Title: Socials Ignited Author: Anastis Sourgoutsidis Published: November 24, 2012 Last modified: April 25, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/socials-ignited/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2521500) ![](https://ps.w.org/socials-ignited/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2521500) # Socials Ignited By [Anastis Sourgoutsidis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anastis/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/socials-ignited.2.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socials-ignited/) ## Description Brought to you by the [CSSIgniter](https://www.cssigniter.com/) folks, the Socials Ignited plugin allows you to display and link icons on your website of more than 50 social networks, just by dragging a widget. The plugin supports all FontAwesome 5.x free icons providing you with hundreds of options to display your social profiles, contact methods and more. A preconfigured list of the most popular social networks can be found under Customize- > Socials Ignited for you to fill in. Alternatively you can create custom sets of icons right on the widget. ## Screenshots * [[ * Socials Ignited options * [[ * Widget options * [[ * Actual output ## Installation 1. Go to Plugins -> Add New 2. Search for “Socials Ignited” 3. Click “Install” 4. Click “Activate” 5. Navigate to Settings -> Socials Ignited to set up the defaults. 6. Go to Customize -> Widgets to add the widget to any sidebar. For more info visit [the plugin’s documentation page](https://www.cssigniter.com/docs/socials-ignited/). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/572ce3b0537e798f789e102f29a363c81ebfcc0c2ba4904d0a6f523c233aeca5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great Support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-support-828/)󠁿 [anthemakos](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anthemakos/) September 3, 2016 Extremely fast replies! Great support! [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socials-ignited/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Socials Ignited” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Anastis Sourgoutsidis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anastis/) * [ The CSSIgniter Team ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cssigniterteam/) * [ Gerasimos Tsiamalos ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tsiger/) * [ Vassilis Mastorostergios ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/silencerius/) “Socials Ignited” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/socials-ignited/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Socials Ignited” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/socials-ignited) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/socials-ignited/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/socials-ignited/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/socials-ignited/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/socials-ignited/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.0 * Updated FontAwesome to version v5.15.3 * Removed _Socials Ignited (deprecated)_ widget that was deprecated in v1.5 * Updated repeating fields and color pickers to work in the Customizer. * Added Customizer options for popular social networks. The widget can now pull these networks set, without having to re-set their URLs. * Removed assets and files no longer used. * Improved escaping and sanitization. * Removed migration code (introduced in v1.8 circa 2015) that upgraded the widget’s repeating fields structure from plain array to discreet, associative entries. * The plugin’s upgrade notice is no longer shown on the plugins listing page. #### 1.11 * Prepare existing installations for future FontAwesome version upgrade. #### 1.10 * Updated font-awesome to v4.7.0 * Fixed an issue where JS would halt while in Accessibility mode. #### 1.9.5 * Updated font-awesome to v4.6.3 #### 1.9.5 * Updated font-awesome to v4.6.1 #### 1.9.4 * Updated font-awesome to v4.5.0 * Gettext domain is now changed from ‘cisiw’ to ‘socials-ignited’ for compatibility with language packs. * Removed language files en_US PO/MO * Added POT file socials-ignited.pot #### 1.9.3 * Fixed widgets to use PHP5-style constructors, in preparation for WP v4.3 and PHP 7. #### 1.9.2 * Updated font-awesome to v4.4.0 #### 1.9.1 * Fixed an issue where some installations with no widgets assigned would throw a warning. #### 1.9 * Prefixed some classes and JS functions. This fixes unexpected behavior caused in some CSSIgniter themes. * The old widget (image icons) is now unavailable for new installations. Existing installations that have the widget assigned will remain unaffected (until v2.0 where it will be completely removed). #### 1.8.4 * Added border color and border width options. #### 1.8.3 * Fixed an issue where a warning would get thrown in existing widgets due to a potentially undefined index. #### 1.8.2 * Renamed a few functions as they could cause collisions if specific themes were enabled. #### 1.8.1 * Fixed an issue where no repeating fields could be created on newly dragged widgets. #### 1.8 * Updated FontAwesome to v4.3.0 * Changed Socials_Ignited_Widget widget’s repeating fields structure from plain array to discreet, associative entries. While back-compatibility is provided, users are advised to re-save their Socials Ignited widgets. * Updated language files. #### 1.7.5 * Added ‘skype’ in the list of kses allowed protocols. Links of type skype:username? call are now possible throughout WordPress. * Fixed a stylistic issue where if WPML was enabled, an icon appeared where it shouldn’t. * Reformatted some code to be more readable. * Updated line numbers in language files. #### 1.7.4 * Made the bundled version of FontAwesome override any pre-existing ones with the handle ‘font-awesome’. Some themes provide an older version of the font and that was used instead, resulting in non-working icons. #### 1.7.3 * Updated FontAwesome to v4.2.0 #### 1.7.2 * Now all options have user-supplied default from the options page. * Optimized output of CSS rules for each widgets. This also fixes some edge cases where invalid rules would get outputted. * The default option values are now only used when creating new widgets, rather than determining the outcome of the CSS generation. #### 1.7.1 * Fixed a bug where only the generated CSS of the first Socials Ignited widget would get outputted (when multiple widgets existed). * Added a “Settings” link into the plugins’ listing page. * The plugin’s Upgrade Notice, if available, is now shown into the plugins listing page. #### 1.7 * Renamed _-= CI Socials Ignited =-_ class from _CI\_Socials\_Ignited\_Fontawesome_ to _Socials\_Ignited\_Widget_ . * Changed _-= CI Socials Ignited =-_ HTML IDs to _socials-ignited_ . * Changed _-= CI Socials Ignited =-_ HTML class to _widget\_socials\_ignited_ . #### 1.6 * Added more options to the _-= CI Socials Ignited =-_ widget like background color, size, opacity. #### 1.5 * Added Font Awesome support as _-= CI Socials Ignited =-_ widget. * Renamed old _-= CI Socials Ignited =-_ widget to _Socials Ignited (deprecated)_ * Added various deprecation messages. No functions/files have actually been marked deprecated though. #### 1.4 * Fixed an issue where the Customizer screen would not work because jquery.chained. js wasn’t loaded. * Updated jquery.chained.js to v0.9.10. * Worked around an issue where the chained dropdowns wouldn’t work before Save was pressed. * Added more round dark icons (addthis, amazon_alt, behance, soundcloud). * Improved sanitization. * Labels are now properly associated to fields. * Title now goes through the widget_title filter. * Updated language files. #### 1.3 * Added a Custom CSS option for easy customization, and in order to preserve custom styling betweet updates. * Updated language files. #### 1.2.1 * Removed some styles that caused existing instances to show up wrongly. #### 1.2 * Added 16×16 and 24×24 square icons. * Added button to reset custom order of icons. * Internationalized plugin’s settings title. * Fixed an issue where a label would prompt for a “http://” on the Email field. * Added Path (path.com) icon. * Updated language files. #### 1.1.2 * Removed align attribute from img elements. * Added alt attribute to img elements. #### 1.1.1 * Fixed an issue where the URL would appear on the “Enter your URL” prompt. * Updated language files as they seemed to be empty. #### 1.1 * Fixed an issue where the icons looked huge in mobile devices. * Support for user-defined services, icons and icon sets. #### 1.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **2.0.0** * Last updated **11 months ago** * Active installations **2,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/), [Greek](https://el.wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/), [Korean](https://ko.wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/socials-ignited) * Tags * [social icons](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-icons/)[social media](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-media/) [social networking](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-networking/) [social profiles](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-profiles/)[social widgets](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social-widgets/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socials-ignited/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socials-ignited/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socials-ignited/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socials-ignited/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socials-ignited/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socials-ignited/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/socials-ignited/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Anastis Sourgoutsidis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anastis/) * [ The CSSIgniter Team ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cssigniterteam/) * [ Gerasimos Tsiamalos ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tsiger/) * [ Vassilis Mastorostergios ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/silencerius/) ## Support Got something to say? 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