Social: Remove share limits logic and UI

[manzoorwanijk]

Fixes SOCIAL-270

Proposed changes:

• Remove the logic related to share limits and shares data which is no longer used.

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Code Coverage Summary

Coverage changed in 6 files. Only the first 5 are listed here.

File	Coverage	Δ%	Δ Uncovered
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/components/admin-page/header/index.js	7/7 (100.00%)	0.00%	0 💚
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/social-store/hydrate-stores.ts	16/17 (94.12%)	-0.62%	0 💚
projects/packages/publicize/src/class-publicize-script-data.php	0/96 (0.00%)	0.00%	-3 💚
projects/plugins/social/src/class-jetpack-social.php	45/80 (56.25%)	2.76%	-5 💚
projects/packages/publicize/src/class-publicize-base.php	210/592 (35.47%)	0.93%	-16 💚

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Pull request overview

This pull request removes the obsolete share limits logic and UI from Jetpack Social. The changes comprehensively eliminate all functionality related to enforcing sharing limits for free-tier users.

Key Changes

• Removed share limits enforcement logic and related PHP classes (Share_Limits, Shares_Data_Controller)
• Removed JavaScript/TypeScript components and selectors for displaying share usage statistics
• Cleaned up REST API endpoints, test files, and webpack configurations related to share limits

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 24 out of 24 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

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File	Description
projects/plugins/social/src/class-jetpack-social.php	Removed get_shares_info() and calculate_scheduled_shares() methods
projects/plugins/social/tests/php/Jetpack_Social_Test.php	Updated tests to remove mocking of deleted calculate_scheduled_shares() method
projects/packages/publicize/src/class-share-limits.php	Deleted entire class handling share limit enforcement
projects/packages/publicize/src/rest-api/class-shares-data-controller.php	Deleted REST API controller for shares data
projects/packages/publicize/tests/php/Share_Limits_Test.php	Deleted unit tests for share limits
projects/packages/publicize/src/class-publicize-setup.php	Removed init_sharing_limits() method and controller registration
projects/packages/publicize/src/class-publicize-script-data.php	Removed get_shares_data() method and unused Jetpack_Options import
projects/packages/publicize/src/class-publicize-base.php	Removed get_publicize_shares_info() and calculate_scheduled_shares() methods
projects/packages/publicize/webpack.config.js	Removed classic-editor-share-limits entry point
projects/packages/publicize/src/js/classic-editor-share-limits.js	Deleted classic editor share limits JavaScript
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/types.ts	Removed SharesData type definition
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/social-store/types.ts	Removed duplicate SharesData type definition
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/social-store/selectors/shares-data.ts	Deleted selectors for share limit data
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/social-store/selectors/index.ts	Removed import of deleted shares data selectors
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/social-store/hydrate-stores.ts	Removed entity registration for publicize/shares-data
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/components/admin-page/header/index.js	Removed stat cards display and related imports/selectors
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/components/admin-page/header/stat-cards/	Deleted entire stat cards component directory
projects/js-packages/publicize-components/src/utils/test-utils.js	Removed shares_data from mock script data
.phan/baseline.php files	Updated static analysis baselines to reflect removed code
changelog/ files	Added changelog entries documenting the removal

[gmjuhasz]

This looks good to me, I sanity tested it on my test sites and didn't run into any issues