Social theme settings
The Social theme settings hold the links of your social profiles, email and phone, and one custom icon, shown wherever Highlight shows social icons.
Applies to: Highlight 4.1.0 and later. Added in: Highlight 1.0.0. Last checked: 2026-10-13 against Highlight 4.1.0.
The Social theme settings hold the links to your social profiles, your email address and your phone number. Highlight shows an icon for every link you fill in, wherever social icons are turned on.
Where to find it: Theme settings → Social
Social links
- Paste the full address of each profile, for example
https://instagram.com/yourstore. Fields you leave empty show no icon. - Email takes a
mailto:link, for examplemailto:hello@yourstore.com. - Phone takes a
tel:link, for exampletel:123456789. - X (Twitter) shows the X logo since Highlight 3.2.0. See Replace the Twitter icon with the new X.
Custom link
- Icon uploads the icon of a network that is not in the list. The editor asks for a 72 x 72 px transparent PNG.
- Link is the address the custom icon opens.
The custom icon was added in Highlight 3.1.5. It shows after the other icons.
Where do the social icons appear?
In three places, each with its own checkbox:
- The Announcement bar section: Show social icons (on desktop only).
- The menu drawer of the Header section: Show social icons.
- The Social links block of the Footer group.
Every icon opens its link in a new browser tab.
All Social settings
Every setting, with its type and default.
Facebook (text field): Sets the address of your Facebook page, for example https://www.facebook.com/shopify. Empty fields show no icon.
Instagram (text field): Sets the address of your Instagram profile, for example https://instagram.com/shopify. Empty fields show no icon.
X (Twitter) (text field): Sets the address of your X (Twitter) profile, for example https://twitter.com/shopify. Empty fields show no icon.
YouTube (text field): Sets the address of your YouTube channel, for example https://www.youtube.com/user/shopify. Empty fields show no icon.
Vimeo (text field): Sets the address of your Vimeo profile, for example https://vimeo.com/shopify. Empty fields show no icon.
Pinterest (text field): Sets the address of your Pinterest profile, for example https://www.pinterest.com/shopify. Empty fields show no icon.
TikTok (text field): Sets the address of your TikTok profile, for example https://www.tiktok.com/@shopify. Empty fields show no icon.
Tumblr (text field): Sets the address of your Tumblr blog, for example http://shopify.tumblr.com. Empty fields show no icon.
LinkedIn (text field): Sets the address of your LinkedIn page, for example https://www.linkedin.com/company/shopify. Empty fields show no icon.
Reddit (text field): Sets the address of your Reddit profile, for example https://www.reddit.com/user/shopify/. Empty fields show no icon.
Discord (text field): Sets the address of your Discord server, for example https://www.discord.com/. Empty fields show no icon.
Flickr (text field): Sets the address of your Flickr profile, for example https://www.flickr.com/photos/shopify/. Empty fields show no icon.
Email (text field): Sets the email link, written as mailto: followed by the address, for example mailto:contact@shopify.com.
Phone (text field): Sets the phone link, written as tel: followed by the number, for example tel:123456789.
Social theme settings: Custom link
Where to find it: Theme settings → Social → Custom link
Upload a custom icon for your favorite social network.
Icon (image): Sets the icon of a network that is not in the list. Use a 72 x 72 px transparent PNG; it is shown at 24 px after the other icons.
Link (text field): Sets the address the custom icon opens, for example https://socialnetwork.com/shopify.
Related pages
- Footer group: the Social links block.
- Header section: Show social icons in the menu drawer.
- Announcement bar section: Show social icons.