client-side only.
* All cross-promotional links are contained to the plugin’s own settings page and the standard plugin_row_meta slot — no admin notices, no dashboard widgets, no tracking parameters.
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