Market

social profiles

Social Profiles matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around turning onsite engagement widgets into measurable leads, trust, and conversions, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Popups, social proof, reviews, quizzes, and embeds can hurt trust or performance unless teams can prove they work. The entry wedge is to audit engagement widgets, conversion handoffs, display rules, and trust signals before they damage campaigns.

Proof Health

Open evidence

Commercial opportunities need traceable source links before they are treated as build-worthy.

57 / 77 rows with source links

74.0% of this page's analysis has direct source links.

0 build-decision rows missing links

0 rows here require auditable proof before promotion.

20 rows with no attached evidence

0 rows have source counts but still need direct links.

Opportunity Summary

Full report

Build an onsite conversion and engagement operations plugin for marketing teams, agencies, publishers, and ecommerce operators: Popups, social proof, reviews, quizzes, and embeds can hurt trust or performance unless teams can prove they work. The first wedge is to audit engagement widgets, conversion handoffs, display rules, and trust signals before they damage campaigns.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Popups, social proof, reviews, quizzes, and embeds can hurt trust or performance unless teams can prove they work. Current stage: commercial watchlist.

Themes

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Competitors

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Lightweight Social Icons 30.0K installs · 4.7

weak incumbent

-100.0%momentum 68.8weakness 18/34pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, missing feature despite praise for quality, easy.

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Socials Ignited 2.0K installs · 4.3

praise owner

-100.0%momentum 65.8weakness 15/5pain/praise

Pain still appears around missing feature, compatibility despite praise for quality, reliable.

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Simple Social Icons 100.0K installs · 4.3

weak incumbent

-100.0%momentum 59.2weakness 11/30pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, bugs despite praise for easy, quality.

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More Widgets 1.0K installs · 5.0

praise owner

-100.0%momentum 37.4weakness 1/1pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, compatibility despite praise for easy, quality.

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User Social Profiles 200 installs · 0.0

watchlist

-100.0%momentum 34.2weakness 0/0pain/praise

Open gap: users report support without a matching collected praise theme.

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Evidence

Open evidence explorer

complaint Storefront Mega Menus not working

Storefront Mega Menus not working: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Storefront Mega Menus not working I noticed that after activating Socials Ignited, which I love, my Storefront Mega Menu is not working anymore. complaint News about plugin temporary removal from WordPress.org

News about plugin temporary removal from WordPress.org: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · I would like to have more info about the removal. complaint Screwed up

Screwed up: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · Screwed up I’ve been using this plug-in / widget successfully and without issue for YEARS with StudioPress and suddenly THE WIDGET NO LONGER DISPLAYS THE SOCIAL ICONS THE WHOLE WIDGET WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR. complaint Improve performance and security when opening in a new window

Improve performance and security when opening in a new window: users show security, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Improve performance and security when opening in a new window Hello, when the option Open in new window is used I will suggest to add the attribute rel=”noopener” in order to improve both performance and security. mixed Can’t Save Widget get a 403 error on admin-ajax.php

Can’t Save Widget get a 403 error on admin-ajax.php: users show security, bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Can’t Save Widget get a 403 error on admin-ajax.php Hello, Wanted to share an issue I came across when trying to save the Widget on our new host. complaint Currently broken in v2.0

Currently broken in v2.0: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · Currently broken in v2.0 As others have reported, instead of the icons, there’s a smeared coloured box. mixed Request: Mastodon

Request: Mastodon: users show security, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · There’s a huge migration of Twitter users right now, and many are going to a Mastodon server. mixed error fatal php 8

error fatal php 8: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · error fatal php 8 Hello, i have this error fatal when server is running php 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3. complaint Broken from most recent update

Broken from most recent update: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · Broken from most recent update I have over 1,000 clients use this plugin, the most recent update broke the ability to change the font color for the icon, it will change to whatever the background color is set at. praise Broken Plugin, no updates in 30 days

Broken Plugin, no updates in 30 days: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · Broken Plugin, no updates in 30 days Liked this plugin a lot. complaint Rollover animations, some logos don’t import

Rollover animations, some logos don’t import: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Rollover animations, some logos don’t import I saw a demo of a site with this plugin, and the icons darkened when rolled over. complaint Icons Not Showing, but links active

Icons Not Showing, but links active: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Yesterday I purchased a new theme (Mary Poppins). complaint Can’t change colors in Social Ignited icons

Can’t change colors in Social Ignited icons: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · i’ve installed the plugin on my website but i cannot change the colors neither the icon color nor the background and border colores. complaint Is not possible to change color of the icon, is black…

Is not possible to change color of the icon, is black…: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · Is not possible to change color of the icon, is black… Is not possible to change color of the icon, is black… Is not possible to change color of the icon, is black… Hi, @xdynx . complaint Ensure Text Remains Visible During Webfont Load

Ensure Text Remains Visible During Webfont Load: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Lightweight Social Icons · After installing this plugin “Lightweight Social Icons” my website is getting the error “Ensure Text Remains Visible During WebFont Load” inside Google’s PageSpeed Insights tools. complaint Lightweight social icons – icon orientation

Lightweight social icons – icon orientation: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Lightweight Social Icons · Lightweight social icons – icon orientation Hi there, Using Lightweight social icons plugin for my page footer. complaint TikTok

TikTok: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · TikTok Will you be adding TikTok to the simple social icons so we can link to our TikTok accounts soon? complaint Social Icons Not Displaying Properly

Social Icons Not Displaying Properly: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Lightweight Social Icons · Best regards, Amy The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hello, I have two social icons in my website’s footer (Facebook and Instagram) however they are not showing as the correct logos for each; instead that show as white squares. mixed Unclear deprecated functionality, no central settings anymore

Unclear deprecated functionality, no central settings anymore: users show compatibility, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Unclear deprecated functionality, no central settings anymore What a joke. complaint How to centre social icons to middle of page?

How to centre social icons to middle of page?: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Any help would be appreciated. mixed No option to add icon

No option to add icon: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · No option to add icon Hello, I’m using Socials Ignited version 1.9.6 In the CI Socials Ignited widget I cannot add icon or social links The console says: Uncaught TypeError: jQuery(…).sortable is not a function admin_widget.js?ver=4.5.3:12 Thank you, Nick https://wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/ Hello, I’m using Socials Ignited version 1.9.6 In the CI mixed Update of widget.php needed for width and height

Update of widget.php needed for width and height: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Update of widget.php needed for width and height Thanks for the nice update this week. mixed Social icons in header

Social icons in header: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · Social icons in header I very much hope you can help me. mixed Can’t find any way to configure social networks

Can’t find any way to configure social networks: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Can’t find any way to configure social networks Just installed this plugin and am trying to follow the plugin’s own installation instructions. complaint Please Update Lightweight Social Icons Plugin !!

Please Update Lightweight Social Icons Plugin !!: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Lightweight Social Icons · Please Update Lightweight Social Icons Plugin !! complaint Icons appearing as blank squares on Windows phone

Icons appearing as blank squares on Windows phone: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · I’m using the Dubstep theme with the CI Social Ignited widget, which works great on browsers and iphones, but the social media icons appear as blank squares with no symbols on Windows phone. complaint Plugin not Functioning

Plugin not Functioning: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · Plugin not Functioning I am using a cssigniter theme. complaint support for TYNI theme

support for TYNI theme: users show compatibility, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

More Widgets · support for TYNI theme hi would you please advise how can I with this widget add on increase number of widget areas in this theme ? complaint No icons, just grey boxes

No icons, just grey boxes: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · No icons, just grey boxes I just updated PHP to 8.0 and this might have already been an issue, but I didn’t notice. complaint Ititial Configuration

Ititial Configuration: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Structured Social Profiles · Ititial Configuration I cant get it working. complaint social icons do not appear in the side widget

social icons do not appear in the side widget: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · I am using genesis framework with simply pro theme. complaint background shows, icon does not

background shows, icon does not: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · background shows, icon does not I’ve set up a homepage in a test site: https://test.adunate.com/ and the social media icons work perfectly. complaint Upgrade plugin to latest version of Font Awesome?

Upgrade plugin to latest version of Font Awesome?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · However due to some big changes introduced in the font pack on version 5.0, it might take some time to make sure we can maintain backwards compatibility. complaint ARIA IDs are not unique

ARIA IDs are not unique: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Simple Social Icons · The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Lighthouse throws “ARIA IDs are not unique” accesibility voilation and pulls the score down as the icons have the IDs populated twice. complaint Upgrade of Font Awesome

Upgrade of Font Awesome: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · However, I have just found out that it loads Font Awesome 5; the template I am using, though, already loads Font Awesome 4.4.0 so there is a conflict and the icons of the template have disappeared. complaint simply doesn't work

simply doesn't work: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Socials Ignited · https://wordpress.org/plugins/socials-ignited/ Hi there, what widget options are you setting? complaint How to change font size for Advanced Recent Posts

How to change font size for Advanced Recent Posts: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

More Widgets · The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi there, this plugin is exactly what I was looking for! complaint Amazon icon?

Amazon icon?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Lightweight Social Icons · I see there’s been an earlier request for an Amazon icon (three years ago), and the response was that you’d see about adding it to the next update. complaint [Feature Request] Add Meetup social icon

[Feature Request] Add Meetup social icon: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Lightweight Social Icons · [Feature Request] Add Meetup social icon Please excuse the duplication as I wasn’t sure if this goes here, to the GeneratePress Support forum , or Github . complaint Medium icon

Medium icon: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Lightweight Social Icons · Medium icon Is it possible to add an icon for Medium ?