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Free Plugin by Galaxy Weblinks v3.6

Advanced Social icons

Advanced social icons help you quickly add icons with links to your profile on different social media platforms.

Advanced Social icons

The facts

Active installs
100+
Price
Free
Last updated
24 Apr 2025
Added
Feb 2020
Requires WP
4.9
Tested up to
WP 6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.4
Downloads
5,553

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Advanced Social Icons is a WordPress plugin designed to help you add social media icons with links to your profiles on various platforms. It uses Font Awesome icons and allows for the addition of custom icons, making it versatile for different needs.

The plugin requires minimal configuration, as you only need to add links to your social media profiles in the WordPress menus. It supports a wide range of social media sites and offers options for icon sizes and sorting through a drag-and-drop interface.

Best for: This plugin suits users looking to integrate social media icons into their WordPress site easily.

What it does well

  • Uses Font Awesome icons for a variety of social media platforms
  • Minimal configuration required for setup
  • Supports custom icons for additional URLs
  • Drag and drop functionality for sorting icons
  • Options to change icon sizes

Where it falls short

  • Requires some coding knowledge for advanced customisation
  • Documentation link provided but no detailed features listed
  • Limited information on updates or future features

Verdict

Advanced Social Icons offers a straightforward way to add social media links to your site, but may require some technical knowledge for full customisation.

From the developer

Galaxy Weblinks's own description of Advanced Social icons, lightly tidied.

Advanced social icons help you quickly add icons with links to your profiles on different social media platforms. The plugin uses icons from Font Awesome, which gives you the possibility to display various popular social icons via widgets. You can use custom icons to add links to anything you want.

No configuration is necessary, other than having links to your social media profiles in the built-in WordPress menus. Add links to any of these social sites under Appearance > Menus, then enable the plugin.

Supported Sites

bitbucket.org           dribbble.com         dropbox.com
facebook.com            flickr.com           foursquare.com
github.com              gittip.com           instagram.com
linkedin.com            mailto:(email)       pinterest.com
plus.google.com         renren.com           stackoverflow.com
trello.com              tumblr.com           twitter.com          
vk.com                  weibo.com            xing.com
youtube.com

* Requires asi_latest_social_icons be turned on. (See below.)

Option: Icon Sizes

To vary icon sizes, add this to your theme’s functions.php file: (Default is 2x)

add_filter( 'asi_social_icons_size', function(){return "normal"; } );
add_filter( 'asi_social_icons_size', function(){return "large"; } );
add_filter( 'asi_social_icons_size', function(){return "2x"; } );
add_filter( 'asi_social_icons_size', function(){return "3x"; } );
add_filter( 'asi_social_icons_size', function(){return "4x"; } );

Option: Add More Icons

Add icons from FontAwesome for other URLs. For example, an RSS feed:

add_filter( 'asi_networks_social_icons', 'asi_networks_social_icons');
function asi_networks_social_icons( $networks ) {

    $extra_icons = array (
        '/feed' => array(                  // Enable this icon for any URL containing this text
            'name' => 'RSS',               // Default menu item label
            'class' => 'rss',              // Custom class
            'icon' => 'icon-rss',          // FontAwesome class
            'icon-sign' => 'icon-rss-sign' // May not be available. Check FontAwesome.
        ),
    );

    $extra_icons = array_merge( $networks, $extra_icons );
    return $extra_icons;
}

Features and Options

Supports FontAwesome icons.
Support custom icons
Drag and drop for icon sorting.
Option to easily change icon size.
More features coming on updates.

Here’s a link to the documentation for the plugin. This will help you learn more about its features and how to use it.
Documentation
For any feedback or queries regarding this plugin, please contact our Support team.

Read the full description on the official page →

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