Hi,

There is not way without hardcoding, please try to add the social code into /template/global/header-onside.php

 <?php
            $show_social_medias = ux_get_option('theme_option_show_social');
            $social_medias = ux_get_option('theme_option_show_social_medias');
                
            if($show_social_medias && $social_medias && isset($social_medias['icontype'])){
                $icon_type = $social_medias['icontype'];  ?> 
                    <ul class="socialmeida clearfix">                       
                        <?php foreach($icon_type as $num => $type){
                            $icon = $social_medias['icon'][$num];
                            $url = $social_medias['url'][$num];
                            $tip = $social_medias['tip'][$num];
                            $tip_wrap =  $tip ? '<span class="socialmeida-text">'.esc_attr($tip).'</span>' : false;
                            $width = (100 / count($icon_type)). '%';  ?>
                            
                            <li class="socialmeida-li">
                                <a title="<?php echo esc_attr($tip); ?>" href="<?php echo esc_url($url); ?>" class="socialmeida-a">
                                    <?php      
                                    if($type == 'user'){
                                        echo '<img src="' .esc_url($icon). '" alt="' .esc_attr($tip). '" /> ';
                                    } else { 
                                        if($icon) { echo '<span class="' .esc_attr($icon). '"></span> '; } 
                                    } ?>

                                </a>
                            </li>
                        <?php } ?>
                    </ul> 
            <?php } ?>

Login FTP, go to: /wp-content/themes/za/template/global/header-onside.php

I even tried clearing all the code and saving the file as empty but it still displays perfectly in the browser

1. It seems that you didn’t find right file. Please double check it
2. is there some cache plugin (like w3c total cache…) installed? please deactivate it.