Jetpack vs Social Icons
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| Feature | Jetpack v16.3.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.7/5 Visit Details | Social Icons v1.7.4 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 3M+ | 10,000+ |
| Last updated | October 12, 2026 | February 8, 2021 |
| Editions | Jetpack · Jetpack paid plans ($) | Social Icons |
| Pros | Many modules in one plugin, each switched on separately; Brute-force protection and an image CDN without extra services; Contact form with Akismet spam checks and entries kept in admin | Widget and shortcode placement; Large bundled icon set with drag-and-drop sorting; Free with no outside requests |
| Cons | Needs a WordPress.com connection to work fully; Usage tracking runs once the site is connected, with no separate toggle found; Paid plans gate some features, such as multi-step forms | Icon set is limited to the bundled socicon library |
| Mentioned in our posts | 7 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Site stats dashboard, Brute force login protection, Photon image CDN, Social sharing buttons, Related posts, Newsletter and blog subscriptions, XML sitemaps, VideoPress video hosting ($), Secure sign-on through WordPress.com | Social icons widget for sidebars, social_icons_group shortcode, Icon groups stored as a social_icon post type, Drag-and-drop ordering of icons in admin, Large bundled set of social network icons |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | PayPal ($) | — |
| MailPoet | — | |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Other | Akismet, WordPress.com | — |
| Requires WordPress | 7.0 | 4.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | jetpack.wordpress.com, api.bruteprotect.com, public-api.wordpress.com, www.sandbox.paypal.com, www.paypal.com, api-m.sandbox.paypal.com, api.paypal.com, v0.wordpress.com, videopress.com, widgets.wp.com, pixel.wp.com, subscribe.wordpress.com | — |
| Blocks | 60 | — |
| Shortcodes | 60 | 1 |
| Custom tables | 1 | — |