how to add social media icons to wordpress account
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How to get social media icons on your WordPress Blog
Charlo8e Cunningham
This presenta;on will show you how to put social media icons on your WordPress Blog
Step 1: Get Image
Download an image of the the social media plaCorms you want your WordPress blog to link to.
3. Resize image to width 65 by height 65 (Pixels) 4.Press Ok
Open image in Photoshop To resize image to: 1. Image 2. Image Size
Step 2: Resize Image
5. Save image as a PNG file 6. Press Save
Step 2: Resize Image
When you are Signed into your WordPress Account it should look something like this
1. Click your blog name in the right hand corner 2. Select it again 3. Select Dashboard
Step 3: Upload Image to upload WordPress
Step 3: Upload Image to upload WordPress
4. When on Dashboard go down to Media 5. Select Media 6. Select Add New
7. Select choose file and upload your Social Media Icon 8. Select upload
Step 3: Upload Image to upload WordPress
Step 4: Create a new post
When Social Media Icons are uploaded 1.Go to the Pin Icon select it 2.Select add new
2. Click on the Images Icons you want to add 3. Select import into post
1.Select Add Media
Step 4: Add Social Media Icons
1. Open YouTube Channel 2. Get URL to YouTube Channel 3. Copy URL
4. Click on Social Media Icon
5. Select Insert link
Step 5: Link Social Media URL to Icon
6.Incert URL 7.Title 8.Select to open link in new window/tan 9.Click Update
10.When you have Linked your all your social media icons to your social media icons 11.Change the viewing from Visual to Text
12.Copy HTML coding
1.Go Back out to dash board 2. Select Appearance 3. Widgets
1.Under Widgets select text 2. Drag text bar up to Primary Side Bar 3. Copy and past HTML into text box 4 Press Save
Step 6: Adding Icons to blog sidebar
Your Icons should appear like this