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Plan a move Radar no. 57 · Quiet

Social Media Widget

By Blink Web Effects

What it does: Adds a widget with links to social media profiles.

Why it’s listed: Five past advisories are on record, and it was last updated in 2024.

View on WordPress.org ↗ Checked Reviewed by Abhishek Deshpande

Active installs
30k+
Last updated
2024-06-10
Tested up to
6.4.14
Rating
3.9 / 5 (84)
Version
4.0.9
Maintainers
1

Is Social Media Widget still maintained?

It has gone over two years without an update.

Quiet: No update for over a year.

Placements are our opinion, based on public evidence. Risk here means a plugin may not get a fix if a problem appears. It doesn’t mean we found a flaw, unless we show an advisory. Going quiet alone never puts a plugin in Replace now.

Updates No release since 2024-06-10. That was 2 yr 5 mo before our check. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31
Compatibility Tested up to WordPress 6.4.14. WordPress 7.1.4 was current on 2026-10-31. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31
Security 5 public advisories on record. Details are below. wpvulnerability.net · checked 2026-10-31
Reviews The latest 10 reviews average 3.9 stars, against 3.9 overall. 2 of them gave 1 or 2 stars. Newest activity: 2020-06-05. We see no negative trend. WordPress.org reviews · checked 2026-10-31
Maintainers 1 listed contributor. No recent support threads. WordPress.org plugin directory · checked 2026-10-31
Usage 1,421 downloads in the last 30 days, including updates. 98.48% of sites run version 4.0. WordPress.org stats · checked 2026-10-31

What to do next

  1. Back up the site, and use a staging copy for any change.
  2. Try one of the alternatives below, then remove this plugin.

If it works today, no need to panic. Plan the change around your next update.

Recommended alternatives to Social Media Widget

Social Icons block ↗

Built into the block editor.

No extra plugin needed

Simple Social Icons ↗

Social icons in a widget.

100k+ installs · 4.3 stars · Updated 2026-09-17 · Tested 7.1.4

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons ↗

Share buttons and social icons.

100k+ installs · 4.8 stars · Updated 2026-09-18 · Tested 7.0.8

Each listed plugin was updated in the last six months, is tested with WordPress 7.0 or newer, and had no open advisory in WPVulnerability when we checked. We have not tried them ourselves. No one pays to appear here.

Security record

AdvisorySeverityFixed in
Security issue Not scored 1.0.8
Security issue Not scored 4.0.2
Cross-site scripting Not scored 2.3
CVE-2024-0974 ↗
Cross-site scripting
Medium (4.8) 4.0.9
CVE-2013-1949 ↗
Remote file inclusion
Not scored 4.0.1

wpvulnerability.net · checked 2026-10-31

A listed advisory does not mean the current version is exploitable.

Latest reviews

Dates show last activity. Titles are written by WordPress.org users.

Also on this radar: Social sharing and feeds

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