Lightweight Social Icons

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Mahesh Pant

   3.7y ago

   I don’t recommend this plugin at all. It signs a useless font which is not displayed in the front end to the users but creates core web vitals issues on the back end. The font name is fontello.woff and it is seen nowhere on the front end. Deleting or adding display swap on the font stylesheet also does not works. Moreover, they are two stylesheets and cannot decide which stylesheet is used. I don’t recommend using this plugin unless it is the last option to use.

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2. ★★★★★ Jimmy Lee

   4.4y ago

   Hasn’t been updated but super light and solid!

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3. ★★★★★ Hematoma

   4.6y ago

   Tom never fails to make amazing plugins and this social icons plugin is no different. I just hope that there are plans to add a discord icon in the near future. 5/5 plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ Damian Partha

   4.8y ago

   This is one of the best social icons plugins out there. But I will cut one star because it lacks the social icon for Tik Tok, one of the fastest-growing social media out there.

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5. ★★★★★ teropesonen

   4.9y ago

   This has been great, but currently does not appear to be compatible with WordPress version 5.8.1

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6. ★★★★★ Rostyslav

   5.0y ago

   TOM PLEASE ADD GOOGLE MY BUSINESS ICON

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7. ★★★★★ Jan Grube

   5.4y ago

   This Plugin helped me for a fast creation of my page. Also it has a lot of icons. For my personal use, there is actually one icon missing. And thats the one for patreon. Is it possible to add this in the next version?

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8. ★★★★★ davidandrewsmithjr

   5.8y ago

   This plugin does exactly what I want and keeps my page speed score at 100.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.1 Add rel=”noopener noreferrer” to links opening in new windows 1.1
2. — Version 1.0.1 Fix styling issue with themes that don’t add widget ID 1.0.1
3. — Version 1.0 Code cleanup Fix widget controls in the Customizer Fix compatibility error with Site Origin Page Builder Fix color picker labels Use flexbox for admin controls 1.0
4. — Version 0.9 Fix a couple stray PHP notices New icon: Snapchat New icon: Trip Advisor New icon: Houzz New icon: Mixcloud New icon: Last.fm Updated icon: Google+ Updated icon: Instagram Remove query strings from font Update text domai 0.9
5. — Version 0.8 Fix incompatibility with Custom Sidebars plugin Hide empty fields by default – click “Add Icon” button to show more fields Alphabetize list of icons Disable open in new window with email/contact button New icon: Xing New 0.8
6. — Version 0.7 Fix warning 0.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

Translated into 81 languages, 11 at 90% or more

Plus 57 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-10-24 40K+ → 30K+ down after 614 days in tier
2. 2024-02-18 50K+ → 40K+ down after 310 days in tier
3. 2023-04-14 60K+ → 50K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Socials Ignited 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags C
• SX Social Icons 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags D
• Simple Social Icons 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A
• Fuse Social Floating Sidebar 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP Social Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C
• Social Icons Sticky 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B

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Lightweight Social Icons: 30K+ active installs, 4.7★ (63 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/lightweight-social-icons