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The Social Media Widget is a simple sidebar widget that allows users to input their social media website profile URLs and other subscription options to show an icon on the sidebar to that social media site and more that open up in a separate browser window.
<h4>Features</h4>
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Supports the following social media sites:
<ul>
<li>Facebook</li>
<li>Google+</li>
<li>Twitter</li>
<li>MySpace</li>
<li>FriendFeed</li>
<li>Orkut</li>
<li>Hyves</li>
<li>LinkedIn</li>
<li>aSmallWorld</li>
<li>About.me</li>
<li>Skyrock</li>
<li>VK</li>
<li>Goodreads</li>
<li>Github</li>
<li>Instagram</li>
<li>Flickr</li>
<li>Picasa Web Albums</li>
<li>Pinterest</li>
<li>YouTube</li>
<li>Skype</li>
<li>Digg</li>
<li>Reddit</li>
<li>Delicious</li>
<li>StumbleUpon</li>
<li>Tumblr</li>
<li>Buzz</li>
<li>Google Talk</li>
<li>Vimeo</li>
<li>Blogger</li>
<li>WordPress</li>
<li>Yelp</li>
<li>Last.fm</li>
<li>Pandora</li>
<li>UStream</li>
<li>IMDb</li>
<li>Hulu</li>
<li>Flixter</li>
<li>FourSquare</li>
<li>Meetup</li>
<li>PlanCast</li>
<li>SlideShare</li>
<li>DeviantArt</li>
<li>Cuttings.me</li>
<li>Live365</li>
<li>Digital Tunes</li>
<li>Soundcloud</li>
<li>BandCamp</li>
<li>Etsy</li>
<li>Better Business Bureau</li>
<li>Merchant Circle</li>
<li>Ebay</li>
<li>Steam</li>
<li>RSS</li>
<li>E-mail (mailto: or a link to mailing list service)</li>
<li>Plus create 6 of your own using a URL to an icon and URL to the service</li>
</ul>
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Select from the following icon sizes:
<ul>
<li>16×16</li>
<li>24×24</li>
<li>32×32</li>
<li>64×64</li>
<li>Custom</li>
</ul>
</li>
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Select from 4 icon packages:
<ul>
<li>Web 2.0 (Default) – Icons from <a href="http://www.iconspedia.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">various artists</a> </li>
<li>Sketch – <a href="http://theg-force.deviantart.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Social Icons Hand Drawn</a> by TheG-Force and <a href="http://www.jankoatwarpspeed.com/post/2008/10/20/handycons-a-free-hand-drawn-social-media-icon-set.aspx" rel="nofollow ugc">Handycons</a> by Janko At Warp Speed</li>
<li>Heart – <a href="http://thedesignsuperhero.com/2009/03/heart-v2-free-social-iconset-in-heart-shape/" rel="nofollow ugc">Heart v2</a> by The Design Superhero</li>
<li>Cutout – <a href="http://www.iconspedia.com/pack/icontexto-inside-2222/" rel="nofollow ugc">Icontexto Inside Icons</a></li>
<li>Custom – These will be unaltered via updates. Make sure you follow the same naming scheme as the other icons (facebook.png, twitter.png). You can look at the other icon packs if you are unsure about the naming. See the FAQ for more information on usage.</li>
<li>Note that some of the icons in the packs were created and added for this widget by myself. Not all of the requested social media sites were included so I attempted to create icons that mimicked the original artist icons. These are unattributed to myself. I keep attribution to the original artists since it is there design I modified.</li>
<li>All icons in this pack are licensed under the Creative Commons license. Note that some of these are non-commercial only. Please go to the sites linked above to get full information on their allowed uses.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Choose from multiple animations including:
<ul>
<li>Fade In (you can choose the starting opacity too!)</li>
<li>Scale (zoom in)</li>
<li>Bounce</li>
<li>Combo (All three)</li>
<li>Note: Because these are all CSS3 style animations, IE6-7 aren’t supported at all, although IE8 will support Scale. In IE6-8, icons will not be animated and use 100% opacity.</li>
</ul>
</li>
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Create your own image alt/title tags for hover-over text (i.e. Follow Us On {service})
</li>
<li>
Choose whether or not to use the rel=”nofollow” tag in your links. (Recommended see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow)
</li>
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Choose whether or not to open links in a new tab (or browser window).
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Align your widget left, center, or right.
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Arrange the order of the icons however you like.
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Choose to the number of icons per row. Currently you can have one icon per row or auto (maximum # based on the width of the container the widget is placed in).
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</ul>
If you like this plugin, please rate it and click “Works” for your WordPress version!
<h3>Help</h3>
Please add a post on the WordPress.org support forums with the plugin tagged.

Social Media Widget

Easy to use. I like the flexibility of listing the services in whatever order I want. I also like that I can customize for a service that is not listed.

Only thing I don't like is the out-of-the box-Instagram icon is their former branding ( brown icon instead of the new pink one). I can get around this by doing a custom icon, but it would be great if it were correct in the regular Instagram line.

Really Like this Plugin

Adds links to all of your social media and sharing site profiles. Tons of icons come in 3 sizes, 4 icon styles, and 4 animations.

Joan Namunina

Mohammed Kateregga

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.
Lightning Fast Features:
<ul>
<li>8 Popular Social Networks: Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Telegram, Reddit, and Email</li>
<li>Zero External Dependencies: No external JavaScript or CSS libraries – blazing fast loading</li>
<li>Ultra Lightweight: Less than 2KB total footprint</li>
<li>GDPR Compliant: No tracking, no cookies, no personal data collection</li>
<li>Privacy First: Share URLs generated client-side only when clicked</li>
<li>Customizable Design: Choose between rounded or square button styles</li>
<li>Flexible Display: Show on posts, pages, or use shortcodes anywhere</li>
<li>Translation Ready: Fully internationalized and ready for translation</li>
<li>Developer Friendly: Clean, well-documented code following WordPress standards</li>
</ul>
** Why Choose Lightning Simple Social Share?**
<ul>
<li>Performance First: No external dependencies mean faster page loads</li>
<li>Privacy Focused: No tracking scripts or data collection</li>
<li>Clean Code: Follows WordPress coding standards and best practices</li>
<li>Accessible: Proper HTML structure and keyboard navigation</li>
<li>Responsive: Looks great on all devices</li>
<li>Lightning Fast & Simple: Easy setup with blazing-fast performance</li>
</ul>
Usage:
<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>
Lightning Simple Social Share follows WordPress coding standards and best practices:
<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>
Hooks Available: 
* <code>lsss_share_networks</code> – Filter available social networks 
* <code>lsss_button_html</code> – Filter individual button HTML 
* <code>lsss_container_class</code> – Filter container CSS classes
For support, feature requests, or contributions, please visit the plugin’s GitHub repository.

Lightning Simple Social Share

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

Social Media Widget vs Lightning Simple Social Share