WordPress User Bookmarks (Standalone version)

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This is a standalone WordPress plugin for the UserPro User Bookmarks addon here.

It has the same features of the bookmarks addon, and does not require UserPro to be installed – So It can be used standalone on any WordPress site!

User Bookmarks plugin will allow users to bookmark any content they want, posts, forum topics, custom posts, and also manage their bookmarks into collections. The plugin offers a simple way to show the bookmarks and bookmark widget and can be integrated into any theme.

Works with any custom post type!

Ajax-powered, very fast execution!

Users can create their favourite collections and choose to set them up as private or public (visible to all)

Show the bookmark widget via dynamic sidebar widget

Show the bookmark widget via automatic mode below post content (You can customize which post types are allowed and exclude certain posts)

Show the bookmark widget via shortcode [bookmark]

Users can manage their collections and view bookmarks with a simple shortcode: [collections]

Shortcodes/PHP methods to display the bookmark widget/collections

Comes with its own API for advanced use!

Users can favorite or bookmark posts, products, forum topics as well as any custom post types!

A Sidebar widget to bookmark any content, add new collection, and remove a bookmarked post!

You can enable auto-embedding of Bookmark widget on all post types you WANT via admin settings!

A simple shortcode [collections] that can be embedded anywhere to allow user to manage his bookmarks and view/access them easily via ajax.

Admin settings to enable the bookmarking on these post types you want only, and exclude specific posts from being bookmarked too, plus many other customization options to tweak the text, and so on.

Allow entire collections to be removed, or give user the choice to keep bookmarks and remove the collection!

You can embed the bookmark widget via shortcode (in addition sidebar widget and automatic embedding):

[bookmark]

Or via php API:

global $wpb;
echo $wpb->bookmark();

So simple. And you can also embed the collections via shortcode:

[collections]

or via php API

global $wpb;
echo $wpb->bookmarks();

There are a bunch of options that can be customized via shortcode, the same settings that are available in tool settings are customizable via shortcode, so you can rename bookmark to favorite or translate it to your language.

This tool is fully localized too!

UPDATES

Version 3.5.1 (02 Dec 2022)
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    - Fixed Bug : Removed auto-occurring backslash.

Version 3.5 (15 Apr 2022)
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    - Fixed Bug : Changed logo URL in wp-admin.

Version 3.4 (04 Aug 2017)
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    - Enhancement : Bookmark count column is now made sortable

Version 3.3 (21 June 2017)
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    - New Feature : Collections can be displayed in Grid Layout ( Use the shortcode as follows - [collections layout="grid"] )

Version 3.2 (03 Apr 2017)
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    - Enhancement : The bookmark count is updated with AJAX after bookmarking the post
    - Enhancement : Administrator can now limit the number of collections to be created by users
    - Enhancement : Administrator can now limit the number of posts to be bookmarked in one collection

Version 3.1 (13 Feb 2017)
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    - Fixed Bug : Bookmark count not displayed correctly
    - Fixed Bug : More than one collections showing as selected at a time

Version 3.0 (24 June 2016)
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    - New feature : Added configurable setting for displaying Heart Icon for bookmarking the content to Default Collection
    - New feature : Added option for Administrator to create multiple collections

Version 2.9 (12 Feb 2016)
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    - New feature : Added configurable setting for displaying bookmark widget in popup

Version 2.8 (29 Dec 2015)
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    - New feature : Added configurable option in backend to display the Social buttons on the collection

Version 2.7 (15 Dec 2015)
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    - New feature : User can now share their private bookmarks on social media

Version 2.6 (26 Nov 2015)
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    - New feature : Added configurable setting to enable/disable creating new collection

Version 2.5 (9 Nov 2015)
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    - New feature : Now Bookmark Count is displayed on Posts and Pages in backend

Version 2.4 (27 Oct 2015)
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    - New feature : Added widget( Top 5 bookmarks ) to show top five bookmarked post

Version 2.3 (13 Oct 2015)
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      - New feature : Now single post can be bookmarked into multiple collections , added setting in admin panel to enable/disable this feature

Version 2.2 (22 Sep 2015)
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         - New feature :Admin can now decide whether heart icon should be displayed on bookmark widget or not

Version 2.1 (9 Sep 2015)
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        - New Feature : Added automatic updates

Version 2.0 (26 Aug 2015)
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        - Updated: Replaced Timthumb with alternative script

Version 1.9 (14 July 2015)
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        - Fixed Bug : publiccollection shortcode not working.
    - Fixed Bug : Collection count displaying 0 while it has 1. 

Version 1.8 (3 Apr 2015)
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     - Enhanced security
        - Admin can now decide whether category bookmarking should be enabled or disabled

Version 1.7 (13 Mar 2015)
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    - Added feature to display the avatar of users who has bookmarked the post 

Version 1.6 (5 Mar 2015)
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    - Fixed : Bookmarks incorrectly added twice in newly created collection, even when nothing is added in it 

Version 1.5 (27 Feb 2015)
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    - Added feature to display the number of times the post has been bookmarked.

Version 1.4 (31 Jan 2015)
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    - Added feature to mark new collection public or private. Use [publiccollections] to display public bookmarks.

Version 1.3 (6 Dec 2014)
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    - Added feature to bookmark category too

Version 1.0 (6 Jan 2014)
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    - Initial Version of the Bookmarks Plugin