Socials Ignited
by Anastis Sourgoutsidis · Social
Also makes 2 other plugins · 4.3K+ installs across the portfolio →
The Socials Ignited plugin gives you a widget, allowing you to display and link icons on your website of more than 50 social networks.
62 health vs 55 average across 1,135 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.
Well optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 491 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
202
now · peak 323
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.3y ago
latest release · v2.0.0
31
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 73% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-08-14 · 1,424 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ anthemakos10.1y ago
Extremely fast replies! Great support!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ laga11.6y ago
What a joke. The old version used to have central settings which I spent time filling out. In the new version, each widget instance has a separate list of links. You have to copy & paste the correct CSS class into the widget settings. Are you kidding me? This plugin is recommended to go with the CSSIgniter Olympic Theme. CSSIgniter has multiple widget locations for blog sidebar, page sidebar, service sidebar etc. I have to reconfigure the widget for each instance. What a waste of time.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ The Author Jack Foreigner12.7y ago
Lotsa social icons here and simple to use. What would make it perfect would be shortcodes for page/post insertion — right now, this is just a widget — and maybe an easy graphical custom CSS/HTML control panel — though that’s just nitpicking!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ netpotion13.6y ago
This plugin just plain works. I love CSSIgniter and their products. (No, I don’t work for them – or get paid anything to say so) 😉 Give this a shot. Very nice work! ~ Corey
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Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.0.0 Updated FontAwesome to version v5.15.3 Removed Socials Ignited (deprecated) widget that was deprecated in v1.5 Updated repeating fields and color pickers to work in the Customizer. Added Customizer options for popular so 2.0.0
- — Version 1.11 Prepare existing installations for future FontAwesome version upgrade. 1.11
- — Version 1.10 Updated font-awesome to v4.7.0 Fixed an issue where JS would halt while in Accessibility mode. 1.10
- — Version 1.9.5 Updated font-awesome to v4.6.1 1.9.5
- — Version 1.9.4 Updated font-awesome to v4.5.0 Gettext domain is now changed from ‘cisiw’ to ‘socials-ignited’ for compatibility with language packs. Removed language files en_US PO/MO Added POT file socials-ignited.pot 1.9.4
- — Version 1.9.3 Fixed widgets to use PHP5-style constructors, in preparation for WP v4.3 and PHP 7. 1.9.3
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.7.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 129 languages, 4 at 90% or more
Plus 105 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-26 3K+ → 2K+ down after 530 days in tier
- 2024-02-12 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-11 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-02-09 4K+ → 3K+ down after 366 days in tier
- 2023-02-08 5K+ → 4K+ 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).
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Lightweight Social Icons 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 4 shared tags D -
Simple Social Icons 100K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
SX Social Icons 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 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 -
Social Icons Sticky 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
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