Social Networks
Most popular social widgets in one plugin. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+
Consider an alternative
Social Networks shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- No update in 12 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 3.7 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Social Networks stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| >100 | |
| google plus | >100 |
| >100 | |
| >100 | |
| youtube | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 from 6 reviews
About Social Networks
From the official readme · v1.3.13Description
Social Networks is a powerful but easy to use extensions that helps you display your online social life by connecting to
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+ all in one place.
Social Networks is also the easiest way to show feed from your social networks – links, images and video.
★ All browser working like IE7+, Firefox 2+ ★ Fully configurable from administrator panel.
★ Provide slick design
★ Support a range of options giving you control of position of social media tabs panel area
★ Facilitate display order for social tabs, the default profile to display on page load and whether to show or hide the sliding panel on page load
★ Facilitate uses widgets to add the tabs to the website pages and can handle multiple media tabs per page
★ Available and support Multiple Layouts and Multiple Themes
★ Allow overriding layout in the current template design or theme
★ Completely customizable in admin section ★Supports FF2+,IE7+,Opera, Safari, Chrome
★ Open source
★ Free upgrades at least in current version branch
Installation
Upload the Social Networks plugin to your blog, Activate it, then enter your social ids
1, 2, 3: You’re done!
Changelog
1.3.13
- CSS update
1.3.12
- Ipad IOS compatibility
1.3.11
- CSS update IE8
1.3.10
- Minor CSS fix
1.3.9
- CSS Update for admin and fronted
- Tested on WP 3.7
1.3.8
- Minor updates
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FAQ
Social Networks: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 5, 2026
Is Social Networks free?
Yes. Social Networks is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Social Networks safe to use in 2026?
Social Networks shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Social Networks?
Social Networks is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 8,201 times since it launched in October 2013. It was downloaded 82 times in the last 30 days.
Does Social Networks work with WordPress 7.1?
Social Networks is officially tested up to WordPress 3.7.41, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Social Networks last updated?
The latest version, 1.3.13, was released on May 20, 2014 (12 years ago).
Who makes Social Networks?
Social Networks is developed and maintained by Invoice.
What are the best alternatives to Social Networks?
The most popular alternatives to Social Networks are Meta for WooCommerce (400K+ installs), Meta pixel for WordPress (400K+ installs) and Nextend Social Login and Re… (200K+ installs).
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