विवरण
AboutBuzz Stories Embed allows you to easily embed video stories and reviews from AboutBuzz.com into your WordPress site. The plugin provides a responsive carousel display with lazy loading for optimal performance.
Features
- Responsive carousel display
- Lazy loading for better performance
- Mobile-optimized video playback
- Like functionality for user engagement
- Secure API integration
- Rate limiting to prevent abuse
- Caching for improved performance
Usage
- Install and activate the plugin
- Go to Settings > AboutBuzz Activation
- Enter your secret code provided by AboutBuzz
- Use the shortcode
[aboutbuzz_smart_stories brand_id="123,456"]in your posts or pages
Requirements
- WordPress 5.0 or higher
- PHP 7.4 or higher
- Valid AboutBuzz secret code
External Services
This plugin connects to the AboutBuzz.com API to display video stories and handle user interactions. The plugin communicates with AboutBuzz’s external services under the following circumstances:
AboutBuzz API
- Service: AboutBuzz.com video stories and validation service
- When data is sent:
- During plugin activation to validate your secret code
- When loading video stories for display
- When users interact with like/vote functionality
- Data sent:
- Secret code for validation
- Brand IDs to fetch relevant stories
- Site URL for authentication
- User interactions (likes/votes)
- Plugin version information
- API endpoints used:
- https://aboutbuzz.com/wp-json/aboutbuzz/v1/validate-code/ (validation)
- https://aboutbuzz.com/wp-json/aboutbuzz/v1/stories/brand/ (story content)
- https://aboutbuzz.com/wp-json/aboutbuzz/v1/like-post/ (user interactions)
- https://aboutbuzz.com/wp-json/aboutbuzz/v1/like/ (like functionality)
Privacy and Terms
- Terms of Service: https://aboutbuzz.com/terms-of-service/
- Privacy Policy: https://aboutbuzz.com/privacy-policy/
All data transmission occurs over secure HTTPS connections. The plugin implements rate limiting and caching to minimize API calls and protect user privacy.
Support
For support, please visit https://aboutbuzz.com or contact our support team.
Privacy Policy
This plugin connects to the AboutBuzz API to fetch video stories. The following data is transmitted:
– Secret code (provided by you for authentication)
– Brand IDs (specified in shortcodes)
– Site URL (for validation purposes)
– Plugin version (for compatibility)
– Post IDs (when users like stories)
No personal user data is collected, stored, or transmitted by this plugin. All user interactions (likes) are anonymous and only post IDs are sent to update counters.
Third-party Services
This plugin connects to AboutBuzz.com external services to provide video story functionality. This connection is essential for the plugin to work properly.
स्क्रीनशॉट्स
Plugin settings page 
Video stories carousel display 
Mobile-responsive design 
Like functionality1. Plugin installed, reviews are visible on the site 
Reviews visible on mobile in a carousel with play/pause and like integration
इंस्टॉलेशन
- Upload the plugin files to the
/wp-content/plugins/aboutbuzz-stories-embeddirectory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Go to Settings > AboutBuzz Activation to configure the plugin.
- Enter your secret code provided by AboutBuzz.
- Use the shortcode
[aboutbuzz_smart_stories brand_id="YOUR_BRAND_ID"]in your content.
सामान्य प्रश्न
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How do I get a secret code?
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Contact AboutBuzz support at https://aboutbuzz.com to obtain your secret code.
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Can I display multiple brand stories?
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Yes, you can use comma-separated brand IDs:
[aboutbuzz_smart_stories brand_id="123,456,789"] -
Is the plugin mobile-friendly?
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Yes, the plugin is fully responsive and optimized for mobile devices.
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How many brand IDs can I use?
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You can use up to 10 brand IDs in a single shortcode.
समीक्षाएं
सहायक &डेवलपर्स
Translate “AboutBuzz Stories Embed” into your language.
Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
बदलाव विवरण
1.8.1 =
* Release version 1.8.1 with assets fix
1.8.0 =
* Design & Visual Improvements:
* Complete visual redesign with modern layout and styling
* Updated color scheme for better visual appeal
* educed video size for improved layout balance
* Enhanced spacing with optimized paddings and margins
* Modern box design with improved visual hierarchy
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Like System Enhancements:
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Fixed like button visual feedback – yellow heart now displays correctly for already liked posts
- Improved like animation with smooth transitions
- Updated heart icons: yellow for liked posts, gray outline for unliked posts
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Enhanced visual states for better user experience
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Typography Updates:
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Replaced Font Awesome with custom Nunito Sans font
- Added proper font-face declaration for custom font loading
- Implemented font inheritance system for consistent typography
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Improved font loading performance with font-display: swap
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Navigation Improvements:
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Added new SVG arrow icons for carousel navigation
- Implemented responsive arrow behavior: visible on mobile, hidden on desktop
- Updated arrow positioning and sizing for better touch targets
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Enhanced arrow hover effects and visual feedback
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Technical Improvements:
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Optimized CSS structure with better specificity
- Improved mobile responsiveness across all components
- Enhanced accessibility features for navigation elements
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Better performance with optimized asset loading
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Code Quality:
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Cleaner CSS architecture with improved maintainability
- Better organization of styles and components
- Responsive design
- Improved code documentation and structure
1.7.9
- Fixed heart icon styling for like buttons – now displays red with proper opacity
- Improved like button functionality with proper visual feedback
- Enhanced heart display: 0.5 opacity when not liked, full opacity when liked
- Removed conflicting CSS hover effects that interfered with heart visibility
1.7.8
- Added “Oddaj video mnenje” link to upload video reviews
- Improved link styling and user experience
- Enhanced navigation with centered call-to-action
1.7.7
- MAJOR FIXES: Completely resolved all WordPress.org compliance issues
- Fixed carousel functionality with proper flexbox implementation
- Added complete video playback support with play button functionality
- Removed ALL inline styles and moved to proper CSS classes
- Implemented proper AJAX handling for like buttons
- Added comprehensive JavaScript event handling for all interactive elements
- Fixed background image loading via data attributes instead of inline styles
- Enhanced error handling and user feedback
- Improved mobile and desktop responsiveness
- Added proper CORS and nonce security
- Performance optimizations and code cleanup
- All buttons and interactions now work correctly
- No 404 errors – all assets properly enqueued
- Full WordPress.org compliance achieved
1.7.6
- Fixed WordPress.org compliance issues
- Moved inline JavaScript and CSS to separate files with proper enqueuing
- Updated shortcode from [smart_stories] to [aboutbuzz_smart_stories] for better namespacing
- Renamed shortcode function to use proper aboutbuzz_ prefix
- Added comprehensive external services documentation
- Enhanced security and input validation
- Improved error handling
- Better caching system
- Fixed function naming conflicts
1.7.5
- Fixed like button functionality
- Improved mobile centering
- Enhanced video loading
- Better error handling
- Improved caching system
1.7.4
- Added responsive design improvements
- Fixed video loading issues
- Enhanced security measures
1.7.3
- Initial carousel functionality
- Added like button feature
- Improved API integration
1.7.2
- Bug fixes and improvements
- Better error handling
1.7.1
- Initial release
- Basic shortcode functionality
- API integration