Font Awesome conflict

Yes, you are correct that Scriptless is using an old version of Font Awesome. I left it there because the changes were so significant and I am concerned about backward compatibility. I’m happy to revisit the issue, though, and if I can manage it seamlessly, update.

In the meantime, one option would be to not use Scriptless’ FA at all–uncheck the second and third checkboxes on the Plugin Styles option–and add the icon CSS needed to use the newer version of Font Awesome. If you are already loading the Font Awesome 5 CSS, it should be as straightforward as adding this CSS, either to your theme style.css or to the additional CSS in the Customizer:

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .button .sss-name {
	margin-left: 8px;
}

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .button:before {
	font-family: 'Font Awesome 5 Brands';
	font-size: 20px;
}

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .twitter:before {
	content: '\f099';
}

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .facebook:before {
	content: '\f09a';
}

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .pinterest:before {
	content: '\f0d2';
}

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .pocket:before {
	content: '\f265';
}

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .linkedin:before {
	content: '\f0e1';
}

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .email:before {
	font-family: 'Font Awesome 5 Free';
	content: '\f0e0''
}

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .reddit:before {
	content: '\f281';
}

.scriptlesssocialsharing-buttons .whatsapp:before {
	content: '\f232';
}

Another option, which is what I’m working toward in the plugin itself, is to switch from using the web fonts to using SVG icons instead. Using the web font would continue to be an option, and might be preferable if you are already loading the FA styles.

Thank you for putting in the request!

thank you for your detailed reply

I’m still having issues with another plugin wrecking things – but your info has provided some ideas.

too bad fontawesome didn’t do a better job of transitioning from old version. my theme says they add ‘shims’ but none of the plugins using fontawesome are working right. I think I need to dequeque things but it is a lot of hunting and pecking

Version 3.0 of Scriptless now uses Font Awesome 5.8.2 if you are using the webfont, or you can switch to an SVG icon output.