Title: Use plugin without registering
Last modified: March 30, 2021

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# Use plugin without registering

 *  Resolved [oguido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oguido/)
 * (@oguido)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-plugin-without-registering/)
 * Hello, how can I use the plugin without registering? I find it a bit absurd to
   force the user to create an account just to put a simple share button… What are
   the purposed benefits of registering?

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 *  Plugin Author [ShareThis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharethis/)
 * (@sharethis)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-plugin-without-registering/#post-14256498)
 * Thanks for the question [@oguido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oguido/).
   We’re sorry for your adverse reaction to the registration.
 * When you register an account with ShareThis you get the benefit of being able
   to link multiple sites to one button config for easy development from local to
   production sites.
 * Also you can enable multiple ShareThis products with the same account so your
   choices will also carry to other sites you log your plugins into.
 * ShareThis also has a proprietary share api that allows you to have the most accurate
   share counts which are linked to the registered account / domain.
 * Lastly you can take advantage of our informative newsletters to help maximize
   your site’s marketing potential.
 * You cannot use this plugin without a registered account for the above reasons.
 * I hope this clears up your confusion with the registration requirement.
 * -Scott

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 * ![](https://ps.w.org/sharethis-share-buttons/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=2782088)
 * [ShareThis Share Buttons](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sharethis-share-buttons/)
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 * Last reply from: [ShareThis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sharethis/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-plugin-without-registering/#post-14256498)
 * Status: resolved