by catchsquare 4.8 (11 reviews)

WP Social Widget

Name: WP Social Widget
Rating: 4.8 (11 reviews)
Author: catchsquare

A widget to add links of social networking sites.

WP Social Widget ranks #3,484 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #545 of 8,549 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 11 reviews, and was last updated May 25, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.7 (Current: 7.1)

v2.3.1 Current Version v2.3.1

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 25 May, 2025

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#545 of 8,549 in Customization Top 5% by installs Downloads -16.1% this week No update in over a year

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Rank

#3,484

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Active Installs

4K+

-11.9%

KW Avg Position

83.6

29.3 worse

Downloads

122K

+10 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (11 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

Total Progress 53.8%

4K+ 5K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

11 reviews

Overall 96%

9 (82%)

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

5 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 4 days ago

Sep 22, 2025 UNPATCHED

WP Social Widget [wp-social-widget] <= 2.3.1 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-57981 · No fix released
Jun 5, 2025

WP Social Widget [wp-social-widget] < 2.3.1

CVE-2025-49306 · Fixed in v2.3.1
Mar 24, 2025

WP Social Widget [wp-social-widget] < 2.2.8

CVE-2025-30610 · Fixed in v2.2.8
Feb 28, 2024

WP Social Widget [wp-social-widget] < 2.2.6

CVE-2024-27189 · Fixed in v2.2.6
Jan 6, 2023

WP Social Widget [wp-social-widget] < 2.2.4

CVE-2023-0074 · Fixed in v2.2.4

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.3.1
Last Updated: May 25, 2025
Requires WP: 2.8+
Tested Up To: 6.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: catchsquare

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 11
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

social icons social links social media social network wp social widget

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

WP Social Widget is for WordPress site owners who want to display links to their social networking profiles. It solves this by providing a widget and shortcode that show customizable social icons linking to a user's social profiles.