Lightweight Social Icons v1.1
Lightweight Social Icons is an easy to use, lightweight social icon widget which lets you display your favorite social profile icons. The icons use an icon font, meaning you can choose the size, borde...
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- Audit coverage Up to date 12 versions audited
- On Plugin Auditor since Sep 11, 2026
- Last audited Sep 11, 2026
Compatibility & requirements
The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.
- Requires WordPress 4.5+
- Tested up to WP 5.4 WP 7.1.3 is current
- Version adoption 94% run the current version
Audit scores by category
125 checksHow this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.
- 113 Passed
- 11 Warnings
- 1 Failed
36 of 37 checks passed.
53 of 61 checks passed.
11 of 12 checks passed.
5 of 6 checks passed.
3 of 3 checks passed.
5 of 6 checks passed.
Code footprint
How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.
ZIP file size
85.1 KB
211.9 KB unzipped
Total files
11
across all file types
Lines of PHP
656
in 1 files Small
File types
- CSS
- JS
- TXT
- EOT
- Other
Top issues
The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.
- 0 Critical
- 38 High
- 4 Medium
- 17 Low
This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.
View full reportHow scores changed across versions
Across 12 audited versions of Lightweight Social Icons, Performance improved the most (+9). No category regressed over this span. The codebase shrank 1% in size.
Audited 0.1 → 1.1 · 12 versions
How issues changed across versions
Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.
Download momentum
How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.
Last 7 days
95
downloads
Today
15
downloads
Week over week
0%
vs previous week
Month over month
+13%
vs previous month
Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: Abandoned.
Version intelligence
6.5% of installs run an older version
≈ 1.9K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.
- Other
- v1.1
Maintenance & history
How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.
Last updated
77 mo ago
Mar 18, 2020
Looks abandonedRelease cadence
~ every 137 days
average between releases
Total releases
12
since Aug 2014 · 12 yrs
Contributors & developers
The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.
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