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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

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/verisimilitudesque/wordpress-floating-social-media-icons/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
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.