How to Insert a LinkedIn Logo to WordPress
LinkedIn provides several clickable logo images, known as profile badges, and you can place these LinkedIn logos on your WordPress blog to advertise your LinkedIn profile. Visitors to your blog can click the LinkedIn logo to view your public profile on the LinkedIn website. You can place the HTML code anywhere on your WordPress website, but placing it in your sidebar gives it ideal visibility.
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Instructions
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Sign in to your account on the LinkedIn website, point to “Profile” at the top of the page and click “Edit Profile.”
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Click the “Edit” button to the right of Public Profile on the page that appears.
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Click the “Create a Profile Badge” link at the right side of the page.
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Click the text box to the right of the LinkedIn logo you want to use. The code inside the box automatically becomes selected.
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Right-click the selected code and click “Copy.”
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Go to your WordPress blog and log in to the dashboard.
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Click the “Appearance” tab at the left side of the page and click “Widgets” under it.
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Drag and drop the “Text” widget onto a sidebar on the right side of the page.
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Right-click inside the Text widget and click “Paste” to paste the HTML code into the box.
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Click the “Save” button. The logo appears in your WordPress blog’s sidebar.
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Tips & Warnings
Remember you can also paste the logo’s code anywhere you can add HTML code in WordPress.
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