Spun theme – display social media icons

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  elizabethtabi · Member · Feb 29, 2016 at 3:57 pm

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  Hi everybody,

  I am using the free version of the Spun theme. Late last year I managed to add two social media icons (Twitter and Tumblr) to the bottom right of my site page – elizabethktabi.wordpress.com.

  I would now like to add to and change these icons, but for some reason, I cannot for the life of me remember how I got them to show in the first place.
  Please note, I am referring to the permanently displayed icons at the bottom right of my page, not the expandable widget section (identifiable by a ‘+’ sign) which is just above it.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

  Thanks,
  Eliz.

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  elizabethtabi · Member · Feb 29, 2016 at 4:15 pm

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  Okay, sod’s law that I figure it out straight after I ask the question, but hopefully what I type below can help other people nonetheless.

  You need to connect your social media sites to your WordPress account/blog via the Settings>Sharing option in WP Admin.

  After that, you go to your Customizer (or Appearance>Customize in WP Admin) and select ‘Connect’, where you then choose the accounts you’d like to display symbols for in your page footer.
  Unfortunately, Instagram isn’t included, which I believe is due to not being able to post from WordPress to Instagram. However, you can use a widget for that.

  Here’s the link to the WordPress.com support page that helped me: https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/social-links-menu/.

  Best of luck!
  Eliz.