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Customize your social icons

Last reviewed on November 26, 2025

After adding your social media icons, you can customize their appearance to match your site’s design. The Social Icons block offers several styling options, covered in this guide.

Video tutorial

Change the icon style

Choose from preset icon style options by following these steps:

  1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor.
  2. Click the Social Icons block in the list view.
  3. In the block settings sidebar on the right, click the Styles tab (the icon looks like a black and white circle).
  4. Under Styles, choose between:
    • Default: Standard icons.
    • Logos only: Just the social media logos.
    • Pill shape: Icons with rounded corners.
  5. Click “Save or “Publish” in the top-right to apply your changes.
The icon styles option in the Social Icon block's settings styles sidebar.

Change icon colors

To change the color of the icon or the background color of the Social Icons block, follow these steps:

  1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor.
  2. Click the Social Icons block in the list view.
  3. In the block settings sidebar on the right, click the Styles tab (the icon looks like a black and white circle).
  4. Under Color settings, you’ll find options for:
    • Icon color: Changes the color of the social media icons.
    • Icon background: Changes the color behind the icons.
    • Use the () menu to activate the background option to set the background color of the entire Social Icons block.
  5. Click “Save or “Publish” in the top-right to apply your changes.
The color settings in the Social Icons block sidebar settings.

Learn more about the color settings.

Resize your icons

You can resize the icons by following these steps:

  1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor.
  2. Click the Social Icons block in the list view.
  3. In the block toolbar that appears, click the “Size” setting and choose from:
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large
    • Huge
  4. Click “Save or “Publish” in the top-right to apply your changes.
The size option in the block toolbar for the Social Icons block.

Add text labels

By default, social media icons display without text labels. To add labels:

  1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor.
  2. Click the Social Icons block in the List View.
  3. In the block settings sidebar on the right, find the “Show text” option and toggle it on. The name of the social media platform will appear with the icon.
  4. If you want to modify the text, click on a single icon and open the block settings sidebar.
  5. Enter the text you want to appear in the “Text” field.
  6. Click “Save or “Publish” in the top-right to apply your changes.
Social icons displaying the text label.

Add a border to your social icons

To add a border or a shadow to your Social Icons block, follow these steps:

  1. Select List View in the top-left corner of the editor.
  2. Click the Social Icons block in the list view.
  3. In the block settings sidebar on the right, click the Styles icon. It looks like a black and white circle.
  4. Locate the “Border” section.
  5. Adjust the border width, color, and radius using the available controls.

Learn more about adding a border.

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