Social_url Helper Fails GScan Validation (Despite Official Docs Example)

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Hi,

I’m encountering a Handlebars syntax error when using the social_url helper as documented in the Social Links documentation.

Issue Description

When I add this code to my author.hbs:

{{#if twitter}}
    <a href="{{social_url type="twitter"}}">Twitter</a>
{{/if}}

I receive this error from Ghost Gscan CLI:
Template must contain valid Handlebars

Environment

  • Ghost Version: 5.0+ (specified in package.json)
  • Theme engine requirement:
"engines": {
    "ghost": ">=5.0.0"
}

Expected Behavior

The documented syntax should work per:

{{#author}}
    {{#if threads}}<a href="{{social_url type="threads"}}">Threads</a>{{/if}}
{{/author}}

What i’m missing?

Thanks for your help!

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I’m going to guess that your version of gscan is outdated. You’ll need to update it.

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Thank you for the suggestions! It resolved the issue—it turned out to be caused by an outdated version of GScan . After updating, the {{social_url type="twitter"}} syntax passed validation without errors.

Note: The GScan web tool appears to be offline (503 Service Temporarily Unavailable)

Thanks again.

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