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  swaylivingblog · Member · Jul 12, 2016 at 12:53 am

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  Hi, I am having trouble linking wordpress to facebook. Even though I specified wordpress to be linked to my fb business page – the button link in the blog takes me to my personal page? I also need to remove the linkedin button and wanted to add instagram if possible?

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  leifq · Member · Jul 12, 2016 at 3:58 am

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  Hi there,

  Were you able to find the information needed to make the changes you wanted to make?

  Looking at http://swaylivingblog.wordpress.com/ I can see both the Instagram and LinkedIn icons displayed in the Social Media Widget, though the corresponding links are not set to any specific social media pages or profiles.

  If this is the particular widget being used, there is more information on setting it up here:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/social-media-icons-widget/

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  swaylivingblog · Member · Jul 12, 2016 at 7:40 am

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  Hi! Thanks for responding to my query. I didn’t realise the icons were widgets – I was trying to find a way to disable the icons via the sharing link under ‘configure’ where you actually enable connections to social media…maybe this is where I was going wrong?! I will give the widgets a go. Cheers for the help.

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  leifq · Member · Jul 12, 2016 at 6:38 pm

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  Ahh, I see.

  Yes, the Configure > Sharing > Connections (Publicize) section allows you to connect your blog to social media accounts. Once configured, any posts published from your WordPress.com site will automatically be posted to the connected social media account(s).
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/

  The Configure > Sharing > Sharing Buttons section allows selected social media network buttons to be displayed on posts and/or pages. This provides a way for others to share your WordPress.com site’s content to those social networks.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/

  And the Social Icon areas – which I believe were the areas you wanted to edit – can usually be customized in two places, Widgets and/or Menus
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/social-media-icons-widget/
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/social-links-menu/

  Hope that sorts it out a bit ;)

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  swaylivingblog · Member · Jul 12, 2016 at 11:37 pm

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  yep, thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

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  leifq · Member · Jul 14, 2016 at 4:36 am

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  No problem. Glad to help :)