Title: WP Social Widget
Author: catchsquare
Published: December 10, 2015
Last modified: May 25, 2025
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# WP Social Widget
By [catchsquare](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchsquare/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-social-widget.2.3.1.zip)
* [Details](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-social-widget/#description)
* [Reviews](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-social-widget/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-social-widget/#installation)
* [Development](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-social-widget/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-social-widget/)
## Description
WP Social Widget is a plugin which takes a simple, extendable approach to display
links along with social icons to your social networking profiles in WordPress
You will find following widget with options:
* Background Color
* Background Hover Color
* Icon Color
* Icon Hover Color
* Icon to circle
* Input fields to input your social profile links
From ver 2.0.0, we also have added shortcode feature . You can use shortcode => `[
wpsw]` to produce the social icons.
Before that you need to assign social link
in the shortcode. For example `[wpsw background_color = "#ffffff" facebook="your_profile_url"]`
#### Here are the parameters of the shortcode given below
* background_color [default: #ffffff ]
* background_hover_color [default: #000000 ]
* icon_color [default: #000000 ]
* icon_hover_color [default: #ffffff ]
* target [default: _blank options: same as `` tag’s target attribute ]
* icon_circle [default: “no” | options: yes,no ]
* title
* facebook
* twitter
* behance
* dribbble
* flickr
* foursquare
* github
* google
* instagram
* linkedin
* mail
* pinterest
* rss
* skype
* soundcloud
* stumbleupon
* tumblr
* vimeo
* vine
* vk
* xing
* yelp
* youtube
## Screenshots
* [[
* 1 **social icon in circle**
* [[
* 2 **social icon in square**
* [[
* 3 **WP Social Widget screenshot**
## Installation
1. Download and activate the plugins
2. Go to `Appearance` => `Widgets`
3. Search for `WP Social Widget` and then add to your widget sidebar
4. Choose the Options of your choice
5. Input you social URL(s) in input boxes
6. Click `Save` button
Or
1. Put the plug-in folder `WP Social Widget` into [wordpress_dir]/wp-content/plugins/
2. Go into the WordPress admin interface and activate the plugin
3. Go to `Appearance` => `Widgets`, search for `WP Social Widget` and then add to
your widget
4. Choose the Options of your choice
5. Input you social URL(s) in input boxes
6. Click `Save` button
Have fun!!!
## FAQ
### What does this plugin do?
* The WP Social Widget takes a simple, extendable approach to display links and
icons to your social networking profiles in WordPress.
### Still have some questions ?
Please use support forum or you can directly mail us at
[wearecatchsquare@gmail.com](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-social-widget/wearecatchsquare@gmail.com?output_format=md)
## Reviews
### [good but old](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-but-old-2/)
[sarcasius](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sarcasius/) March 27, 2020
Its a good plugin I like it. simple but the logos are the old versions. There are
no different types of Facebook logos, instagram and youtube are old logos, and when
you change colors it will not show on my wordpress version. Give it a boost please.
### [Simple, clean, social icons](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-clean-social-icons/)
[mikefinestcity](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikefinestcity/) April 30, 2019
I love these social icons on my landing page. They’re simple and elegant. Just what
I was looking for.
### [conflict with color box](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conflict-with-color-box/)
[intuitiveagencia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/intuitiveagencia/) February 1,
2018
nice view of the social icon but your plugin is in conflict with de color box #hexa
of wordpress clic for the conflict
### [So Simple, So Custom!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/so-simple-so-custom/)
[mynerdywebguy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mynerdywebguy/) July 22, 2017
This widget is a thing of beauty! I put it on any websites that might care to share
=)
### [Simple and Elegant](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-elegant-69/)
[subashkc1](https://profiles.wordpress.org/subashkc1/) July 9, 2017
Really helped me with one of my personal projects, very clear instructions and examples
and easy to configure.
### [Best](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-53/)
[wanbli77](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wanbli77/) October 12, 2016
Best
[ Read all 12 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-social-widget/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“WP Social Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ catchsquare ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchsquare/)
* [ ashokmhrj ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ashokmhrj/)
* [ subedimadhu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/subedimadhu/)
[Translate “WP Social Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-social-widget)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-social-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-social-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-social-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-social-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 2.3.1
escaping attr
#### 2.3
Added nonce in widget form
#### 2.2.8
escaping attr
#### 2.2.7
change version
escaping attr in mail
#### 2.2.6
change version
escaping attr in mail
#### 2.2.5
fixes click event
#### 2.2.4
escaping url
#### 2.2.3
Added aria-label in a tags
#### 2.2.2
change version
#### 2.2.1
change version
#### 2.2.0
Add Prefix in css to control only targeted color picker
#### 2.1.4
Change ownership
#### 2.1.3
Tested upto lastest WP
#### 2.1.2
Added donation link
#### 2.1.1
Added vk social icon(missing in shortcode)
#### 2.1.0
change widget pool design
#### 2.0.2
change version
#### 2.0.1
remove target tag from mailto link
#### 2.0.0
Added Shortcode feature
Minified CSS
#### 1.2.1
Manage responsive column on widget setting
#### 1.2
Fixed Box sizing issue
#### 1.1.1
Bug fix: mail to attribute
#### 1.1
Added target attribute to open link in new or same page
#### 1.0.1
Bug fix : admin css path fixed
#### 1.0
Initial version
## Meta
* Version **2.3.1**
* Last updated **11 months ago**
* Active installations **4,000+**
* WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.7.5**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-social-widget/)
* Tags
* [social icons](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-icons/)[social links](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-links/)
[social media](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-media/)[social network](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-network/)
[wp social widget](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-social-widget/)
* [Advanced View](https://li.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-social-widget/advanced/)
## Ratings
4.7 out of 5 stars.
* [ 9 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-social-widget/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-social-widget/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-social-widget/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-social-widget/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-social-widget/reviews/?filter=1)
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## Contributors
* [ catchsquare ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchsquare/)
* [ ashokmhrj ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ashokmhrj/)
* [ subedimadhu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/subedimadhu/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-social-widget/)
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