Unwanted characters in post URL

  • Resolved thefitcpa

    (@thefitcpa)


    9 years ago

    Hi,

    The following characters keep showing up at the end of the URL of my post: #.WTYTjBMrJPN

    The post is here

    How can I get rid of them?

    Thanks!

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  • pxforti

    (@pxforti)

    9 years ago

    Did those characters always show up at the end of the url? If not, did you recently add a new plugin?

    I would try deactivating all plugins to see if the characters go away.

    Thread Starter thefitcpa

    (@thefitcpa)

    9 years ago

    Thanks, yeah I recently added a bunch of new plugins. I deactivated them and deleted them but the characters are still there

    Thread Starter thefitcpa

    (@thefitcpa)

    9 years ago

    When I disable javascript in my browser settings, the hash and random characters go away in the URL. However, when I re-enable it they come back.

    Any ideas what they could be?
    I saw on older posts in the forums that the problem was coming from the AddThis plugin. I do not have this plugin so I’m really not sure what’s going on here

    Leland

    (@addthisleland)

    9 years ago

    @thefitcpa

    Hi there,

    Those characters appended to your URL are from AddThis.

    Although you do not have our plugin installed, you do have our tools hardcoded on your site:
    https://www.screencast.com/t/WLUkY4Sdguy

    These characters appended to your URL were designed so you can track click backs to your site from social shares. You can learn more about it here:
    https://www.addthis.com/academy/addthis-click-tracking/

    To turn this off, all you will have to do is change this code: <script type=”text/javascript”>var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:true};</script>

    And set the data_track_addressbar variable to false like this: <script type=”text/javascript”>var addthis_config = {“data_track_addressbar”:false};</script>

    I hope that helps! If you have any questions, feel free to email help@addthis.com.

    Thanks,
    Leland
    Technical Support Engineer | AddThis

    • This reply was modified 9 years ago by Leland.
    Thread Starter thefitcpa

    (@thefitcpa)

    9 years ago

    @addthisleland

    This worked and it is now fixed! Thanks so much for your reply and for your help!

    Leland

    (@addthisleland)

    9 years ago

    You’re welcome @thefitcpa!

    Glad to help 🙂

    Thanks,
    Leland
    Technical Support Engineer | AddThis

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