by arstropica 4.9 (8 reviews)

Social Media Icons Widget

Name: Social Media Icons Widget
Rating: 4.9 (8 reviews)
Author: arstropica

Developed at NCI.

Social Media Icons Widget ranks #6,221 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #279 of 3,634 in the Communication category, a 4.9/5 rating from 8 reviews, and was last updated Nov 28, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 3.5.2 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.2.7 Current Version v1.2.7

Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 28 Nov, 2017

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#279 of 3,634 in Communication Top 10% by installs Downloads -7.2% this week No update in over a year

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1K+

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106.3K

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Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (8 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 42.2%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.7
Last Updated: Nov 28, 2017
Requires WP: 3.0+
Tested Up To: 3.5.2
PHP Version: N/A
Author: arstropica

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 8
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to link to their social media profiles from a sidebar widget. It solves the problem of displaying social media profile links as icons, offering many icon set styles and the option to create custom icon sets.

28 freeware icon sets
Drag/drop icon ordering
Custom icon sets support
Supports 19 social networks
32px x 32px default icons
Custom icon sizes supported
Option to open links in new window

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Social Media Icons Widget

In the Widgets admin page, drag the "Social Media Icons" to the sidebar. Expand the settings and choose a theme (Default is initially selected). Drag / Drop the icons for your desired order. Click each icon to enter the corresponding URL or setting. Check/uncheck the plural form / new window options. Once you have finished configuring the widget, save the widget settings.

Disable the plugin. Using an FTP client, navigate to the "iconset: folder under the wp-content/plugins/smc_widget/images in your wordpress installation. Create a new folder for your custom iconset, naming it accordingly. Add your icons (.png format, preferably 32px x 32px size). Reactivate the plugin. The new iconset will appear in the themes selection in the widget settings.

Yes. In the widget settings, drag the icons into the desired order and save. They will appear in that order on your blog.

Yes. Version 1.2.1 supports localization with the textdomain 'SMCWidget'. Currently supported languages are Spanish (es_ES), Italian (it_IT), French (fr_FR) and German (de_DE). Support for WPML was also added in version 1.2.1. Please backup custom icons / folders before updating as they will be overridden!