I created a plugin which has a shortcode that displays a button in a form. I would like to track the button clicks with an onclick() script and save the amount of clicks to a meta field. I am just not sure where to save this data. I don't want this data to be saved to a posts meta field, as this isn't post specific. Should such data be saved to the wp-options table? What's the best way to do this?

Thanks!

I created a plugin which has a shortcode that displays a button in a form. I would like to track the button clicks with an onclick() script and save the amount of clicks to a meta field. I am just not sure where to save this data. I don't want this data to be saved to a posts meta field, as this isn't post specific. Should such data be saved to the wp-options table? What's the best way to do this?

Thanks!

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• Depending on the amount of details you want to save, you could also create a table for it. – user167290 Commented May 22, 2019 at 6:29
• Thanks for your input. I only need to save 2 pieces of data so I think wp-options should suffice. Please correct me if I'm wrong. – harvey Commented May 22, 2019 at 19:02

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If it's not post specific then it should be saved as an option in wp_options with add_option() or update_option().