The best social icon plugin ever!

  • Simply the best social icon plugin. So many customization options compared to others, and it worked well with my theme. I think this plugin has by far the MOST customization options among all other similar plugins. Also light weight, and does not slow down my site loading. I rarely am impressed enough to log into WordPress to give a review, but I am now! GREAT PLUGIN!!!

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  • Plugin Author srussell13

    (@srussell13)

    Thanks for the positive review! Any questions, just ask!

    Thread Starter Bliss7

    (@bliss7)

    Hi Srussel13,

    Hope to get a security based update on the plugin soon ??

    Looks like the bots and hackers are targeting it by far the most on my site. I see soooo many access attempts hitting the plugin all the time. Hope you can look at hardening it.

    Plugin Author srussell13

    (@srussell13)

    Can you give me any additional information? Specifically, where in the plugin you are seeing these attacks?

    Thread Starter Bliss7

    (@bliss7)

    The top two files getting hit by bots all the time are:

    URL……/wp-content/plugins/iire-social-icons/includes/iire_social_widget_styles.php

    URL……/wp-content/plugins/iire-social-icons/includes/iire_social_shortcode_styles.php

    They are right behind xmlrpc.php as the most accessed files.

    Plugin Author srussell13

    (@srussell13)

    These two files are loaded into the WordPress footer and generate the CSS styles (icon size, background color, margins, padding, etc) for the icons.

    The parameters that are set in the Widget/Shortcode Designer are passed to the output of the widget or shortcode.

    Since the output of these scripts is strictly CSS, there are no other functions or scripts in these teo files that should pose a security risk. WordPress will notify me if they see anything unusual.

    If you have any ideas on how to make the bots ignore these two scripts, I’m certainly open to suggestions.

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