The Monarch Follow Shortcode lets you display social follow buttons anywhere on your website. Although Monarch comes with a custom widget, you may want to custom design a Footer widget, Sidebar widget, or even inline follow links somewhere on your page.

This option lets you choose from any hover styles Monarch offers for Follow Buttons. You can hover over any options to get an example preview of the hover effect.

Once you decide on an option, click to select any style, and a green checkmark will indicate your section.

Monarch offers 3 shapes for your icon buttons:

Combined with the style options mentioned above, you can create various great-looking social buttons.

This option lets you select either Left or Centered.

Monarch offers 7 column width options. You can choose to have up to 6 equal-width columns or let your buttons take on an auto-width based on the width of your buttons' content.

No matter your selection, Monarch accommodates small browser widths and adjusts your column selection for mobile devices.

Displaying follow counts is a great way to show off how many followers you have and even a great way to encourage visitors to click your follow links.

This number will appear inside each button to the right or below your network icons based on your Icon Placement.

Sometimes, it is better to not show counts than to show that a follow count is under a certain threshold.

This setting allows you to set the minimum follow count that Monarch will display in your follow buttons. This is a great feature for new profiles that have yet to have the opportunity to gain followers for a long time.

This option will add your followers across all displayed network profiles and display the total right above your buttons. This is a great way to show the totality of your social following.

Check this box to display the network labels in the following buttons. These can be customized to whatever you wish.

For example, you can replace the Network Name Facebook with Follow Us.

If the option above is selected, this option will appear to allow you to choose your Outer Text Color.

This setting will affect your Total Follower Count and your Network Label and/or individual follow count if you have selected circular buttons, which place button text outside the background color of your buttons.

Your page's background may be light or dark in color value — this option lets you make sure your text stands out on top of your background.

By default, the Follow buttons are spaced out with a small margin.

Checking this option lets you remove the spacing between your icons for a whole new set of design possibilities.

If you wish to not display Follow links from this particular shortcode on mobile devices, you can check this box.

Monarch uses the default network colors by default, but for a more custom approach, you can select your own button colors.

If the option below is not defined, the element's default setting will be used.

This color picker will define the background color of the Social Follow Buttons.

This color picker will define the background color of your Social Follow Buttons when the user hovers over a button.

This color picker will define the color of the Social Follow Buttons' icons.

This color picker will define the color of the Social Follow Buttons' icons when the user hovers over a button.

After you are happy with your shortcode configuration, click the green Generate Shortcode button.

Your custom shortcode will appear in the text field below. Copy and paste this anywhere on your site, even in a custom text widget, and your follow links will appear in that location.