Social media icons

Theme section

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Add the Social media icons section to display links to your social media pages.

Set up section

Add this section to any template (except Checkout) and use the drag-and-drop handles to re-order its position. You can add this section multiple times with different content and settings.

Editing a template changes all pages that use that template. To edit specific pages, you can create new templates or insert dynamic content with metafields.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

  1. Select a Template to edit from the dropdown menu in the top bar.

    Learn how to use templates in our Templates guide.

  2. Under Template, click (+) Add section and select Social media icons.

  3. Click and hold the drag-and-drop handles ⋮⋮ to re-order your sections.

Add social media blocks

To display social icons, you will need to copy and paste the URL of your social media accounts to their respective blocks. Social icons are available for: Facebook, Pinterest, X (Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Tumblr, Vimeo, Youtube, and Snapchat.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

  1. Click +Add block to select a social icon block and/or click on that block to open the settings.

  2. Paste the URL of your social media account.

  3. (Optional.) Click and hold the drag handles ⋮⋮ to rearrange the blocks:

    Click Remove block in the block settings to delete a block.

    Click the Eye icon to hide or unhide a block.

  4. Click Save.

Section heading and style

Change the heading text and choose to use the outline section style.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

  1. Click the Social media icons section to open the settings.

  2. Add a Heading.

    This appears above the social media icons.

  3. (Optional.) Choose to enable the Outline section style for an alternate look.

    This option removes the section background and adds a border around the section, which uses your store's border color setting.

  4. Click Save.

Settings reference

Click the Social media icons section to find the following settings.

Setting
Description

Heading

Add text to display as a heading for the section.

Outline section

Enable this option to remove the section background and add a border around the section, which uses your store's border color setting.

Related links

Text columns with images

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