Title: Social Icon Widget Author: Mostafiz Shamim Published: ماي 18, 2016 Last modified: دجنبر 2, 2017 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/social-icon-widget/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1419864) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/social-icon-widget_cccccc.svg) # Social Icon Widget By [Mostafiz Shamim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itzmostafiz/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/social-icon-widget.zip) * [Details](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/social-icon-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/social-icon-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/social-icon-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/social-icon-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-icon-widget/) ## Description The icons will show in the front end when you add your link in the widget, other wise the incon will not show in your website front end. This is an amazing option for a website That unused social icons will not show in the front end. Only the linked icons will show in the front end. ## Screenshots [⌊Social Icons with hover effect.⌉⌊Social Icons with hover effect.⌉[ Social Icons with hover effect. ## Installation /// Uploading in WordPress Dashboard 1. First download the plugin ZIP file from WordPress website 2. Log in to your website administrator panel 3. Upload Social Icon Widget ZIP file by choosing it from your computer 4. Click **Install Now** button 5. Then click **Activate Plugin** button. 6. You can see the Social Icon Widget in the widget section ‘Appearance > widgets’. /// Using The WordPress Plugin Dashboard 1. Go to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard 2. Search for ‘Social Icon Widget’ 3. Click **Install Now** button 4. Then click **Activate Plugin** button 5. You can see the Social Icon Widget in the widget section ‘Appearance > widgets’. /// Using FTP 1. Download the ZIP file from WordPress website 2. Extract the **social icon widget** directory to your computer 3. Upload the **social icon widget** directory to the **/wp-content/plugins/** directory 4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard 5. You can see the Social Icon Widget in the widget section ‘Appearance > widgets’. Now you can use it as a normal widget from the widget section of your WordPress dashboard. Just drag and drop the widget in any widget area and set the social profile links which you need. You do not need to use all the URL fields, if you enter a link in a URL field, only that icon will show in the front end. ## FAQ Installation Instructions /// Uploading in WordPress Dashboard 1. First download the plugin ZIP file from WordPress website 2. Log in to your website administrator panel 3. Upload Social Icon Widget ZIP file by choosing it from your computer 4. Click **Install Now** button 5. Then click **Activate Plugin** button. 6. You can see the Social Icon Widget in the widget section ‘Appearance > widgets’. /// Using The WordPress Plugin Dashboard 1. Go to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard 2. Search for ‘Social Icon Widget’ 3. Click **Install Now** button 4. Then click **Activate Plugin** button 5. You can see the Social Icon Widget in the widget section ‘Appearance > widgets’. /// Using FTP 1. Download the ZIP file from WordPress website 2. Extract the **social icon widget** directory to your computer 3. Upload the **social icon widget** directory to the **/wp-content/plugins/** directory 4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard 5. You can see the Social Icon Widget in the widget section ‘Appearance > widgets’. Now you can use it as a normal widget from the widget section of your WordPress dashboard. Just drag and drop the widget in any widget area and set the social profile links which you need. You do not need to use all the URL fields, if you enter a link in a URL field, only that icon will show in the front end. How to get the most recent version of the plugin? You will find update notification in your wordpress admin panel. How to use this plugin? To use this plugin, see the installation of the plugin. after installing the plugin, you will see it in the widget section of your WordPress dashboard “Appearance > widget”. Drag and deop it as like other widget in any widget area then put a title in your widget and put your social medial profile links how much you need. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/97c49b216f0110e86675d1a86afe5d8224aabc3e824eeb5be7673d0025366406? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-2105/)󠁿 [LazyPersons](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lazypersons/) شتنبر 3, 2016 A very useful plugin for adding links to social networks with proper options in the back end. Thumbs up for you guys. !!! [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-icon-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Social Icon Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Mostafiz Shamim ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itzmostafiz/) [Translate “Social Icon Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/social-icon-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/social-icon-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/social-icon-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/social-icon-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/social-icon-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Initial Release. #### 1.0.1 * Added new verion of fonts. ## Meta * Version **1.0.2** * Last updated **9 سنوات ago** * Active installations **400+** * WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.9.34** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/social-icon-widget/) * Tags * [icons](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/icons/)[social](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social/) [social icon widget](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-icon-widget/) [social icons](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-icons/)[social media icon](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-media-icon/) * [Advanced View](https://ary.wordpress.org/plugins/social-icon-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-icon-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-icon-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-icon-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-icon-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-icon-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-icon-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/social-icon-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Mostafiz Shamim ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/itzmostafiz/) ## Support Got something to say? 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