The Feast Social Icons is a replacement for the Simple Social Icons widget, fixing long-standing duplicate ID accessibility issues in the Simple Social Icons plugin and
We opted to develop the social icons block internally instead of relying on the WordPress social icons block, because WordPress has a very nasty habit of updating and breaking their blocks.
This can be accessed in the block editor by clicking the plus sign to add a block and searching for "feast social" or "social".
Setting up
You'll head to Admin > Feast Plugin > Site Info:
Then fill in the social fields:
Feast+
With Feast+, the Feast Social Icons are automatically given the branded background color that you set.
This can still be overridden on a per-block basis using the options below.
Color
The default color is grey, however, the color can be changed on a block-by-block basis using the block sidebar settings:
Order
You can change order of the icons by using the "Order" field on the block:
The "Order" field can also be used to display only certain social platforms if needed:
Radius
Changing the "Radius" to 0px will give the icons a square corner. A default of 50% is used to create circles.
Size
The "Size" setting can change the size of the icon. The default is 36px for the icons, with 12px of padding around all sizes to create a 50px minimum which is required for minimum-tap-size requirements on mobile:
We don't recommend using an icon size below 36px.
Where is it used
The Feast Social Icons can be used on your:
- about page
- contact page
- footer
We'd generally advise against it going in the sidebar because you want to keep the sidebar short to maximize the sidebar ad revenue.
Navigation menu
This is not currently usable in the navigation menu. This will be incorporated at a later date.
Alignment
When you select the Feast Social Icons block, an align option is available on the block controls:
This will allow you to align them center (the default), left, or right.