Title: ShareThis: Free Sharing Buttons and Tools
Author: ShareThis
Published: <strong>September 26, 2006</strong>
Last modified: October 17, 2016

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# share-this

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/share-this/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/share-this/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/share-this/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/share-this/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of October 15, 2018 and is not available for download.
This closure is permanent. Reason: Author Request.

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/431d0ad56d00495feb2ff924830cf8fa5e4e76ca93c6aa0948b7f475bd72bc6e?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Had to Remove](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-site-is-now-infected-with-adware-cant-be-removed/)󠁿

 [JoynerEnterprises](https://profiles.wordpress.org/joynerenterprises/) November
24, 2018

Slowed down my site and had to remove.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c28e88697936f1922e649bbf6691d47f1762b1dd9055b816517b1fb458e67e65?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Abismal technical support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/abismal-technical-support/)󠁿

 [tahoar](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tahoar/) June 22, 2017

ShareThis clearly has management problems: no support for the latest WordPress releases,
no updates in almost a year, poor rating scores since the downturn. Too bad. The
integration with myCRED would be nice but no way I’ll pay for a subscription to 
broken software.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9cb19331ae15342a53809e22f183c933b37351e77c3fe42d0b2f2186a62d115a?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Used to use it, not anymore, they track your users data](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/used-to-use-it-not-anymore-they-track-your-users-data/)󠁿

 [thetester113](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thetester113/) April 30, 2017 1 reply

This plugin used to be excellent but lately I have seen a lot of malware ads popping
up on my website by using this plugin. Fake Chrome updates started to appear and
replaced the pages users were at on the site. Sneaky redirections, tracking users,
displaying fake google chrome update ads. Just do not USE THIS PLUGIN. You have 
been warned.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6f432a93bbd742100951e50029c8a8528b2daa421c5f617e28ab8cabd7a597ae?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Sending data without user consent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/full-of-crap/)󠁿

 [gunnerman1](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gunnerman1/) April 17, 2017 1 reply

Used to be good. Recent update it is now full of malware. Sending data without user
consent or ever even mentioning it. Do not install this plugin unless you want agkn.
com pixel, scorecardsearch.com, sharethis.com, owneriq.net, thebrighttag.com, bigsea.
weborama.com, doubleclick.net, v12group.com, weborama.fr…

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c460618b64c6509c72a1ea7a5a855f4230087cbca95a8871f093b387ee6f3b6d?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Can not be uninstalled, do not use](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-not-be-uninstalled-do-not-use/)󠁿

 [singer74](https://profiles.wordpress.org/singer74/) April 1, 2017 1 reply

Do not install and definitely don’t activate the ShareThis plugin. Once installed
it places trackers on your site that cannot be removed and it leaves the sharing
bar on the website even after the plugin appears to have been uninstalled.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a4d2efadc804eaa7212910a02b738ef1306c40991d45e945e3ab5a727dd5d979?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Virus plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/virus-plugin/)󠁿

 [somedev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/somedev/) March 27, 2017 1 reply

It is true that this plugin adds a ton (like over 40) of tracking scripts and other
spyware to the site. It will slow the website down even with caching. Besides that,
why in the heck have they put all these tracking scripts in and why does Wordpress.
org allow trash plugins like this to stay active, because this really wastes our
time. DON’T INSTALL THIS, IT IS A BAD PLUGIN. Although the buttons are cute, if 
you don’t look at the code and what’s really happening.

 [ Read all 71 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/share-this/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“ShareThis: Free Sharing Buttons and Tools” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ ShareThis ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sharethis/)

[Translate “ShareThis: Free Sharing Buttons and Tools” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/share-this)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/share-this/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/share-this/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/share-this/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/share-this/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **7.8**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/share-this/advanced/)