I'm trying to add links to social media pages on my WordPress website. However, when I add the icon and the link to the social media page and save it, the link automatically adds my website.

Example: www.example/www.facebook/examplepage

I don't understand how my domain name is added before the link even though I haven't added it.

Any help, please?

Thank you.

I'm trying to add links to social media pages on my WordPress website. However, when I add the icon and the link to the social media page and save it, the link automatically adds my website.

Example: www.example/www.facebook/examplepage

I don't understand how my domain name is added before the link even though I haven't added it.

Any help, please?

Thank you.

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You have to include the protocol (scheme), like https://. So for Facebook it would be https://www.facebook/examplepage.

It is in this case not WordPress that adds your site URL in front of the URL, it's your browser!

I hope you have solved your problem by now, but if not I might have the answer. I was having the same problem and when I looked at my code I saw that I had used (”) quotation mark rather than (") quotation mark. After I changed the code to (") quotation mark everything worked perfect.

a href=”www.mywebsite” → http://www.mywebsite/www.mywebsite

a href="www.mywebsite" → http://www.mywebsite/