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Lightweight Social Icons vs FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating… (2026)

Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.

Lightweight Social Icons

Lightweight Social Icons

4.7(63)

30K+ active installs

Free

Updated 6 years ago
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FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…

FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…

0(0)

90 active installs

Free

Updated 5 months ago
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Quick Verdict

As of April 2026, Lightweight Social Icons has a higher user rating (4.7/5 from 63 reviews) and leads in active installations (30K+ vs 90). Both are free WordPress plugins. Lightweight Social Icons has accumulated 465K+ total downloads while FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating… has 1.5K+.

Detailed Comparison

Rating
4.7/5Lightweight Social Icons
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FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…N/A
Total Reviews
63Lightweight Social Icons
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FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…0
Active Installs
30K+Lightweight Social Icons
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FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…90
Total Downloads
465K+Lightweight Social Icons
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FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…1.5K+
Support Resolution
N/ALightweight Social Icons
FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…N/A
Last Updated
6 years agoLightweight Social Icons
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FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…5 months ago
First Released
2014Lightweight Social Icons
FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…2023
Age
12 yearsLightweight Social Icons
FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…3 years
WP Requires
4.5+Lightweight Social Icons
FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…5.4+
PHP Requires
false+Lightweight Social Icons
FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…false+
Business Model
FreeLightweight Social Icons
FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…Free
Latest Version
1.1Lightweight Social Icons
FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…1.0.2

Rating Breakdown

Lightweight Social Icons

4.7/5(63 reviews)
5
89%
4
5%
3
2%
2
2%
1
3%

FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…

0/5(0 reviews)
5
0%
4
0%
3
0%
2
0%
1
0%

Recent Reviews

Lightweight Social Icons Reviews

by Mahesh Pant

Affects Core Web Vitals creating Ensure Text Remains Visible During Webfont Load

I don’t recommend this plugin at all. It signs a useless font which is not displayed in the front end to the users but creates core web vitals issues on the back end. The font name is fontello.woff an

by Jimmy Lee

It’s Light!

Hasn’t been updated but super light and solid!

by Hematoma

Fantastic Social Icons Plugin

Tom never fails to make amazing plugins and this social icons plugin is no different. I just hope that there are plans to add a discord icon in the near future. 5/5 plugin!

FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating… Reviews

No reviews yet

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Lightweight Social Icons or FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating… more popular?
Lightweight Social Icons has 30K+ active installations while FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating… has 90. Lightweight Social Icons is the more widely-used plugin as of April 2026.
Which has better ratings — Lightweight Social Icons or FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…?
Lightweight Social Icons has a 4.7/5 rating from 63 reviews, while FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating… has a 0/5 rating from 0 reviews.
Are Lightweight Social Icons and FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating… free?
Lightweight Social Icons is free and FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating… is free. Both can be downloaded from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Which plugin has better support — Lightweight Social Icons or FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating…?
Support resolution data is not available for all plugins. Check each plugin's WordPress.org support forum for current response quality.
Which plugin is updated more frequently?
Lightweight Social Icons was last updated 6 years ago and FloatySocial – Awesome Social Floating… was last updated 5 months ago.

Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Comparison and analysis by PluginSift.