Profile social links claim Instagram and TikTok accounts are invalid

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Issue Summary

  • The social links section on the Profile settings doesn’t recognize undercores on TikTok and Instagram usernames.
    • Threads seems to work as expected, as shown in the screenshot.
  • I know for certain those are valid usernames.
  • I’ve tried removing the underscores and the error message vanished.
  • When “save” is clicked, the Instagram field shows a link, but with the underscore removed from the URL (_mikannn becomes mikannn). The TikTok field, as far as I’ve tested, does not save any content at all if it contains an underscore.
  • I’m setting up a Ghost profile on a Chrome web browser on Windows 11.

edit: included a better screenshot

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I had a similar issue with entering LinkedIn company name in the staff social links. Still unresolved.

Screenshot 2025-08-19 at 17.35.59

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I think I saw a patch to fix underscores in instagram a few weeks ago. If you’re on the latest version of Ghost, you might want to open an issue over on Github for these others.

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I think this also fixes it (done today):

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Yep - @vikaspotluri123 is right. We saw this post this morning, and put in a fix. It will be rolled out in the next release :slight_smile:

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