Simple Social Icons

Description

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

1. Upload the entire simple-social-icons folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. In your Widgets menu, simply drag the widget labeled “Simple Social Icons” into a widget area.
4. 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.

Reviews

Simple but nice and efficient plugin !

ecollart May 27, 2024 1 reply

Simple but nice and efficient plugin ! Missing icon added within a week ! Such a responsive support !!!! Eric Collart

Great Support

Annie April 9, 2024 1 reply

I had an conflicting plugin issue with this plugin and the support team was very kind and helpful. I was able to resolve the issue quickly and the plugin is working as it should.

Why did you remove Google+?

Michael Brütsch November 9, 2023

I mean I know Google+ is dead, but I always used it for the Google My Business profile. So please bring the G back (without the +)!

Not working on mobile

thisov September 7, 2023

The icons dosent show up on any mobile device!Bad programming!

Screwed up

Valerie6 July 27, 2023 3 replies

I’ve been using this plug-in / widget successfully and without issue for YEARS with StudioPress and suddenly THE WIDGET NO LONGER DISPLAYS THE SOCIAL ICONS THE WHOLE WIDGET WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR. Just boxes ON EVERY PAGE OF THE SIDEBAR. I am keeping I am not a programmer – there is NO FIX LISTED. I tried adjusting the colors, etc. This is REALLY UPSETTING as I rely on those links and now the user CANNOT SEE THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. They can only click blindly and I see no easy fix. THIS IS SCREWED UP AND BAD PROGRAMMING.

Very nice plugin

prostudiogal13 June 28, 2023

This plugin makes it super easy to get icons and is extremely fast

Contributors & Developers

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 https:// from it
• Allow icons to accept transparent color on border and background
• Fix phone by removing https:// 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