# Social Icons

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Display icons linking to your social profiles or sites.

- **Name:** `core/social-links`
- **Category:** [widgets](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-widgets/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Static](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (saved in post content)
- **Keywords:** `links`

## Block Relationships

**[Allowed](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/#allowed-blocks) inner blocks:**
- [`core/social-link`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-widgets/core-block-social-link/)

## Attributes

_Defined via the [`attributes`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/) property in block.json._

| Attribute | [Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#type-validation) | [Default](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#default-value) | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `iconColor` | `string` | — | — |
| `customIconColor` | `string` | — | — |
| `iconColorValue` | `string` | — | — |
| `iconBackgroundColor` | `string` | — | — |
| `customIconBackgroundColor` | `string` | — | — |
| `iconBackgroundColorValue` | `string` | — | — |
| `openInNewTab` | `boolean` | `false` | — |
| `showLabels` | `boolean` | `false` | — |
| `size` | `string` | — | — |

## Supports

_Defined via the [`supports`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/) property in block.json._

- [`align`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#align): `"left"`, `"center"`, `"right"`
- [`anchor`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#anchor): `true`
- [`html`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#html): `false`
- [`layout`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout):
  - [`allowSwitching`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowswitching): `false`
  - [`allowInheriting`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowinheriting): `false`
  - [`allowVerticalAlignment`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-allowverticalalignment): `false`
  - [`default`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#layout-default): `{"type":"flex"}`
- [`color`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color):
  - [`enableContrastChecker`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-enablecontrastchecker): `false`
  - [`background`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-background): `true`
  - [`gradients`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-gradients): `true`
  - [`text`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#color-text): `false`
- [`spacing`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#spacing):
  - `blockGap`: `["horizontal","vertical"]`
  - `margin`: `true`
  - `padding`: `true`
  - `units`: `["px","em","rem","vh","vw"]`
- [`interactivity`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#interactivity):
  - `clientNavigation`: `true`
- [`contentRole`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#contentrole): `true`
- [`listView`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#listview): `true`

## Context

_Defined via the [`usesContext` and `providesContext`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-context/) properties in block.json._

**Provides context:**

- `openInNewTab` → attribute `openInNewTab`
- `showLabels` → attribute `showLabels`
- `iconColor` → attribute `iconColor`
- `iconColorValue` → attribute `iconColorValue`
- `iconBackgroundColor` → attribute `iconBackgroundColor`
- `iconBackgroundColorValue` → attribute `iconBackgroundColorValue`

## Block Styles

_Defined via the [`styles`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-styles/) property in block.json._

| Style Name | Label | Default |
|------------|-------|---------|
| `default` | Default | Yes |
| `logos-only` | Logos Only | No |
| `pill-shape` | Pill Shape | No |

## Block Markup

This is a [**static block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). The markup is saved directly in the post content.

```html
<!-- wp:social-links -->
<ul class="wp-block-social-links"><!-- wp:social-link {"service":"mastodon","url":"https://mastodon.social/@marcuskaz"} /--></ul>
<!-- /wp:social-links -->
```

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/social-links/block.json) ([reference](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/))
- [Source directory](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/social-links/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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