"Remove AddThis" checkbox does not remove AddThis from page!

  • chembro303

    (@chembro303)


    9 years ago

    I have no use for add this on a specific page and want it to load as fast as possible, so I checked the box ‘Remove AddThis’ on that page’s sidebar when editing.

    However, when I look at the code in the header and footer of my site, there’s still a TON of AddThis code. Javascript, CSS, etc.

    Is there a bug? I also have “asynchronous loading” checked in my main settings. Please make sure that isn’t overriding the per-page decision to not include AddThis.

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/addthis/

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  • Plugin Author addthis_matt

    (@addthis_matt)

    9 years ago

    Hi there,

    The checkbox to show/hide AddThis buttons doesn’t completely remove all of the AddThis code from the page, as the main AddThis script is always added across your pages. The asynchronous loading option ensure that AddThis assets aren’t requested until after the other content on your site loads.

    Thread Starter chembro303

    (@chembro303)

    9 years ago

    I believe that you should definitely not be putting your code site wide if someone requests that you not be on a specific page.

    It would likely not be too difficult to add a line or two of code that does not enqueue your scripts and styling for page/post IDs that match a list pulled from that ‘Remove AddThis’ checkbox.

    Please consider making that change. It seems really shady that you are having your code on pages that a user has a reasonable belief they have “opted out” from having your code on.

    Plugin Author addthis_matt

    (@addthis_matt)

    9 years ago

    Thanks for the feedback. I’ll reach out to our developers and let them know.

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