I recently changed my shocks in the front and back. Turning is a lot smoother, driving on the highway feel feels better; in general, it feels like I’m on new shocks, but when I’m driving around town it doesn’t feel like anything has improved; as-a-matter-of-fact it feels and sounds worse. When going over small bumps and small potholes it feels as if my tires are loose or something is loose in my front tires. I hear click, clanking, and rattling. It also feels like I can feel every little bump I go over. In the back I don’t feel or hear it as much, but I’m sure it’s doing the same thing. Any ideas of what it could be?

 

Welcome to the forum

Shocks prevent vehicles from continuing to bounce after hitting a bump, they slow down the springs, the springs are the actual 'suspension'.
If you get the wrong shocks, too stiff, then springs can't do their job of "suspending" frame/body from bumps in the road, if shocks are not stiff enough then you get a softer ride but have that "driving a boat" feeling with "after bumps/waves" and when cornering

Noises would come from pivot points of the springs, torsion bar, as they move when hitting bumps, these all have bushings which can wear out.

Your first "line of defense" in smoother ride is the tire and its pressure, truck tires use larger side walls so they can absorb some of the bumps in the road, so adjust tire pressure to YOUR likes, not the tire makers likes.
A few pounds of air pressure can make a world of difference in ride quality.

If front end/steering feels loose then something is loose, so you need to check that out, front end alignment would test for that