Social Media Widget for WordPress Plugin Directory
Social Media Widget is a WordPress app, with a 3.9 average rating from 84 reviews, as of July 9, 2026.
Social Media Widget is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Blink Web Effects. With a rating of 3.9★ from 84 reviews.
AppRanks data: Social Media Widget ranks #0 in Facebook on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Social Media Widget is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Google category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 84 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
- +Published by Blink Web Effects — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.9★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (84) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Social Media Widget works
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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.
Features
Supports the following social media sites:
Google+
MySpace
FriendFeed
Orkut
Hyves
aSmallWorld
About.me
Skyrock
VK
Goodreads
Github
Flickr
Picasa Web Albums
YouTube
Skype
Digg
Delicious
StumbleUpon
Tumblr
Buzz
Google Talk
Vimeo
Blogger
WordPress
Yelp
Last.fm
Pandora
UStream
IMDb
Hulu
Flixter
FourSquare
Meetup
PlanCast
SlideShare
DeviantArt
Cuttings.me
Live365
Digital Tunes
Soundcloud
BandCamp
Etsy
Better Business Bureau
Merchant Circle
Ebay
Steam
RSS
E-mail (mailto: or a link to mailing list service)
Plus create 6 of your own using a URL to an icon and URL to the service
Select from the following icon sizes:
16×16
24×24
32×32
64×64
Custom
Select from 4 icon packages:
Web 2.0 (Default) – Icons from various artists
Sketch – Social Icons Hand Drawn by TheG-Force and Handycons by Janko At Warp Speed
Heart – Heart v2 by The Design Superhero
Cutout – Icontexto Inside Icons
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.
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.
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.
Choose from multiple animations including:
Fade In (you can choose the starting opacity too!)
Scale (zoom in)
Bounce
Combo (All three)
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.
Create your own image alt/title tags for hover-over text (i.e. Follow Us On {service})
Choose whether or not to use the rel=”nofollow” tag in your links. (Recommended see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow)
Choose whether or not to open links in a new tab (or browser window).
Align your widget left, center, or right.
Arrange the order of the icons however you like.
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).
If you like this plugin, please rate it and click “Works” for your WordPress version!
Help Please add a post on the WordPress.org support forums with the plugin tagged.
Category rankings
As of Jul 9, 2026- Facebook#0of 97Top 1%
- Google#0of 150Top 1%
- LinkedIn#0of 15Top 1%
- Social media#0of 64Top 1%
- Twitter#0of 74Top 1%
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Keyword rankings
Social Media Widget ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- 1.faqRank #907
Competitors & alternatives
Social Media Widgetdoesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked google apps on WordPress:
Where Social Media Widget stands in the Google category
Social Media Widget ranks #0 of 150 apps in the Google category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Social Media Widget?
Social Media Widget is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 3.9-star rating from 84 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Google 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 Blink Web Effects.
Who uses Social Media Widget?
Currently around 30,000 active stores have installed Social Media Widget. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Google category on WordPress.