Description
The Showcase Social Media (icons) plugin is a simple, lightweight plugin designed to allow you to display visually appealing social media icons on your website. Whether you run an e-commerce platform, a service-providing website, or an informative blog, this plugin offers a streamlined way to show the social media you are on with a link.
Features:
– Supports multiple social media icons such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and many more.
– Simple settings page within the WordPress admin to choose which icons you want to display.
– Shortcode support for flexible placement on pages, posts, or widgets.
– Customizable icon sizes and spacing (in pixels) for seamless integration with your site design.
– Multiple icon styles available.
– Decide the order of your icons.
License
This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.
Additional Information
This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the social media services whose icons are supported.
Screenshots
Settings Page: View of the Social Icons Plugin settings page where users can select which social media icons to display and adjust their sizes, style, spacing and links. 
Frontend Display: Example of how the selected social media icons (color, no shape) appear on a website. 
Frontend Display: Another example of how the selected social media icons (black, no shape) appear on a website. 
Frontend Display: Another example of how the selected social media icons (color, circular shape) appear on a website. 
Frontend Display: Another example of how the selected social media icons (black, circular shape) appear on a website.
Installation
- Upload the showcase-social-media-plugin folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin directly via the WordPress plugins screen.
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
- Fill in the identifiers you want to be displayed and in which order
- Use the Social Icons settings page to further configure which icons are displayed, how they are displayed and where they need to link to.
- Add the shortcode [ssmi_icons] to any page, post, or widget where you want the icons to appear.
FAQ
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Can I adjust the size of the icons?
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Yes, you can adjust the size of the social media icons in pixels. The default is set to 55px.
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Can I adjust the spacing between the icons?
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Yes, you can adjust the spacing between the social media icons in pixels. The default is set to 1px. You can also use negative spacing which can come in handy with the first two styles of icons.
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What’s the shape of the icons?
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You can choose between 4 styles. No shape in color or black, circular shape in either color or black.
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We currently have icons for the following: Behance, Discord, Dribble, Dropbox, Facebook, Flickr, Google Drive, Instagram, Kik, LinkedIn, LINE, Messenger, Patreon, PayPal, Pinterest, Reddit, Skype, Snapchat, Spotify, Threads, TikTok, Twitch, Twitter, Vimeo, WhatsApp, WordPress, YouTube.
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Does this plugin work with every WordPress theme?
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The plugin is designed to work with most themes, but we cannot guarantee perfect compatibility due to the diversity of themes available.
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Contributors & Developers
“Showcase Social Media (icons)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- First release.