Description
This plugin uses LinkedIn’s API to retrieve the user’s company updates, which can then be displayed with [shortcode] or PHP.
Features:
- Optional custom styling
- Copy & paste customizable shortcode
- Custom CSS classes option
- Displays token expiration date
- PHP implementation option
- Responsive default styling
- Images now appear in feed
- Email & admin notification for expired tokens
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Installation
Installation & Activation
- Download plugin
- Unzip plugin on computer
- Add unzipped folder to /wp-content/plugins/
OR
- Go to your admin area and select Plugins -> Add new from the menu
- Search for “Company Updates for LinkedIn”
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Click install
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Activate the plugin in the ‘Plugins’ menu in the admin area
- Go to Tools -> ‘LinkedIn Company Updates’ to configure
Using the Plugin
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After installing “LinkedIn Company Updates”, go to developer.linkedin.com
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Click on “My Apps” & Sign in with your LinkedIn account. Create one if needed
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Click on “Create Application” & Fill out the required forms
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Copy the Client ID & Client secret to the plugin settings fields
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Then copy the redirect URL on the plugins settings page
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And paste under OAuth 2.0 Authentication redirect URLs then click “Add”
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Check “rw_company_admin” (Above the OAuth 2.0 field) and click update (at the bottom of the form)
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Add CSS classes for the feed container & items if you plan on custom design
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Add the company ID
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Save the plugin options
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Click “Regenerate Access Token”
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Enter LinkedIn information and click “Allow Access”
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Copy the shortcode from the bottom of the page & paste it into any page visual editor.
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Contributors & Developers
“LinkedIn Company Updates” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
Version 1.5 – 12/11/16
- Moved javascript to it’s own file
- Added versioning to scripts
- Fixed javascript shortcode generation bugs
- Improved user flow
- Fixed image stretch issue
- Added company intro
- Improved css
Version 1.4.3 – 5/10/16
- Fixed function bug
- Fixed stray string bug
Version 1.4.2 – 5/8/16
- Changed image functionality
Version 1.4.1 – 4/6/16
- Fixed image bug
Version 1.4 – 4/6/16
- Added cURL fallback & error message if allow_url_fopen is disabled as well
Version 1.3 – 3/20/16
- Added debugging helpers/ error messages
- Posts open in new tab
- Images now appear in feed
- All Links are now clickable
- Neatened up the code just a bit
Version 1.2.3 – 12/31/15
- Added cross browser CSS support
Version 1.2 – 12/31/15
- Added responsive styling
- Added PHP functionality
- Added date of expiration for token
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Added error messages
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Fixed potential CSS selector bug
Version 1.1 – 12/30/15
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Added default styling
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Fixed access token bug