Linkedin Share Plugin always displays 0 shares

Question

I am using the Linkedin Share Plugin https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/share

It always seems to display 0 no matter what URL I enter (ie http://linkedin.com or http://salesforce.com) It has been like this since 2:45 PM EST Thursday (January 11).

Is there a bug with it currently?

Answer 1

This API has been end-of-lifed unfortunately:

https://developer.linkedin.com/blog/posts/2018/deprecating-the-inshare-counter

There is no alternative solution being offered by Linkedin (at least not yet).

Answer 2

LinkedIn share counts are back. Their API is returning non-zero counts again, for example:

https://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com%2F

According to AddToAny, LinkedIn was "running a test to determine the effectiveness of the share count number on the inShare button."

LinkedIn should really improve their developer relations.