Today I will show you an easy way to add Social Media Icons to your WordPress blog by using Text Widget.
If you found it difficult to do. You can also use social media plugins such as Easy Social Icons, Simple Social Icons … for your WordPress Blog.
1. In your WordPress dashboard go to Media > Add New.
2. Upload Social Icons to your hosting. Go to Dashboard\Media\Library, Click on image and get the image url.
3. Add text widget to the The Extra Header Widget Area, or Sidebar or anywhere that you like
4. Add below code to your text widget
<a href="Paste-your-social-link-here" target="_blank" > <img src="paste-your-social- image-link-that-you-have-copied-here" alt=""></a>
5. Save the text widget and review.
Example
Here is the code on my text-widget
<div style="text-align:center;" ><a><img src="http://theme29.aiwsolutions.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iconset_01.png" scale="0"> </a><a href="#faecbooklinkhere"> <img src="http://theme29.aiwsolutions.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iconset_02.png" scale="0"> </a><a href="#pinterest link here"> <img src="http://theme29.aiwsolutions.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iconset_03.png" scale="0"> </a><a href="#twitter link here"> <img src="http://theme29.aiwsolutions.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/iconset_04.png" scale="0"> </a></div>
And here is the result
