Title: BossSocial
Author: The-Boss
Published: <strong>December 20, 2012</strong>
Last modified: May 23, 2014

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# BossSocial

 By [The-Boss](https://profiles.wordpress.org/the-boss-1/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bosssocial.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bosssocial/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bosssocial/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bosssocial/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bosssocial/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bosssocial/)

## Description

The BossSocial plugin allows you to link of the most popular social networking sites.
The plugin comes with a custom widget allowing you to place social icons in any 
widget location or sidebar or place them in posts and pages with the BossSocial 
shortcode.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * screenshot-1.jpg

## Installation

 1. Upload the /boss-social/ folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
 2. Activate the BossSocial plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
 3. Configure your settings in the new “BossSocial” menu which appears.
 4. Display your icons using the custom widget or shortcode.

## FAQ

  To use BossSocial in your posts and pages you can use the shortcode:

[boss_social_icon type=”” url=””]

  You can use “type” parameter to select social icon eg:

[boss_social_icon type=”facebook” url=””]

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“BossSocial” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ The-Boss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/the-boss-1/)
 *   [ silver530 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/silver530/)

[Translate “BossSocial” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bosssocial)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bosssocial/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bosssocial/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bosssocial/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bosssocial/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bosssocial/)
 * Tags
 * [icon](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/icon/)[shortcode](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
   [social](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/social/)[widget](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/bosssocial/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ The-Boss ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/the-boss-1/)
 *   [ silver530 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/silver530/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bosssocial/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://the-boss.org/help-me/)