Shrikant Article Engagement – Likes, Guest Comments & Social Sharing

Shrikant Article Engagement is a lightweight WordPress plugin designed to improve reader engagement on news, magazine, blog, and content websites.

• Live Demo (Browser): Try on WordPress Playground (Auto-installs & runs instantly in your browser)
• Live Demo (Sandbox): Test Drive on TasteWP (1-click auto-installs on a free sandbox admin site)

The plugin improves the native WordPress content experience by providing:

• Highly visible article engagement controls (Like, Comment, Share)
• Native WordPress comments integration with guest commenting support
• Flexible email requirements for guest comments (Required, Optional, or Disabled)
• Article Like button with instant counter updates
• Lightweight sharing via WhatsApp, Facebook, X (Twitter), Telegram, Copy Link, and Web Share API
• Scroll-to-comments action with reduced-motion support
• Optional floating comment button and mobile sticky engagement bar
• Built-in lightweight anti-spam protection (Honeypot, Submission Time Protection, Rate Limiting, Duplicate Protection)
• Full compatibility with native WordPress comment moderation

External Services

This plugin provides optional social sharing buttons that allow visitors to share the current article URL and title to third-party social platforms upon user click. No automated background connections or external tracking scripts are loaded.

The following third-party web services are used when a visitor clicks to share an article:

• WhatsApp Web / App (https://api.whatsapp.com/send): Used to share the article title and URL to WhatsApp when the user clicks the WhatsApp share button.

  • Terms of Service: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/terms-of-service
  • Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy

• Facebook Sharer (https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php): Used to open the Facebook share dialog with the article URL when the user clicks the Facebook share button.

  • Terms of Service: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
  • Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy

• X / Twitter Share Intent (https://x.com/intent/tweet): Used to compose a tweet with the article title and URL when the user clicks the X share button.

  • Terms of Service: https://x.com/en/tos
  • Privacy Policy: https://x.com/en/privacy

• Telegram Share (https://t.me/share/url): Used to share the article URL and title to Telegram when the user clicks the Telegram share button.

  • Terms of Service: https://telegram.org/tos
  • Privacy Policy: https://telegram.org/privacy