Social Icons is the #17 ranked social app on WordPress, with a 4.5 average rating from 15 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Social Icons is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by ThemeGrill. With a rating of 4.5★ from 15 reviews, it currently ranks #17 in the Social category.
AppRanks data: Social Icons ranks #17 in Social on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 4% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Social Icons is a highly rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Social category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 15 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.5★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by ThemeGrill — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (15) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Social Icons works
Social Icons provides you with an easy way to display various popular social icons via widgets and shortcodes. You can drag the widget in your sidebars and change the settings from the widget form itself. Also you can use the shortcode and paste it on your page, post or wherever you like
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Icons Icons are provided by socicon icon font.
Features And Options:
Supports more than 200+ popular social icons.
Drag and drop for icon sorting.
Option to easily change icon size.
Supports square, rounded and greyscale background.
Shortcode to render the icons on page, post.
Different icon grouping for different location on your site.
More features coming on updates.
Category rankings
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Social Icons stands in the Social category
Social Icons ranks #17 of 460 apps in the Social category, placing it in the top 4% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Social Icons?
Social Icons is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.5-star rating from 15 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Social category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by ThemeGrill.
Who uses Social Icons?
Currently around 10,000 active stores have installed Social Icons. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Social category on WordPress.
Where does Social Icons rank on WordPress?
Social Icons currently sits at position #17 in the Social category on WordPress. That places it in the top 4% of 460 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.