The Social Links
The Social Links plugin adds a widget and shortcode to your WordPress website allowing you to display icons linking to your social profiles.
4.4(7 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 years agoAs of April 2026, The Social Links is a WordPress social plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.4/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 138K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.2+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 4 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 110% this week. Top alternative: AddToAny Share Buttons.
4.4/57 reviews
2.0K+active installs
138K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
Note: Development for The Social Links happens on Github. Please submit an issue there.
The Social Links plugin adds a widget and shortcode to your WordPress website allowing you to display icons linking to your social profiles. The new version includes the following social networks:
- Telegram
- Google+
- YouTube
- Behance
- Bitcoin
- Delicious
- DeviantArt
- Digg
- Dribble
- Flickr
- Foursquare
- GitHub
- LastFM
- Medium
- Skype
- Soundcloud
- Spotify
- Tumblr
- Vine
- WordPress
- Telegram
We’ve also added support for a shortcode ([the-social-links]) for use in WordPress posts and pages and a custom template tag (<?php the_social_links();?>) for use in template files.
The Social Links is translation ready!
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Very good plugin
by Adam Pery·7 years ago
Thank you guys
i am happy for this plugin
by dipulhasan·7 years ago
ok,thank
Never got it working
by Matt Crawford·9 years ago·1 reply
Followed the outlined instructions but never did get it to work. Maybe I’m just impatient but I gave up after about 20mins
- This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by Matt Crawford.
Great Plugin!
by Andrew Lima·9 years ago
Easy to use plugin. Great work.
TOP!!!
by luigitanzi·9 years ago·1 reply
Top plugin for social media icons!!!
Download Trends
Today: 5Yesterday: 9This week: 42Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.2+ requiredTested up to 5.8.13 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.0
78.9%
v1.3
10.0%
v1.2
5.9%
Other
5.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.0.5
Fix regression in template tag.
Contributors
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