Social Media Icons WP – Add Custom Social Icons & Links with Shortcode
by Niriksha Patel · Social
Add social media icons using Font Awesome or custom images. Easily sort, style, and display icons anywhere via shortcode.
76 health vs 55 average across 890 Social plugins
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2023-03-14 · 1,221 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
42
now · peak 133
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 133 days.
Install history · since 2023-03-13 · 1,219 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 80+ → 70+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2026-06-23 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-22 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-06-18 70+ → 80+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-06-08 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-06-04 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 80+ → 70+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-05-29 70+ → 80+ up after 71 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Lightweight Social Icons 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D -
Fuse Social Floating Sidebar 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Social Widget 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags C -
Socials Ignited 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
Social Icons Sticky 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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