A WordPress plug-in which adds a sidebar widget containing a subtle list of all your social homes as linked favicons. 
Version 3.x of Social Homes allows you to add any link you want, so the list of available services is endless. Just add a name and a URL and Social Homes will fetch the page’s favicon and create the link automatically!
- If you leave the name field as the default ‘Service Name’, Social Homes will fetch the page’s title and use that as a name.
- If you uncheck the box next to a service, that service will not appear on your blog but the data will stay saved in the database.
- To delete an entry, clear out the address box and save your changes.
You can download the plug-in here.
Is anyone having trouble with this plugin on WordPress 2.8.4 or higher? — I know it says WordPress 2.7.1 — I just wanted to see if it worked. I’m getting a “Fatal error: Cannot redeclare widget_socialhomes()”
If anyone could suggest a fix, that would be great
Hey Nathan,
That’s odd, I’ve got it running on this blog and I’m at WP 2.8.5. Are you using the latest version of Social Homes? And do you have more than one instance of the plugin running at the same time?
Hi – I sent you an email, and now I’m trying to get an answer by adding a comment. The plugin works great, except for when I put a link to the Linkedin public profile page. Then no fav image. If it’s just to linkedin.com, works though. Help please?
Hi Christina,
Sorry for not answering earlier. I am aware of the LinkedIn bug and am working on fixing it.
Thanks!
-Elie
Great to know, but it’s now affecting Twitter for me as well (non-display of favicon). Strange.
Great to know, but it’s now affecting Twitter for me as well (non-display of favicon). Strange. Also–April was a while ago! Still no fix…
You plugin seems to work better than any other for getting my social icons into my WordPress sidebar, but I can’t seem to add my RSS feed… I mean the link works but the icon won’t show. What do I do?
i host 5 of my blogs on Blogspot and it is really good for beginners. but if you want something with more features, nothing beats wordpress:-”
good plugin! keep going
I have just installed this plugin and it appears LinkedIn is still not working…any ideas on when this will be fixed?
Thank you.
thats a great plugin.thanks
Although the plug-in works, the icons are not clickable, although I have selected the correct options. Any clue as to what to do?
Thanks!
Love this plug-in! I do have an issue, however. My site is secured with an SSL certificate (i.e. https://). The widget works great but the remotely hosted icons show up as ‘unauthenticated content’ and security issues, in Firefox 3 and IE8, respectively. Is there any way to store the individual favicons LOCALLY so I can authenticate them and restore the secure nature of my site? Thanks!
Thanks for this fabulous plug-in! Easy to use and a great add-on ton a clean simple site.
One question: how can I make the icons display as 48X48 rather than the miniature versions that currently display?
Nice plugin. Does it work on the latest installation of WP?
I have been trying to add a twitter service to my sidebar. The link works, but the logo does not appear – just a shape. I’m not sure about the the twitter URL format. The URL at the top of the target page is http://twitter.com/LISMalumni#. I notice that if I substitute @LISMalumni the widget displays the logo, but of course ther is no such URL. Baffled!
Installed Social Homes and everything works except no Twitter icon shows up. I’ve checked and rechecked the url and that is the only social icon that will not show up but is instead replaced by text. Any thoughts? Other than that, great plugin.
Thanks
I cannot get the flickr favicon to show up in IE at all