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Social Icons

2 min readUpdated June 15, 2026

Social icons are a row of small clickable icons shown below your bio text and above your links. They are designed for quick access to your social profiles — separate from the main links list and shared across all languages on the same bio page.

Adding a social icon#

  1. In the bio page editor, scroll to the Social Icons section
  2. Click + Add Social Icon
  3. A new row appears with an icon picker and a URL field
  4. Click the icon to open the picker and select the platform
  5. Enter the profile URL in the URL field
  6. Save the bio page

Add as many social icons as you need. The row displays them in the order they are listed — drag the handle (⠿) on the left to reorder.

Available platforms#

WP LinkCanvas includes 40+ built-in icons across three groups:

Creator and fan platforms — OnlyFans, Patreon, PayPal, Stripe, Amazon Pay, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Bitcoin

Social and content — Instagram, X (Twitter), Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Snapchat, Threads, Bluesky, Reddit, Tumblr, Mastodon, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Skype, Viber, LINE, WeChat, Weibo, VK, Spotify, SoundCloud, Deezer, Bandcamp, Twitch, Vimeo, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Stack Overflow, Medium, Dribbble, Behance, Figma, Slack, Shopify, Etsy, Amazon, eBay, Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Apple, Google, Microsoft, WordPress, Wikipedia, IMDb, Goodreads, Strava

Custom icon image#

If the platform you need is not in the built-in list, you can upload your own icon image. In the icon picker, paste a direct image URL in the Custom image URL field at the bottom of the picker. A square PNG or SVG on a transparent background at 40×40px or larger works best.

Shared across all languages#

Social icons are not per-language. The same icon list and URLs appear regardless of which language version of the bio page the visitor views. If you need different social links per language, add them as regular button links in each language tab instead.

Social icons and link icons are different things:

  • Social icons — the compact row below your bio text. Each is a standalone icon with a URL, no label.
  • Link icons — the small icon inside a button or card link, shown alongside the label.

Both use the same icon registry, but they appear in different places on the bio page.

Adding icons not in the built-in list#

Developers can register additional icons using the nlb_icons filter. Each custom entry needs a label, a group (generic, creator, or brand), and either a Font Awesome class (fa) or an inline SVG (svg). This is documented in the Developer — Action & Filter Hooks reference.