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Social Icons Widget
A developer-friendly plugin that allows you to add a widget with links to various social media profiles.
The facts
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 26 Aug 2011
- Added
- Aug 2011
- Requires WP
- 3.1
- Tested up to
- WP 3.2.1
- Downloads
- 20,101
Our analysis
AI-assistedSocial Icons Widget is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add a widget for listing various social media profiles on your site. It includes default support for platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+, FriendFeed, and Flickr.
The plugin outputs an unordered list of social icons, with each service represented as a list item. It also provides a filter hook for extending the available services and modifying the HTML elements used in the output.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for users looking to display social media links on their WordPress site.
What it does well
- ✓Includes default support for multiple social media platforms
- ✓Outputs an unordered list with a specific class for styling
- ✓Allows for customisation through filter hooks
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in August 2011
- •Tested only up to WordPress version 3.2.1
- •Directory score indicates potential quality concerns
Verdict
Social Icons Widget provides basic functionality for adding social media links, but its age and limited updates may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
Curtiss Grymala's own description of Social Icons Widget, lightly tidied.
Adds an available widget to list various social media profiles. The following social media sites are included by default:
- YouTube
- Google+
- FriendFeed
- Flickr
This plugin also includes a filter hook allowing you to extend the available services.
By default, this plugin outputs an unordered list (ul) with a class of social-icons-list. Each service is output as a list item (li) with the service name used as the HTML class attribute. Filters are available to allow you to change those HTML elements.
Tagged as
purpose
Social Media & Feeds
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