[This is Day #3 of 5 Plugins in 5 Days]
The Social Media Widget plugin for WordPress does just 2 things and does them really really well:
- It provides nice big icons for all your Social Media platforms in your sidebar (either 64×64 or 32×32)
- It provides individual hyperlinks for all those icons
One extra bonus is that this plugin acts as a useful reference list of all the latest Social Media platforms. The list keeps getting longer every time the plugin is updated.
2 Reasons Why You Need the Social Media Widget Plugin
- Because it keeps your website looking smart because all the icons are the same style
- The interface makes it dead easy to add more Social Media platforms later
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How To Set Up The WordPress Plugin: Social Media Widget
- Once you’ve installed the plugin, just add it to your side bar as a Widget (that’s where you configure it)
- Simply type in the url of each Social Media platform you do use, and remove the default text for the Social Media platforms you don’t use (so that the icon is hidden)
- I keep mine really simple: RSS, Twitter, Facebook, Email
- Icon Size: I like 64px. It’s nice a big so easy for users to click, and looks awesome
- Other Settings: Either experiment with the other settings or leave them at their defaults
Bug Warning: One weird bug is that every time a new Social Media platform is added to the list (when you install an update to the plugin), a default url (eg http://yourname.deviantart.com/) will be added automatically, which will activate the icon!
Screenshot of the Interface
Screenshot of Social Media Widget Configuration Panel
What’s Next?
- Install it and have a play
- Have you found a WordPress plugin for Social Media that’s even better? Tell us in the comments below
- Have you used Social Media Widget? Tell us what you think about it in the comments below
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Thanks for the great review of my Wordpress plugin Social Media Widget. I appreciate the nice things you say about it. Reading articles like these definitely motivate me to continue using it.
I’m mostly posting to give a little insight on what you’re calling a “bug” in regards to new services automatically generating a “stock” URL. This is going to happen because the WP database hasn’t been updated to show that there is “NULL” in that field.
On that note, it’s probably possible for me to hide services if the default URL is inputted. Perhaps I’ll knock out an update sometime in the next couple of weeks to take care of that.
Thank you for pointing out that annoyance since it never really bothered me, personally. Also note that if you DON’T go back to the widget and click “Save,” the icons won’t show up.
Per another comment on my forums, I will probably be implementing a “check box” markup so that you can select the services you want to use so that you don’t have to go through and delete all of the original URLs.
Excellent Brian, great to hear from you, thank you for those notes!