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Add social media icons/badges to your footer

Learn more about adding social media icons and badges to your footer

Written by Madeline Buchanan

Last updated: 09/12/2024

Linking to your socials is a great way to legitimize your site and market your business. A great way to plug your social media accounts is by adding icons and badges to your footer. The process is simple:

Update your contact information

1. Before you can add icons or badges to your footer, you need to make sure your social media accounts are linked to your contact information. To do this, navigate to your site's footer and click into to it to begin editing. Once you've selected the proper section, the editing panel will appear on the lefthand side of your screen:

2. Scroll over to the section labeled "contact information" and select it. Once selected, scroll down on the lefthand editing panel until you see "social media" :

3. This is where you can add links to Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and more. Once you've added your social links, you're ready to customize your icons.

Icon customization

1. After adding social links, you can begin customizing the size, appearance, and hover style of your icons. First, select the footer again to ensure you're editing in the right place. Once selected, scroll down on the lefthand panel until you see "Social media icons" :

2. Use the options in the drop-down to customize the look of your icons. Once you're pleased, hit publish.