Sticky Social Icons

Sticky Social Icons

Dev. Sajib

Introducing Sticky Social Icons, a lightweight and responsive WordPress plugin that lets you easily display social media icons on the side of your website. You can choose your favorite social media platforms, link them to your profiles, and have users connect with you through clickable icons.

The plugin integrates seamlessly with the WordPress Customizer, making it incredibly easy to configure. All settings can be managed directly from the Customizer, allowing you to see real-time changes as you adjust your icons and layouts.

Sticky Social Icons is fully responsive, ensuring that your icons display perfectly on both large desktops and small mobile screens. It’s lightweight, which means it won’t slow down your site or affect performance.

Preloaded with popular social icons like Facebook, Twitter (now X), WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Telegram, Pinterest, Snapchat, TikTok, Reddit, Skype, and options like phone and email (e.g., Envelope), the plugin allows you to enhance your site’s social presence. Future updates will expand the icon list and add more exciting features like animations and tooltips.

With Sticky Social Icons, you get a clean, fast, and user-friendly way to connect your website to your social channels, offering a seamless experience for your visitors.

Short Description

A lightweight, responsive social media plugin for showcasing icons on your website, with easy customization directly in the WordPress Customizer.

Key Features

  • Sticky Social Icons: Easily add and display social icons on the side of your website for seamless user engagement.
  • Unlimited Social Accounts: Add as many social media accounts as you need with ease.
  • Custom Icon Selection: Quickly change and customize social icons with just one click.
  • Responsive Design: Icons look great on both desktop and mobile devices.
  • Style Settings: Full control over icon appearance, including color, hover effects, background color, size, and vertical positioning.
  • Custom Link Options: Choose whether links open in the same tab or a new tab.
  • Future-Ready Features: Animation and tooltip support coming soon.

Support

For any issues or inquiries, please visit the support forums on WordPress.org.

More Information

For more information about the author and other projects, visit Gutefy’s Portfolio.

License

Sticky Social Icons is licensed under the GPLv2 or later – http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

How can I add or edit social accounts?

Navigate to the Customizer, find the “Sticky Social Icons” section, and go to the “Social Accounts” panel. Here, you can add or edit up to 17 social accounts.

How do I customize the style of the social icons?

In the Customizer, locate the “Sticky Social Icons” section and access the “Style Settings” panel. You can choose a style from the “Select Style” dropdown and customize colors for icon, hover, background, and hover background.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.

1.0.1

  • Enhancement: Improved the floating style of social icons for better stability.
  • Enhancement: Enhanced functionality related to styling, ensuring smoother user experience.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug related to hover styles for better consistency.
  • Added: Icon Changing option
  • Introduces: Flexible Account adding system

1.1.0

  • Added: Border Control.
  • Added: Responsive Control.
  • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug related to hover styles for better consistency.
  1. Upload the ‘gf-social-icons’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Click on settings.

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  • Version: 1.1.0
  • Last updated: 1 week ago
  • Active installations: 0
  • WordPress version: 6.3
  • Tested up to: 6.6.2
  • PHP version: 7.2