Easy Social Icons

70 Quality Score

Active Installs

19/30

At roughly 20,000 active installs, the plugin has a modest footprint, well below category leaders like WPZOOM's Social Icons Widget at 90,000 installs, suggesting niche but consistent adoption.

Update Freshness

19/25

A recent update on November 9, 2025 and confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.8.5 indicate the developer is actively maintaining the plugin against current core releases.

User Rating

13/15

An 88 out of 100 score from 84 raters is strong, signalling that users who do install it tend to be satisfied with its focused feature set.

Support Health

8/15

With zero support threads tracked, there is no meaningful signal either way; the plugin may simply not generate support requests, or users may be resolving issues silently through documentation.

WP Compatibility

11/15

The minimum WordPress requirement of 3.5 and untested PHP version make it broadly compatible, though the absence of a declared PHP floor is a minor transparency gap.

Scores higher than 23% of indexed plugins

About

Upload your own social media icons or choose from font-awesome. Use widget|shortcode to place icons anywhere(sidebar, header, footer, page) in theme.

Active Installs 20k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.4/5

Last Updated 2025-11-09 7:41pm GMT

Requires WordPress 3.5+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Security History

12 known vulnerabilities, all patched

3 High 9 Medium

Most recent: November 23, 2023

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Easy Social Icons <= 3.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode Medium

November 23, 2023 Patched in ["3.2.5"] CVE-2023-48336

Easy Social Icons <= 3.2.4 - Missing Authorization via cnss_save_ajax_order Medium

November 7, 2023 Patched in ["3.2.5"] CVE-2023-33998

Easy Social Icons <= 3.1.4 - Admin+ Cross-Site Scripting Medium

April 11, 2022 Patched in ["3.2.0"]

Easy Social Icons <= 3.2.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Cross-Site Scripting and Missing Authorization Checks High

April 11, 2022 Patched in ["3.2.1"]

Easy Social Icons <= 3.2.2 - Admin+ Cross-Site Scripting Medium

April 11, 2022 Patched in ["3.2.3"]

Easy Social Icons <= 3.2.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium

March 21, 2022 Patched in ["3.2.1"] CVE-2022-0840

Easy Social Icons <= 3.1.3 - Admin+ SQL Injection Medium

March 8, 2022 Patched in ["3.1.4"] CVE-2022-0887

Easy Social Icons <= 3.1.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

September 2, 2021 Patched in ["3.1.3"]

Easy Social Icons <= 3.0.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

September 1, 2021 Patched in ["3.1.0"]

Easy Social Icons <= 3.0.8 – Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium

September 1, 2021 Patched in ["3.0.9"] CVE-2021-39322

Easy Social Icons <= 1.2.3.1 - SQL Injection High

July 22, 2015 Patched in ["1.2.4"]

Easy Social Icons <= 1.2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting High

February 19, 2015 Patched in ["1.2.3"] CVE-2015-2084

What It Does

Easy Social Icons lets WordPress users add social media icons to any widget-ready area, shortcode placement, or theme hook using either uploaded custom images or the built-in Font Awesome icon library. It supports a wide range of platforms and offers configurable icon sizes, alignment, and ordering through a straightforward settings panel. The plugin focuses specifically on displaying social profile links rather than adding share buttons or counter widgets.

Who It's For

This plugin is a solid fit for small businesses, bloggers, freelancers, and nonprofits that want a simple, lightweight way to display clickable social profile icons without sharing counts, analytics, or fancy animations. It works well for site owners who prefer uploading custom-branded icons over relying on a third-party icon set. Users running classic widget areas, block editor sidebars, or page builders that accept shortcodes will get the most value.

Who Should Skip It

If you need social sharing buttons (with share counts) rather than profile link icons, or if you want advanced features like conditional display, A/B testing, or analytics tracking, this plugin is too basic for your needs. Sites already running a multipurpose framework like Jetpack, GeneratePress Premium, or Astra Pro likely have social icon modules baked in and do not need a separate plugin.

The Bottom Line

Easy Social Icons delivers exactly what its name promises: a no-frills way to drop social profile icons anywhere on your site, and it earns its 73.15 overall score through solid ratings and recent maintenance. It is not a feature-rich social suite, so power users will want to look at WPZOOM or WP Social instead. For a small site that just needs tidy follow icons, it remains a reasonable, lightweight choice.

Pick this if you want a similar widget-based experience but with over four times the install base and added share button plus click-to-chat functionality.

Wp Social Login and Register Social Counter 84/100

Choose this when you need social login integration and follower counters rather than just static profile icons.

Ocean Social Sharing 82/100

Select this if your site uses the OceanWP theme and you want tight theme integration for share and follow buttons.

Hubbub Lite 82/100

Opt for this when share counts, recovery features, and click-to-tweet tools matter more than custom icon uploads.

Simple Social Media Share Buttons 81/100

Go with this if your priority is share buttons across many platforms rather than follow-style profile icons.