How to Add Social Media Icons Like Facebook and Twitter to Your Wordpress Website

byErsonp24

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12 years ago

While working today on my website, I've learned some simple steps on how to add social media icons like Facebook and Twitter and thought it's worth sharing. Here's how:

1. On your Dashboard, click on Plugins --> Add New. This will open the Install Plugin page.

2. On the Install Plugin page, type the word "social" in the Search field. This will provide you a list of plugins which will allow you to add social media icons.

3. Choose the plugin which you would like to install. In my case, I chose Super Socializer by The Champ but it's really up to you which one you'd like to install for your website. The steps below may not be applicable if you'd select a different plugin.

4. Install and activate the plugin. Once activated, you should now see Super Socializer on your Dashboard.

5. Click on Super Socializer and then click on Social Sharing. This will bring you to the Basic Configuration page.

6. You will see two (2) tabs. Provider Selection and Social Sharing tabs.

7. Under Provider Selection tab, choose the social media icons you would like to place on your website by putting a check mark beside them.

8. Under Social Sharing tab, you'd be able to choose the title, location, and areas on your website you would like the icons to appear.

That's it. Your social media icons should be ready for your visitors to share your website to social media networks. You can explore the plugin for additional options.

Note: To disable sharing on particular page/post, edit that page/post and check the "Disable Social Sharing on this page" option at the bottom in "Super Socializer" section.

Hope this helps. Sorry, it's really difficult to add screenshots right now as I'm just working using my IPad.