Best social icon widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular social icon widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Lightweight Social Icons leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Social Icon Widget (400+) and Simple Social Icon Widget (200+). All 5 plugins tagged “social icon widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 5 social icon widget plugins
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Lightweight Social IconsThe most installed social icon widget plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 63 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
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Social Icon Widget400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 3.
Simple Social Icon Widget200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 4.
SX Social Icons10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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Social Repeater WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
All 5 plugins tagged “social icon widget”
Lightweight Social Icons
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,091by Tom6 years ago
Looking to add simple social icons to your widget areas? Choose the size and color of your icons, and then choose from 47 different social profiles.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(63)
- Downloads
- 28/day
Social Icon Widget
Up in the last 7 days:18#9,229by Mostafiz Shamim9 years ago
Social Icon Widget is an awesome widget to display your social prfile links by social media icons. Recent most popular social media icons are added in …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Simple Social Icon Widget
Up in the last 7 days:25#11,436by Md Shafiqul Islam10 years ago
License GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Social Icon Widget is a very simple. Easily Manage This widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SX Social Icons
Up in the last 7 days:5,350#41,840by RedWeb.tn10 years ago
SX Social Icons provides you with an easy way to display various popular social icons via widgets.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Social Repeater Widget
Up in the last 7 days:10,233#59,563by Shabab Ahmed6 years ago
A simple and nice plugin to add simple social icons and profile link, which allows you to easily add the social profile to your site widget area.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day