Social Media Icon Widget – Social Profile Links with Gutenberg Block

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 52% 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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7 of the last 11 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review.

Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.

1. ★★★★★ Viên uống đẹp da Ritana

   4.4y ago

   I like this plugin

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2. ★★★★★ Darren

   5.1y ago

   Once installed and running this is a great plugin. Simple and easy to configure, would definitely recommend it for projects.

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3. ★★★★★ retrocool

   5.7y ago

   The icons do not appear, and the instructions are unclear, for example do you put in the full link or just the social media handle? With or without the ‘@’? It is not clear and all options throw up an error. Waste of my time for what should be a simple and basic plug-in.

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4. ★★★★★ mrtheplague

   6.1y ago

   Purchased the paid premium version, which was not worth the cost. And asked for a refund. Their customer service email rep asked incredibly casually for admin access to my website.

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5. ★★★★★ mikey187lfc

   6.4y ago

   The settings are very basic and limited but the reason I will not use it is that it will not save the settings and keeps reverting back even after clearing catch etc.

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6. ★★★★★ doscar

   6.6y ago

   This is very simple and at the same time helpful plugin. I have more then six months usage experience. I like it!

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7. ★★★★★ lavriko

   8.4y ago

   Easy, good looking plugin, nice!

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8. ★★★★★ magicfish79

   8.4y ago

   UPDATE: I had a problem with font awesome icons, which was resolved quickly and easily by the team. I’ve installed more than ten different social media icon widget plugins on my site and either couldn’t get them to work properly, the display of the icons was awful, or plugin settings installed things I didn’t want. I decided to take a chance on a plugin with less installations and reviews and I’m so happy I did. This plugin works exactly how I want it to and the icons look great. I highly recommend this plugin if you’re looking for attractive icons and a very simple, easy to use interface. This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by magicfish79.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.4.1 Date 30 May 2026 Prefixed global sort option social_media_icon_pos to prevent collisions. Enforced capability checks for settings management. Sanitized inline custom CSS preview output in block editor contexts. 1.4.1
2. — Version 1.4.0 Improved performance by switching to dynamic inline CSS ( wp_add_inline_style ) for frontend widget presentation. Added support for Gutenberg blocks. Updated standard default colors to better align with the widget’s mode 1.4.0
3. — Version 1.3.0 Tested with version 6.9 1.3.0
4. — Version 1.2.9 Bug fixes Tested with version 6.8.2 1.2.9
5. — Version 1.2.8 Bug fixes Tested with version 6.8.1 1.2.8
6. — Version 1.2.7 Bug fixes Tested with version 6.7.2 1.2.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 5 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-12-26 5K+ → 4K+ down after 18 days in tier
2. 2025-12-08 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-12-07 5K+ → 4K+ down after 594 days in tier
4. 2024-04-22 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2024-04-21 5K+ → 6K+ up after 3 days in tier
6. 2024-04-18 6K+ → 5K+ 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).

• S Social Icon Widget 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• Custom Social Media Widget 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C
• WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Qi Blocks 60K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
• Lightweight Social Icons 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag D
• Easy Social Icons 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B

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Social Media Icon Widget – Social Profile Links with Gutenberg Block: 4K+ active installs, 4.1★ (16 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/new-social-media-widget