Facebook & INstagram

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  talianafashion · Member · May 17, 2016 at 10:47 am

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  Please could you advise how I could add the facebook & instagram icon (that willl go to my profile) to my website/blog..

  Thanks,

  Talia

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  fattymattybrewing · Member · May 17, 2016 at 4:58 pm

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  Yes, if you login to your wordpress account, navigate to your dashboard and in the sidebar click on Appearance>Widgets and you can add the Facebook and Instagram widget to your website, note you will have to be using a theme which supports widget areas.

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  timethief · Member · May 17, 2016 at 5:11 pm

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  Please see the relevant support docs for instructions:
  Social Media Icons Widget
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/social-media-icons-widget/
  Add Social Media Buttons to Your Sidebar or Footer
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/add-social-media-buttons-to-your-sidebar-or-footer/
  Add a Social Links Menu
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/social-links-menu/

  Make sure you are logged into Instagram when doing the widget set up.
  The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  * You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with your actual blog’s name in that URL.

  The Instagram widget allows you to display your latest Instagram photos in your site’s sidebar and the guide for setting up the only one that will work on a wordpress.COM hosted blog is here https://en.support.wordpress.com/instagram/instagram-widget/
  Also, note this support doc
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/#widget-visibility

  Is your Instagram account public? Or is is private, and therefore, blocked when it comes to display of images in the widget on your blog? And, are you logged in when authorizing it?

  This particular widget needs to be authorized using the WP admin widget page rather than the customizer. If you go to Dashboard > Appearance> Widgets from the WP Admin dashboard and authorize the widget from there, you’ll have much better luck. From: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/instagram-widget-wont-authorize-access?replies=9#post-2333822

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  timethief · Member · May 17, 2016 at 5:13 pm

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  For enabling sharing icons on the bottom of posts and pages see the support docs at https://en.support.wordpress.com/ and type in sharing.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/

  For auto posting to social networks see Publicize
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/