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Floating Social Media Icons

A simple floating social icons bar for WordPress websites.

by Jon Schear · github.com/verisimilitudesque/wordpress-floating-social-media-icons · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/verisimilitudesque/wordpress-floating-social-media-icons/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
Readme github.com/verisimilitudesque/wordpress-floating-social-media-icons ↗

A lightweight WordPress plugin that displays a floating bar of social media icons, fully configurable from the admin — no external icon fonts or CDN dependencies.

Features

  • Choose which side of the screen the bar floats on (left/right) and its distance from the top
  • Admin screen (Settings > Floating Social Icons) to add/remove social networks and their link URLs
  • Bundled inline-SVG icons: Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, WhatsApp, Email, RSS
  • Icon size, shape (circle/square/none), spacing, and color controls (icon, background, hover)
  • Optional "hide on mobile" toggle with a configurable breakpoint

Installation

  1. Copy (or zip and upload) this folder into wp-content/plugins/ on your WordPress site.
  2. Activate Floating Social Media Icons from the Plugins screen.
  3. Go to Settings > Floating Social Icons to add your links and adjust appearance.

Development

Plugin code lives in:

  • floating-social-icons.php — plugin bootstrap, defaults, settings accessor
  • includes/class-fsi-icons.php — bundled SVG icon library
  • includes/class-fsi-settings.php — admin settings page
  • includes/class-fsi-frontend.php — front-end rendering
  • assets/ — admin and front-end CSS/JS

See readme.txt for the WordPress.org-style plugin readme.