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title: Social Links Block
description: "You can share your social media profiles very easily by using the \"Social Links\" block in the [PublishPress Blocks](https://publishpress.com/links/blocks) plugin. This block allows you to add links to your company / organization / personal profile on all the major social networks. --- ##…"
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/social-links-block/"
updated: "2025-05-14"
category: PublishPress Blocks / PublishPress Blocks
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# Social Links Block

You can share your social media profiles very easily by using the "Social Links" block in the [PublishPress Blocks](https://publishpress.com/links/blocks) plugin. This block allows you to add links to your company / organization / personal profile on all the major social networks.

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## How to add a Social Links block

You can add this block by clicking the "Social Links - PublishPress" button in the [PublishPress Blocks](https://publishpress.com/links/blocks) category.

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-17.56.52.png)

This next image shows the Social Links block inside the Gutenberg editor:

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/social-links.png)

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## How to add new links to your Social Links block

- After you have created a PublishPress Social Links blocks, click on one of the icons shown below:

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/add-social-media-link-1024x322.png)

- Enter the full URL to your social media profile.
- In the right sidebar, choose icon for this social network.

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/choose-icon-1-1024x244.png)

- Repeat this process for more social networks:

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/choose-twitter-1-1024x239.png)

- If you want to add more social profiles, click the + icon above your **Social Links** block:

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/add-social-link-1024x354.png)

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## Settings for the Social Links block

You can use the ready-made icon or upload your own icon, and adjust some more options from the right panel.

- **Preset Icons: **you can upload your custom icon
- **Preset Icon Color**
- **Icons settings**
  - Icon size, space

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-17.57.33.png)

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## Default settings for the Social Links blocks

You can set default options for every PublishPress Social Links block added to your site. This is possible with the [PublishPress Blocks default configuration](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/default-blocks-config/) feature and it allows you to create a consistent look-and-feel for all your social links.

- Go to **Blocks** in your WordPress admin menu, then **PublishPress Blocks**.

- Click **Social Links** settings icon.

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-17.58.39.png)

- Adjust the default settings and save.

![](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-17.58.54.png)