By simply inserting links from Admin Dashboard under Settings Menu, one can show social media icons on the website. This plugin provides very attractive interface which allows you to make settings for those social media icons, in the means of :

• Type of icons round and square
• Animated Rotation Effect in Icons.
• Shadow in icons.
• Different size of social icons.
• Widget and Shortcode

Awesome Social Icons is providing two type of icons square and round, further there is also animation effect which looks much attractive. You can check live demo

Awesome Social Icons Live Demo

Its all depends on users choice that either he wants animation/round/sqaure or with any combinations he needs.

This plugin comes with Shortcode which can be use any where in your website :
[awesome_social_icon]
You can also use this plugins as animated social icons.This plugin also come with widget, so you can also put widget in sidebar or in footer or any where from widget menu.
Its simple,unique and best WordPress plugin for social icons. Awesome Social Icons allow you to add following social icons in your website
* Facebook * Twitter * RSS * YouTube * LinkedIn * Flickr * Pinterest * StumbleUpon * Google Plus * Instagram * Tumblr * Vine