Title: Uninstalled plugin, buttons remain
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Uninstalled plugin, buttons remain

 *  [Michael Musgrove](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webyip/)
 * (@webyip)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uninstalled-plugin-buttons-remain/)
 * I have a site running on WP Engine which caches hard, but I don’ think that’s
   the problem, because I’ve flushed and given this lots of time while I’ve worked
   on it. The Addthis sharing buttons are persisting, even though I’ve removed the
   plugin, and made sure there’s no associated code(that I can see) in the header,
   footer, page, single, and anywhere else I can think of. There’s a script still
   being called from somewhere, and I cannot find it, or tell how to get rid of 
   these buttons, and it’s really causing a problem. the site is [http://www.vibrantnation.com](http://www.vibrantnation.com).
   Any insight is appreciated!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/addthis/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/addthis/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Julka Grodel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgrodel/)
 * (@jgrodel)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uninstalled-plugin-buttons-remain/#post-6859373)
 * Hi Musgrove.
 * I see some AddThis buttons at the bottom of your posts, like this one: [http://www.vibrantnation.com/groups/family-relationships/blog/letters-to-lloyd-halloween-memories/](http://www.vibrantnation.com/groups/family-relationships/blog/letters-to-lloyd-halloween-memories/)
 * From the code on your page, I can clearly see that it’s not being added by any
   of our plugins. Some themes add our buttons onto pages themselves. Your theme
   might have preferences where you can turn that off. Some third party plugins 
   will add it to. We don’t keep track of them.
 * Also, the sidebar on your site isn’t from AddThis. It’s SumoMe.
 * Thanks,
    Julka
 *  Thread Starter [Michael Musgrove](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webyip/)
 * (@webyip)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uninstalled-plugin-buttons-remain/#post-6859400)
 * Yes, I’ve put the SumoMe buttons there to replace the AddThis buttons, and removed
   the AddThis plugin a while ago. But the buttons are still there, which is the
   problem, as you noted. The theme is a custom theme, and as I stated, I’ve gone
   through the code in the header, footer, page and single, where it may/would be
   and don’t see anything unusual. But the Addthis script is still being called 
   from somewhere.
 *  Thread Starter [Michael Musgrove](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webyip/)
 * (@webyip)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uninstalled-plugin-buttons-remain/#post-6859421)
 * I’ve searched around online for help as well, and this seems to be a common problem.
   It’s like installing malware. However no one has really posted a decent solution
   or where they found the code that was hiding.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Julka Grodel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgrodel/)
 * (@jgrodel)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uninstalled-plugin-buttons-remain/#post-6859430)
 * Hi Musgrove.
 * There are many third party plugins that include our JavaScript. You might be 
   using one of those. We don’t keep track of them.
 * I’d suggest checking for settings for your other plugins for anything to do with“
   sharing”. Another option is to disable all your plugins and slowly turn them 
   back on to identify which one is adding AddThis tools onto your pages.
 * From the code on your page, I can clearly see that it’s not being added by any
   of our plugins.
 * Thanks,
    Julka

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Julka Grodel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgrodel/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uninstalled-plugin-buttons-remain/#post-6859430)
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