by Tom
4.7 (63 reviews)
Lightweight Social Icons
Looking to add simple social icons to your widget areas? Choose the size and color of your icons, and then choose from 47 different social profiles.
Tested up to WP 5.4.19 (Current: 7.0.2)
v1.1
Current Version v1.1
Updated 6 years ago
Last Update on 18 Mar, 2020
Refreshed 11 hours ago
Last Refreshed on
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#1,062
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Downloads
466.3K
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0%
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Rating
94%
Review 4.7 out of 5
4.7
(63 reviews)
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- Version
- 1.1
- Last Updated
- Mar 18, 2020
- Requires WP
- 4.5+
- Tested Up To
- 5.4.19
- PHP Version
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- Author
- Tom
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- Reviews
- 63
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Lightweight Social Icons
Make sure Lightweight Social Icons is activated. Navigate to "Appearance > Widgets" and look for the "Lightweight Social Icons" widget. Drag the widget into your desired widget area. Once the widget is added to a widget area, you can expand it and fill in your profiles.
Choose your own order Title (optional): Choose a title for your widget. Icon size: Choose the size of the icon font. Border radius: Choose the border radius of the icon. Border radius refers to the "roundness" of the button. Background color: The background color of the button. Text Color: The icon color. Background hover color: The background color of the button when you hover over it. Text hover color: The color of the icon when you hover over the button. Open link in a new window?: Choose to open all of the links in a new window/tab. Alignment: Choose to align the button to the left, center or right.
In the select box on the left, choose your desired social media site. To the right of the select box, enter in the URL of your profile on that specific social media site. The "Skype" option takes your Skype username. The "Phone" option takes your phone number.
Not at this time (without custom CSS of course). We're hoping to add this feature soon.
Not by default, but you can use a plugin like this: https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-shortcode/ It allows you to add the widget to an arbitrary widget area, and then you can call that widget using a shortcode elsewhere in your website.