@param  integer $post_id The ID of the desired post.
	 * @return integer The number of shares for this post for this network.
	 */
	public function get_share_count( $post_id ) {

		// Get the share counts from the stored meta field.
		$share_counts = get_post_meta( $post_id, '_' . $this->key . '_shares', true );

		// If false was returned, return the integer 0 instead.
		if ( false === $share_counts ) {
			return 0;
		}

		// Otherwise return the integer of the share counts.
		return (int) $share_counts;
	}


	/**
	 * The update_share_count() method will update the share counts for this
	 * social network for a given post. It will check first to ensure that the
	 * new numbers coming in are higher than the old, previous numbers, and then
	 * store the new numbers.
	 *
	 * @since  4.0.2 | 21 JUL 2020 | Created
	 * @since  4.1.0 | 06 AUG 2020 | Added a check for force_new_shares debugging.
	 * @param  integer $post_id     The Post ID
	 * @param  integer $share_count The new number of shares/activity
	 * @return boolean True if updated, False if not updated.
	 */
	public function update_share_count( $post_id, $share_count ) {

		/**
		 * Check if the new counts are higher than the old counts.
		 *
		 * However, right here we also check to see if the
		 * ?swp_debug=force_new_shares URL parameter has been set. This will
		 * force us to accept the new share counts even if they are lower than
		 * the previously stored share counts.
		 */
		$previous_counts = get_post_meta( $post_id, '_' . $this->key . '_shares', true );
		if ( $previous_counts > $share_count && false === SWP_Utility::debug( 'force_new_shares' ) ) {
			return false;
		}

		// Remove the old counts and replace them with the new counts.
		delete_post_meta( $post_id, '_' . $this->key . '_shares' );
		update_post_meta( $post_id, '_' . $this->key . '_shares', $share_count );
		return true;
	}


	/**
	 * The update_total_counts() method is used to update the "total shares"
	 * value which aggregates the share counts of all the active social networks
	 * combined.
	 *
	 * @since  4.1.0 | 21 JUL 2020 | Created
	 * @param  integer $post_id The Post ID
	 * @return void
	 */
	public function update_total_counts( $post_id ) {
		global $swp_social_networks;

		// Fetch the current share count for each active network.
		$total_shares = 0;
		foreach ( $swp_social_networks as $Network ) {
			if ( $Network->is_active() ) {

				// Add the share count to our running total.
				$total_shares += $Network->get_share_count( $post_id );
			}
		}

		// Remove the old total and replace it with the new one.
		delete_post_meta( $post_id, '_total_shares' );
		update_post_meta( $post_id, '_total_shares', $total_shares );
	}
}