Mohammed Kateregga

Joan Namunina

<p>Lightning Simple Social Share is a fast light-weight social sharing plugin for WordPress. With zero external dependencies and lightning-fast performance, it adds beautiful social media share buttons without slowing down your site.</p>
<p><strong>Lightning Fast Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>8 Popular Social Networks</strong>: Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Telegram, Reddit, and Email</li>
<li><strong>Zero External Dependencies</strong>: No external JavaScript or CSS libraries – blazing fast loading</li>
<li><strong>Ultra Lightweight</strong>: Less than 2KB total footprint</li>
<li><strong>GDPR Compliant</strong>: No tracking, no cookies, no personal data collection</li>
<li><strong>Privacy First</strong>: Share URLs generated client-side only when clicked</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Design</strong>: Choose between rounded or square button styles</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Display</strong>: Show on posts, pages, or use shortcodes anywhere</li>
<li><strong>Translation Ready</strong>: Fully internationalized and ready for translation</li>
<li><strong>Developer Friendly</strong>: Clean, well-documented code following WordPress standards</li>
</ul>
<p>** Why Choose Lightning Simple Social Share?**</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Performance First</strong>: No external dependencies mean faster page loads</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Focused</strong>: No tracking scripts or data collection</li>
<li><strong>Clean Code</strong>: Follows WordPress coding standards and best practices</li>
<li><strong>Accessible</strong>: Proper HTML structure and keyboard navigation</li>
<li><strong>Responsive</strong>: Looks great on all devices</li>
<li><strong>Lightning Fast & Simple</strong>: Easy setup with blazing-fast performance</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Usage:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Configure settings under Settings > Lightning Share</li>
<li>Buttons automatically appear on posts/pages (configurable)</li>
<li>Use <code>[lightning_simple_share]</code> shortcode anywhere</li>
<li>Developers can use <code>do_shortcode('[lightning_simple_share]')</code> in templates</li>
</ol>
<h3>Developer Notes</h3>
<p>Lightning Simple Social Share follows WordPress coding standards and best practices:</p>
<ul>
<li>All output is properly escaped</li>
<li>User input is sanitized and validated</li>
<li>Follows WordPress naming conventions</li>
<li>Uses WordPress APIs exclusively</li>
<li>Translation ready with proper text domains</li>
<li>Hooks and filters for extensibility</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Hooks Available:</strong><br />
* <code>lsss_share_networks</code> – Filter available social networks<br />
* <code>lsss_button_html</code> – Filter individual button HTML<br />
* <code>lsss_container_class</code> – Filter container CSS classes</p>
<p>For support, feature requests, or contributions, please visit the plugin’s GitHub repository.</p>


Lightning Simple Social Share

Ultra-fast, lightweight social media share buttons with zero dependencies. Privacy-focused and GDPR compliant social sharing for WordPress.

WPZOOM

Pavel Ciorici

nvartolomei

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<p>Did you find this plugin helpful? Please consider <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom" rel="ugc">leaving a 5-star review</a>.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://demo.wpzoom.com/social-icons/" rel="nofollow ugc">View Demo</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Social Icons & Sharing Buttons</strong> helps you to add social media icons and sharing buttons to your website. The plugin includes several icon sets, which gives you the possibility to use the widget for more than just linking to your social media profiles. You can use generic icons to add links to anything you want, and enable sharing buttons to let visitors share your content across social networks.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>With the help of WPZOOM’s excellent Social Icons Widget plugin, you can link to all your social network profiles and add sharing buttons in no time, letting your visitors easily get in touch with you on all social media channels and share your content.<br />
  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️<br />
  WPKlik</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>What’s new in 4.5.0</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>NEW: Social Sharing Buttons Block</strong></li>
<li><strong>NEW: Add Social Sharing Buttons in posts and pages</strong></li>
</ul>
<h4>What’s new in 4.4.0</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>NEW: Add SVG Icons in the Social Icons Block</strong></li>
</ul>
<h4>What’s new in 4.0.0</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>NEW: Gutenberg Block</strong></li>
<li>New icon styles in the new Social Icons Block</li>
<li>New options to customize your icons: change margin, padding, alignment, roundness etc.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What’s new in 3.0.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added Global Color Picker to change the color of all icons</li>
<li>Added a new color picker to change hover color on all icons</li>
<li>Icons are now grouped in categories</li>
</ul>
<h4>What’s new in 2.2.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Added Padding and Size options for icons</li>
<li>Added support for Skype links (skype:username)</li>
</ul>
<h4>What’s new in 2.1.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>Search Icons by keywords</li>
<li>FontAwesome Icon Set Integration</li>
<li>Updated Instagram Icon</li>
</ul>
<h4>What’s new in 2.0</h4>
<ul>
<li>New custom icons</li>
<li>Color picker for each icon</li>
<li>3 Icon Sets from which you can choose more than 400 icons</li>
</ul>
<h4>Where I can view a Demo?</h4>
<p>You can view the plugin live in all our themes at <a href="https://www.wpzoom.com/themes/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPZOOM</a>.</p>
<h4>View Demo & Examples</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://demo.wpzoom.com/?theme=foodica" rel="nofollow ugc">Foodica Theme</a> – header bar and sidebar</li>
<li><a href="https://demo.wpzoom.com/?theme=inspiro-demo" rel="nofollow ugc">Inspiro Theme</a> – sidebar panel and footer</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<p><strong>Social Icons Block:</strong><br />
* SVG Icons Support – Upload custom SVG icons<br />
* 400+ Custom Icons from 5 Icon Sets<br />
* Gutenberg Block with Live Preview<br />
* Drag & Drop Icons with Sortable Arrows<br />
* Color Picker for Each Icon<br />
* Search by Keywords<br />
* Adjust Icon Size & Padding<br />
* Multiple Styles: Icon Shape and Icon with Background<br />
* 3 Background Styles: Rounded Corners, Round, Square<br />
* Icon Sets + Shortcodes<br />
* Elementor Widget Integration</p>
<p><strong>Social Sharing Buttons Block:</strong><br />
* 12+ Sharing Platforms: Facebook, X, Threads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, Pocket, Telegram, WhatsApp, Bluesky, Email, Copy Link, and Print<br />
* Multiple Button Styles: Circle, Square, Rounded, Outlined, Minimal, One-tone<br />
* Customizable Colors, Sizes, Padding & Margins<br />
* Show/Hide Labels<br />
* Print Button to Trigger Browser Print Dialog<br />
* Copy Link Button with Visual Feedback<br />
* X/Twitter Username Integration (via parameter)</p>
<p><strong>General Features:</strong><br />
* 100+ Sites/Social Networks Supported<br />
* FontAwesome Integration<br />
* Academicons Integration: 38 Academia Icons for Academics<br />
* Supports Email Addresses (mailto:email@example.com)<br />
* Supports Telephone Numbers (tel:12345)<br />
* Supports Skype (skype:username?call)<br />
* Supports Viber (viber://add?number=123456)<br />
* Supports WhatsApp (https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=15551234567)</p>
<h4>Icons</h4>
<p>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, Periscope, Snapchat, Bandcamp, Eyem, Viber, Quora, Etsy, Meetup, Linode, IMDB, Overwatch, Strava, Tidal, Deezer, Unsplash, Codered, Udemy, CrunchBase, Angie’s List, App Store, Nextdoor, WhatsApp, ResearchGate, Slack, Songkick, ReverbNation, Bluesky, Pocket</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>Some Social Icons are provided by the Socicon icon font.</p>
<p><a href="https://jpswalsh.github.io/academicons/" rel="nofollow ugc">Academicons</a> are provided by James Walsh.</p>
<h4>GDPR COMPLIANCE</h4>
<p>Social Icons & Sharing Buttons does not collect any information from your visitors, therefore it’s <strong>100% GDPR compliant</strong>.</p>
<h4>Get Involved</h4>
<p>Looking to contribute code to this plugin? Go ahead and <a href="https://github.com/wpzoom/social-icons-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">fork the repository over at GitHub</a>.</p>


Social Icons & Sharing Buttons by WPZOOM

Does what it's supposed to do without a lot of fuss. Best of all, you can create multiple sets of social media blocks if you have multiple stakeholders on your site who each of their own social media. This is probably going to get added to my list of must-have plugins.

Useful Plugin

Quick and easy

Add social media icons and sharing buttons to your website! Social Icons & Sharing Buttons includes 400+ icons and customizable sharing buttons.

Lightning Simple Social Share vs Social Icons & Sharing Buttons by WPZOOM