Title: social link menu missing?
Last modified: February 23, 2018

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# social link menu missing?

 *  Resolved [dieselguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dieselguy/)
 * (@dieselguy)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/)
 * Hello, i’m trying to setup social links and read through [https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/social-links-menu/](https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/social-links-menu/)
   but after creating one there is no ‘social links menu’?

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 *  [Siobhan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siobhyb/)
 * (@siobhyb)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/#post-9609662)
 * Hi [@dieselguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dieselguy/),
 * When you navigate to Appearance > Menus in your site’s /wp-admin area, do you
   see a checkbox next to “Social Links” under “Menu Settings”? Here’s a screenshot
   of what that checkbox should look like:
 * [⌊Screen Shot 2017 10 22 at 17 52 11⌉⌊Screen Shot 2017 10 22 at 17 52 11⌉[
 * If you’re seeing that option, have you create a new menu containing custom links
   to your social networks and checked that “Social Links” option?
 * If you’ve followed all of those steps correctly but the menu isn’t showing up
   to bottom right corner of your site, please share a link with me and I’ll be 
   happy to look into the code to see what’s going on.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [dieselguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dieselguy/)
 * (@dieselguy)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/#post-9609708)
 * Hi Thanks for the reply, my menu settings loko like this
 *  [Siobhan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siobhyb/)
 * (@siobhyb)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/#post-9609920)
 * Thanks for the sharing the screenshot!
 * That’s the default view when no custom menu has been created. You’re currently
   using the default menu (which contains your published pages) but you’ll need 
   to create a custom menu to see the extra options.
 * Click the “create a new menu” link towards the top of that page and then create
   a new menu named “Social Links” or similar. You’ll then be able to add custom
   links to that menu and assign it as your site’s “Social Links” menu.
 * Let me know if that’s clear.
 *  Thread Starter [dieselguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dieselguy/)
 * (@dieselguy)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/#post-9613141)
 * Hi many thanks for the reply sorry to be a pain, yeah i tried this before but
   no luck, just done it again and this is what i have. There is no option to display
   it in the footer etc?
 * [https://ibb.co/dyAg6R](https://ibb.co/dyAg6R)
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [dieselguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dieselguy/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [dieselguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dieselguy/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [dieselguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dieselguy/).
 *  [Siobhan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/siobhyb/)
 * (@siobhyb)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/#post-9615761)
 * Hi there,
 * Do you have a different theme to Penscratch active on your site? I’m seeing **
   Header** as one of the locations in the screenshot but that isn’t an option within
   Penscratch.
 * The two menu locations within Penscratch are **Primary Menu** and **Social Links**.
 * If you do have Penscratch active, then could you try deleting your copy of the
   theme and then installing a fresh version?
 * Thanks!
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/#post-9670804)
 * [@dieselguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dieselguy/) Could you please
   confirm that Jetpack is active on your site? The social menu comes from that 
   plugin. The support document you linked does not mention this step, as it’s geared
   to WordPress.com sites, not self-hosted ones.
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/#post-9670813)
 * And could you also provide a link to your site if possible, so we can confirm
   what theme you’re actually running, since Siobhan pointed out earlier that the
   Header option that shows in your screenshot may indicate that you’re running 
   a different theme.
 *  [zocster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zocster/)
 * (@zocster)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/#post-10005473)
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/a/Iq5qa)
 * I love this theme, so clean. I would love to have special social menu links I
   can customize the icons for.
 * At the moment they show as just a hyperlinked button. No way of customizing.
 * Can you help?
 * I have disabled it for now.
 * Oh website is ghozali.net thanks.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by [zocster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zocster/).
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/social-link-menu-missing/#post-10007742)
 * [@zocster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zocster/) – I see a social menu
   in your footer already, so maybe you got this sorted?
 * [⌊Andy Ghozali Family Website Blog Rants⌉⌊Andy Ghozali Family Website Blog Rants⌉[
 * If you still need help please start your own thread here and we’ll be glad to
   lend a hand:
 * [https://wordpress.org/support/theme/penscratch/#new-topic-0](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/penscratch/#new-topic-0)

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