Candy Social Widget

Description

Social Widget plugin for displaying links to your social media in any widget area. Created by WPExplorer, this plugin allows you to add colorful icons with links to your social profiles of choice in any widgetized sidebar of your WordPress site. Choose from various social profiles (add only the ones you need), drag and drop to move them around, choose from square, round or rounded styles and even select your custom icon size.

The plugin uses SVG based icons so they don’t require any extra font files and they will load quickly and display nicely on any screen, including retina devices.

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Social Icons Included

• Amazon
• Buffer
• Dribbble
• Email
• Facebook
• Flickr
• Github
• Houzz
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Paypal
• Pinterest
• Pocket
• Reddit
• RSS
• Steam
• Stripe
• TikTok
• X (twitter)
• Tumblr
• Vimeo
• VK
• WordPress
• Xing
• Yelp
• YouTube

Licenses

Simple Icons
License: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal, https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons/blob/develop/LICENSE.md
Source: https://simpleicons.org/

Material Design Icons
License: SIL Open Font License, https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq#can_i_use_any_font_in_a_commercial_product
Source: https://fonts.google.com/icons?icon.set=Material+Icons

Screenshots

Installation

1. Upload ‘candy-social-widget.php’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Go to Appearance > Widgets or Appearance > Customize > Widgets to add and configure the Candy Social Widget

Reviews

precisely what i was looking for

rik1234 June 23, 2021

precisely what i was looking for easy to use + is usable together with Polylang (site translation plugin)

Easy and pretty

Paul Bursnall August 9, 2019

Social icons displayed using this plugin are perfectly formed. Very easy to use.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

3.0

• Added new setting to control the space between icons.
• Updated the twitter setting to use the new “x” icon.
• Updated certain icon colors to reflect the respective brand.
• Updated the tested up to version to 6.4.
• Updated the frontend CSS to use modern flex styles and CSS variables for much slimmer code.
• Updated the icons to use SVG icons instead of a CSS font to remove extra CSS and speed things up!
• Removed the Android and StumbleUpon options.

2.3.3

• Fixed the widget was not working correctly with Block Widgets.
• Updated the tested up to version updated to 6.1.

2.3.2

• Fixed missing csw-front.min.css and font files.

2.3

• Added new icons: TikTok, Github, Houzz & Instagram.
• Updated icons: Reddit.
• Updated brand colors: Android, Buffer, RSS, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Paypal, Pocket, Stripe, Tumblr, Yelp, Xing.
• Updated scripts for better Customizer support so the widget refreshes correctly when moving items around or deleting an item.

2.2

• Added “noopener nofollow” rel value to links when set to open in a new tab.
• Tested with WP 5.5

2.1

• Fixed target blank setting not working properly
• Removed Google Plus from available options

2.0

• Complete overhaul of the plugin
• Added drag & drop support for moving your profiles around in the order you want
• Added options to select a custom icon size
• Icons now use font icons
• Important: You must re-add the widget to your site

1.0

• First official release!