July 24, 2024

Simple Social Icons Plugin

This plugin allows you to insert social icons in any widget area.

Simple Social Icons is an easy to use, customizable way to display icons that link visitors to your various social profiles. With it, you can easily choose which profiles to link to, customize the color and size of your icons, as well as align them to the left, center, or right, all from the widget form (no settings page necessary!).

*Note: The simple_social_default_glyphs filter has been deprecated from this plugin.

Installation

Upload the entire simple-social-icons folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
In your Widgets menu, simply drag the widget labeled “Simple Social Icons” into a widget area.
Configure the widget by choosing a title, icon size and color, and the URLs to your various social profiles.

FAQ

Can I reorder the icons?

Yes, icons can be reordered with the use of a filter. See: https://github.com/copyblogger/simple-social-icons/wiki/Reorder-icons-in-version-2.0

Can I add an icon?

Yes, icons can be added with the use of a filter. See: https://github.com/copyblogger/simple-social-icons/wiki/Add-an-additional-icon-in-version-2.0

My icon styling changed after updating

If your theme includes custom icon styling, you can try adding this line to your functions.php file:

add_filter( 'simple_social_disable_custom_css', '__return_true' );

This will remove icon styling options in the widget settings, and prevent Simple Social Icons from overriding custom theme styling.

Which services are included?

Amazon
Behance
Bloglovin
Bluesky
Diaspora
Dribbble
Email
Etsy
Facebook
Flickr
Github
Goodreads
Instagram
LinkedIn
Mastodon
Medium
Meetup
Periscope
Phone
Pinterest
Reddit
RSS
Snapchat
Substack
Telegram
Threads
TikTok
Tripadvisor
Tumblr
X
Vimeo
WhatsApp
Xing
YouTube

NOTE – The rights to each pictogram in the social extension are either trademarked or copyrighted by the respective company.

Changelog

3.2.5

Added Diaspora icon

3.2.4

Improve Bluesky icon alignment

3.2.3

Added Bluesky icon

3.2.2

Added Etsy, Substack and Telegram icons

3.2.1

Fixed issue with new icons

3.2

Added Threads and Mastodon icons
Updated X / Twitter icon

3.1.2

Changed ownership from StudioPress to OsomPress. You can read more details about it in https://osompress.com/4-new-plugins-join-osompress-family/.

3.1.1

Added Amazon, Goodreads, Meetup, Reddit, TikTok, Tripadvisor, and WhatsApp icons
Updated GitHub icon
Removed Google+ and StumbleUpon icons

3.1.0

Add escaping to output
Remove the svgxuse.js script

3.0.2

Fixed issue where icons can fail if there is a space anywhere in its URL.

3.0.1

Remove Grunt
Fix AMP compatibility

3.0.0

Obfuscate email address from spambots
Prevent email links to open in new window if option selected
Fix saving email by removing http:// from it
Allow icons to accept transparent color on border and background
Fix phone by removing http:// from it
Updated Medium logo
Added a proper uninstall hook
Added a filter to disable the CSS
Added filter to update the HTML markup

2.0.1

Fixed typo in Snapchat icon markup
Made CSS selectors more specific
Added classes to each icon
Added plugin version to enqueued CSS
Updated Google + icon

2.0.0

Added Behance, Medium, Periscope, Phone, Snapchat, and Xing icons
Switched to svg, rather than icon font

1.0.14

Accessibility improvements: change icon color on focus as well as on hover, add text description for assistive technologies

1.0.13

Add textdomain loader

1.0.12

Prevent ModSecurity blocking fonts from loading

1.0.11

Update enqueue version for stylesheet, for cache busting

1.0.10

Update textdomain, generate POT

1.0.9

PHP7 compatibility

1.0.8

Added border options

1.0.7

Added Bloglovin icon

1.0.6

Added filters

1.0.5

Updated LICENSE.txt file to include social extension

1.0.4

Updated version in enqueue script function

1.0.3

Added Tumblr icon

1.0.2

More specific in the CSS to avoid conflicts

1.0.1

Made color and background color more specific in the CSS to avoid conflicts

1.0.0

Switched to icon fonts, rather than images

0.9.5

Added Instagram icon

0.9.4

Added YouTube icon
Added bottom margin to icons

0.9.3

Fixed CSS conflict in some themes

0.9.2

Added new profile options
Changed default border radius to 3px

0.9.1

Fixed some styling issues

0.9.0

Initial Beta Release