Nick C

Thanks for your understanding, and I’m sorry for the extra work it has caused you here. (The CSS change was made to allow per-widget styling, so it brings benefits too.)

Hi, @thedude12x.

Yes, the styling changed, but it’s possible to disable output of the new styles if you’ve been styling your icons with custom CSS. This note from the FAQ shares more:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-social-icons/#my%20icon%20styling%20changed%20after%20updating

If you still require help after this, please open a new thread with a link to your site. I’m happy to review further.

Hi, @torbentschechnegmailcom.

Are you able to share a link to a page where this issue is visible, please?

Hi, @puymargriet

To allow social elements to appear on a specific site, you could disable Adblock Plus for that site: https://help.getadblock.com/support/solutions/articles/6000055743-how-do-i-tell-adblock-not-to-block-ads-pause-whitelist-and-other-options-

There’s no reliable way to make blocked buttons appear for all Adblock Plus users, though. Adblockers and privacy plugins often block by keyword, including social media network names and URLs. Adblock Plus also has a dedicated feature to block social buttons, which may catch regular links to social networks too: https://adblockplus.org/features#disable-social

There’s little that WordPress plugin developers can do to prevent this. It’s generally best to respect a visitor’s decision to block any social elements if they choose to do that, rather than try to circumvent that choice or force blocked elements to appear.

Hi, @sdarthenos.

I checked your site and couldn’t see any custom CSS code that would affect the icon size following an update.

After updating the plugin again, you could:

1. Visit Appearance → Widgets.
2. Adjust the widget settings and size.
3. Re-save the widget.
4. Clear any caching and performance plugins.

If the icons still appear smaller, please feel free to leave the new version of the plugin installed so we can see the issue and review it further for you.

> How do I make sure that I am present on my system as soon as I see it
> after updating?

I wasn’t sure what you meant by this, but please feel free to clarify if you’d like further advice here.

Hi Rob!

There are a few separate options you could consider:

1. Suggest that clients link to one Facebook URL only (to avoid confusion with multiple seemingly-identical Facebook icons appearing near each other).

2. If clients insist on linking to multiple Facebook pages, consider adding a second widget with the other Facebook URL below the first one. You could optionally style the widgets to line up, or title the second widget to make it more clear which one points where.

3. If you’d prefer two identical icons within one widget both pointing to Facebook, you can use a filter as you mentioned to create a second Facebook field (you will need to update ‘https://example.com’ with your own URL in the code):

add_filter( 'simple_social_default_profiles', 'custom_add_facebook_icon' );
function custom_add_facebook_icon( $profiles ) {
	$profiles['facebook2'] = array(
		'label'   => __( 'Facebook 2 URI', 'simple-social-icons' ),
		'pattern' => '
		<li class="ssi-facebook">
		<a href="%s">
		<svg role="img" class="social-facebook" aria-labelledby="social-facebook2-{WIDGET_INSTANCE_ID}">
		<title id="social-facebook2-{WIDGET_INSTANCE_ID}">Facebook</title>
		<use xlink:href="https://example.com/wp-content/plugins/simple-social-icons/symbol-defs.svg#social-facebook"></use>
		</svg>
		</a>
		</li>',
	);

	return $profiles;
}