=== Social Icons Widget & Block by WPZOOM ===
Contributors: WPZOOM, nvartolomei, ciorici
Donate link: https://www.wpzoom.com/
Tags: social icons, social networks, social media, social media icons, icons, social profiles, social widget, widget, block, social block, block icons, academicons, elementor, social networking, sharing, share buttons, fontawesome
Requires at least: 5.2
Requires PHP: 7.2
Tested up to: 6.0
Stable tag: 4.2.6
License: GNU General Public License v2.0 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Social Icons Widget & Block helps adding icons with links to social media profiles on your website. Supports more than 100 websites and includes 400 icons.

== Description ==

⭐️ **[Social Icons Widget PRO](https://www.wpzoom.com/plugins/social-widget/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=free_description)** *NOW AVAILABLE!* ⭐️

> Did you find this plugin helpful? Please consider [leaving a 5-star review](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/social-icons-widget-by-wpzoom).

**[View Demo](https://demo.wpzoom.com/social-icons/)**

**Social Icons Widget & Block** helps you to add quickly icons with links to your profiles from different social networks. The plugin includes several icon sets, which gives you the possibility to use the widget for more than just linking to your social media profiles. You can use generic icons to add links to anything you want.

> With the help of WPZOOM’s excellent Social Icons Widget plugin, you can link to all your social network profiles in no time, letting your visitors easily get in touch with you on all social media channels.
> ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
> Read [WPKlik's](https://wpklik.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-social-icons-widget/) review of this plugin: [A Complete Guide to Social Icons Widget](https://wpklik.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-social-icons-widget/)


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= ⭐️ PRO FEATURES ⭐️ =
* **Upload your SVG icons - 🆕**
* **Load icons in SVG format - 🆕**
* **Create your own custom icon set**
* **Outstanding performance**
* Premium Support
* and many new features coming soon!

⭐️ **[Get the PRO version!](https://www.wpzoom.com/plugins/social-widget/?utm_source=wporg&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=free_description)** ⭐️



= What's new in 4.0.0 =
* **NEW: Gutenberg Block**
* New icon styles in the new Social Icons Block
* New options to customize your icons: change margin, padding, alignment, roundness etc.

= What's new in 3.0.0 =

* Added Global Color Picker to change the color of all icons
* Added a new color picker to change hover color on all icons
* Icons are now grouped in categories

= What's new in 2.2.0 =

* Added Padding and Size options for icons
* Added support for Skype links (skype:username)

= What's new in 2.1.0 =

* Search Icons by keywords
* FontAwesome Icon Set Integration
* Updated Instagram Icon

= What's new in 2.0 =

* Support for custom icons
* Color picker for each icon
* 3 Icon Sets from which you can choose more than 400 icons


= Where I can view a Demo? =

You can view the widget live in all our themes at [WPZOOM](https://www.wpzoom.com/themes/).

= View Demo & Examples =
* [Monte Theme](https://demo.wpzoom.com/?theme=monte) - header bar and footer
* [Tempo Theme](https://demo.wpzoom.com/?theme=tempo) - header (under logo) and footer
* [Foodica Theme](https://demo.wpzoom.com/?theme=foodica) - header bar and sidebar
* [Inspiro Theme](https://demo.wpzoom.com/?theme=inspiro) - sidebar panel and footer

= Features: =

* Gutenberg Block - **NEW**
* 100+ Sites/Social Networks supported
* 400+ Custom Icons
* 5 Icons Sets
* FontAwesome Integration
* Academicons Integration: 38 academia icons for academics
* Drag & Drop Icons
* Color Picker
* Search by keywords
* Adjust icon size & padding
* 2 Styles: Icon Shape and Icon with Background
* 3 Background Styles: Rounded Corners, Round, Square
* Retina Ready Icons
* Supports email addresses (mailto:email@example.com)
* Supports Telephone numbers (tel:12345)
* Supports Skype (skype:username?call)
* Supports Viber (viber://add?number=123456)
* Supports WhatsApp (https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=15551234567)

= Icons =

Icons are provided by [socicon](http://www.socicon.com) icon font.

Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, Skype, Yelp, Feedburner, LinkedIn, Bloglovin', Lookbook, Feedly, Periscope, SoundCloud, Spotify, Last.fm, YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Flickr, 500px, Tumblr, Blogger, Reddit, Dribbble, Envato, Behance, DeviantArt, GitHub, RSS, Disqus, Stackoverflow, Komoot, Tiktok, Mailchimp, Podcasts, Telegram and many others.

= Credits =

Social Icons are provided by [socicon](http://www.socicon.com) icon font.

[Academicons](https://jpswalsh.github.io/academicons/) are provided by James Walsh.

= GDPR COMPLIANCE =

Social Icons Widget does not collect any information from your visitors, therefore it’s **100% GDPR compliant**.


= Get Involved =

Looking to contribute code to this plugin? Go ahead and [fork the repository over at GitHub](https://github.com/wpzoom/social-icons-widget/).

== Installation ==

Simply search for the plugin via the **Plugins -> Add New** dialog and click install, or download and extract the plugin, and copy the plugin folder into your wp-content/plugins directory and activate.

After that go to the **Widgets** page and add the widget **Social Icons by WPZOOM** to a widget area like Sidebar.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where do I find more details about this plugin? =

On our [website](http://www.wpzoom.com/plugins/social-widget/).

= How can I add Social Icons to a Page? =

Add the Social Icons Block to the editor and customize the icons as you want.

== Screenshots ==

1. NEW: Social Icons Block
2. NEW: Social Icons Block
3. Rounded Corners Style
4. Square Style
5. Rounded Icons Style
6. No Background Style
7. With Icon label
8. Widget Settings

== Changelog ==

= 4.2.6 =
* Multiple fixes for WordPress 6.0 compatibility

= 4.2.5 =
* New icon: Discourse
* Updated icon: Slack
* Minor improvements

= 4.2.4 =
* Bug fix with the Amazon icon

= 4.2.3 =
* Updated icons: Spotify, Beatport
* Change textdomain to match with plugin slug

= 4.2.2 =
* Fixed an issue with the Legacy Widget

= 4.2.1 =
* Multiple fixes and improvements when converting legacy widgets to blocks
* Improvements to icon styles in the Social Icons Block

= 4.2.0 =
* Fixed compatibility issues with WordPress 5.8
* Added warning notice to widgets block-based page. Please make sure you've read the message before doing some changes to widgets!
* Added the ability to convert legacy widget "Social Icons" to block

= 4.1.3 =
* Added new tab in the Settings page with a promo for the new PRO version

= 4.1.2 =
* Bug fix when font preloading is enabled.

= 4.1.1 =
* New icons: Komoot, Gab, KKBox, Etsy, CastBox, Pocketcasts

= 4.1.0 =
* New options on the settings page to disable individual icon sets
* Plugin optimization: enabled font preloading to improve the PageSpeed score. This option can be disabled from the Settings page.
* New icons: Guilded, ko-fi, MeWe, Mail.ru, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM, Stitcher (new icon), Ravelry, NewGrounds

= 4.0.5 =
* New icons: Mailchimp, Parler, Nextdoor (updated icon)

= 4.0.4 =
* Bug fix when using the Social Icons Block as a Reusable Block
* Fixed compatibility issues with Elementor
* New icon: Fiverr

= 4.0.3 =
* Fixed a conflict with the Divi Booster plugin
* Minor performance improvements
* New icons: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Google News, Deviantart (updated), RedBubble

= 4.0.2 =
* New icons: Patreon (updated), Zazzle, Displate, Pixiv, Anchorfm, SSRN, Yummly

= 4.0.1 =
* Fixed a bug affecting column blocks after 4.0 update

= 4.0.0 =
* NEW: Gutenberg Block - Social Icons Block
* New icon styles in the new Social Icons Block
* New options to customize your icons: change margin, padding, alignment, roundness etc.

= 3.4.2 =
* New Icons: ArtStation, Issuu, Google Calendar, Google Maps
* Added detection for Whatsapp links: e.g. "https://wa.me/15551234567"

= 3.4.1 =
* New Icons: Mixer, Letterboxd

= 3.4.0 =
* New icons: Zomato, The Fork, New Facebook Icon (click on the icon to change it)
* Added compatibility with WPML plugin
* Added a new field for each icon to improve the accessibility: "aria-label".

= 3.3.2 =
* New icons: Yandex Zen, Yandex.

= 3.3.1 =
* New icons: Zillow, TikTok, Shutterstock, Aparat

= 3.3.0 =
* Fixed incompatibility with Beaver Builder plugin
* Fixed a bug with multiple "rel" attributes
* Fixed a problem with the icon for OK.ru
* Added support for Telegram links ("t.me" and "tg://resolve..." protocol)

= 3.2.0 =
* New icon set: [Academicons](https://jpswalsh.github.io/academicons/). Includes icons like Academia.edu, Google Scholar, Coursera, ResearchGate, and many more.

= 3.1.0 =
* New icons: HomeAdvisor, TuneIn (old), Stitcher, MyWed
* Updated icons: Unsplash
* New option: Add rel="noopener" to links
* New option: Add rel="noreferrer" to links

= 3.0.13 =
* New option: Icon Alignment (Left/Center/Right)

= 3.0.12 =
* New icons: Mastodon
* Bug fix with EyeEm icon

= 3.0.11 =
* New icons: Beatport, iTunes

= 3.0.10 =
* New icons: Slack, Songkick, ReverbNation

= 3.0.9 =
* Fixed: minor caching issue happening after update to 3.0.8

= 3.0.8 =
* New icons: Ello, Line
* Fixed: links with no labels were missing the anchor text, so we changed the widget to show by default the name of the icon when no label was provided

= 3.0.7 =
* New icons: Discord, Flipboard
* Fixed a few minor bugs

= 3.0.6 =
* New option: Add rel="nofollow" to links
* New icons: WhatsApp, ResearchGate

= 3.0.5 =
* New icons: Tidal, Deezer, Unsplash, Codered, Udemy, CrunchBase, Angie's List, App Store, Nextdoor

= 3.0.4 =
* New icon: Strava

= 3.0.3 =
* New icons: Facebook Messenger, PlayStation Store, Overwatch.

= 3.0.2 =
* Fixed bug [#4](https://github.com/wpzoom/social-icons-widget/issues/4)

= 3.0.1 =
* Fixed a bug with default values

= 3.0.0 =
* Added global color picker for all icons
* New color picker to change hover color
* Icons are now grouped in categories

= 2.2.2 =
* FontAwesome updated to latest version
* New icons: Hellocoton, Quora, Etsy, Bandcamp, Meetup, Linode, IMDB, Telegram

= 2.2.1 =
* Added Viber support (Example: viber://add?number=12345)

= 2.2.0 =
* Added Padding and Size options for icons
* Added support for Skype links (skype:username)

= 2.1.0 =
* New Feature: search icons by keywords
* New Icon Set: Font Awesome - 600+ new icons
* Updated Instagram Icon
* New Icon: EyeEm

= 2.0.1 =

* Added new icon: Bandcamp

= 2.0 =
* Major Upate
* Added Color Picker to change the color of each icon individually
* Added 3 Icon Sets which allows you to choose a custom icon for any links you want.

= 1.0.7 =
* Fixed a bug with links containing the word "play" now showing the right icon.

= 1.0.6 =
* The widget is now fully compatible with the Page Builder by SiteOrigin plugin

= 1.0.5 =
* Added new icons: Snapchat, Telegram, Bloglovin'
* The plugin is now localized and can be easily translated
* Added Romanian translations.

= 1.0.4 =
* Added new icons: LOOKBOOK, feedly

= 1.0.3 =
* Updated Google+ icon
* Added new icons: Airbnb, Baidu, eBay, Medium, Periscope

= 1.0.2 =
* Display proper icons for FeedBurner services

= 1.0.1 =
* Fix TripAdvisor brand color
* Add subtle hover effect for icons
* Add description field for cool call to action headlines

= 1.0 =
* Initial release.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 4.0.0 =
Major update. We've added a new Social Icons Block in the new Gutenberg editor!

= 3.0.0 =
Major update. Make sure to check if all your icons work fine.