[Resolved] social media icons in my footer

[Amelie]

Hi,
I would like to add my social medias in the footer (not in the footer widgets).
I tried the plugins you were talking about in others support requests but this is not what I’m looking for.
I want to be able to decide what color and hover color my icons will be, they should be circular and on the left side of the footer (as there is a text on the left side).

How can I do that please ?
Thanks for your support.
Regards

[Tom]

Hi there,

You could try this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/lightweight-social-icons/

Then you would need this plugin to turn it into a shortcode: https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-shortcode/

Then you can use the Copyright add-on to add the shortcode into the copyright area.

Let me know if you need more info 🙂

[Amelie]

Thanks Tom,
It works! 🙂 Can I get rid of the Shortcode plugin once I put the shortcode in the copyrights area or should I keep the 2 plugins?

[Tom]

You’ll need to keep the two plugins.

Glad it’s working 🙂

[Steven McGregor]

Is there any reason why this wouldn’t work any more? I added the shortcode to the footer copyright area and it just shows the widget shortcut and not the actual content.

[Steven McGregor]

Sorry, my bad. It does work, it just doesn’t show up properly in the customizer.

[Tom]

Ah yes, the live preview for shortcodes is fixed in the next version 🙂

[richpags]

Hey Tom,

Just wondering if it was possible to have different colors for social media icons?
Instead of them all being the same?

Thanks
Richie

[Tom]

In Lightweight Social Icons? You would need to use custom CSS for now.

[richpags]

Hi Tom,

Yep, for Lightweight Social Icons.
All good mate.

Might have a play.

Cheers
Richie

[Tom]

Cool, let me know if you need any help 🙂

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