Social Icons & Sharing Buttons

A powerful WordPress plugin to add social media icons and sharing buttons to your website. Includes 400+ icons and customizable sharing buttons.

Features

Social Icons Block

• 400+ Custom Icons from 5 icon sets
• SVG Icons Support - Upload custom SVG icons
• Gutenberg Block with live preview
• Drag & Drop icons with sortable arrows
• Color Picker for each icon
• Search by Keywords to find icons quickly
• Adjustable Icon Size & Padding
• Multiple Styles: Icon Shape and Icon with Background
• 3 Background Styles: Rounded Corners, Round, Square
• Elementor Widget integration
• Icon Sets + Shortcodes

Social Sharing Buttons Block

• 12+ Sharing Platforms: Facebook, X, Threads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Pocket, Telegram, WhatsApp, Bluesky, Email, Copy Link, and Print
• Multiple Button Styles: Circle, Square, Rounded, Outlined, Minimal, One-tone
• Customizable Colors, Sizes, Padding & Margins
• Show/Hide Labels
• Print Button to trigger browser print dialog
• Copy Link Button with visual feedback
• X/Twitter Username integration

General Features

• 100+ Sites/Social Networks supported
• FontAwesome Integration
• Academicons Integration: 38 academia icons for academics
• Supports Email addresses (mailto:email@example.com)
• Supports Telephone numbers (tel:12345)
• Supports Skype (skype:username?call)
• Supports Viber (viber://add?number=123456)
• Supports WhatsApp (https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=15551234567)
• 100% GDPR Compliant - No data collection

Supported Icons

Twitter, X, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Threads, Yelp, LinkedIn, Bloglovin', Lookbook, Feedly, Periscope, SoundCloud, Spotify, Last.fm, YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, 500px, Tumblr, Blogger, Reddit, Dribbble, Envato, Behance, DeviantArt, GitHub, RSS, Disqus, Stackoverflow, Komoot, TikTok, Mailchimp, Podcasts, Telegram, TripAdvisor, AirBnb, Baidu, eBay, Medium, Bandcamp, Eyem, Viber, Quora, Etsy, Meetup, Linode, IMDB, Overwatch, Strava, Tidal, Deezer, Unsplash, Udemy, CrunchBase, Angie's List, App Store, Nextdoor, WhatsApp, ResearchGate, Slack, Songkick, ReverbNation, Bluesky, Pocket, and many more!

Installation

From WordPress.org

1. Go to Plugins > Add New in your WordPress admin
2. Search for "Social Icons Widget by WPZOOM"
3. Click Install Now and then Activate

Manual Installation

1. Download the plugin from WordPress.org
2. Upload to /wp-content/plugins/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom/
3. Activate through the Plugins menu

From GitHub

cd wp-content/plugins
git clone https://github.com/wpzoom/social-icons-widget.git social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom

Usage

Adding Social Icons

1. Edit any page or post in WordPress
2. Add the Social Icons Block from the block inserter
3. Click to add icons and customize colors, sizes, and styles
4. Search for icons by keyword or browse by category

Adding Sharing Buttons

1. Edit any post or page
2. Add the Social Sharing Buttons Block
3. Enable/disable specific platforms in block settings
4. Customize button style, colors, and appearance

Using the Widget

1. Go to Appearance > Widgets
2. Add the Social Icons by WPZOOM widget to any widget area
3. Configure icons and styling options

Requirements

• WordPress 6.0 or higher
• PHP 7.4 or higher

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

Bugs

If you find an issue, let us know here!

Support

This is a developer's portal for Social Icons Widget and should not be used for support. Please visit the support page on WordPress.org if you need to submit a support request.

Credits

• Some Social Icons are provided by the Socicon icon font
• Academicons are provided by James Walsh

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.

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Links: WordPress.org | Demo | WPZOOM | Documentation