wpsnoop: fix ShareThis plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin ShareThis conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.

Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by ShareThis, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with ShareThis.

Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what ShareThis leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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Database Issues

ShortCode Issues

Function Issues

File System Issues

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What does ShareThis version 7.8 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for ShareThis to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 7.8 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 7.8 of ShareThis behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for ShareThis by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Summary of WordPress plugin analysis: ShareThis

Plugin Slug: share-this Internal ID: 63401 Addon Type: Plugin Version: 7.8 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 52 (3.56MB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 0 Function Count: 31 Code Review: Search Provit

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Which new files does ShareThis add to WordPress?

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The plugin ShareThis added 52 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/share-this/	3.56MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/css/	43.47kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/css/fonts/	25.21kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/css/fonts/helvetica.woff	25.21kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/css/st_wp_style.css	14.02kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/css/stlib_picker.css	3.98kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/css/style.css	264.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/	178.22kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/Button4.png	3.75kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/close.png	1.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/copynshare.jpg	9.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/direction_arrows.png	11.47kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/dots.png	1.07kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/down_arrow.png	449.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/drag.png	2.33kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/expand_arrows.png	243.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/Gradient_Default.jpg	1.37kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/Gradient_Over.jpg	1.38kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/HORZ.png	5.46kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/HOVER_Buttons.png	10.93kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/leftArrow.png	2.39kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/loading.gif	8.04kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/mglass.png	1.05kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/old_Button4.png	5.15kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/old_HORZ.png	7.59kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/old_HOVER_Buttons.png	4.87kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/old_PULLDOWN.png	7.58kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/old_VERT.png	10.47kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/old_widget-4x.png	7.61kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/PULLDOWN.png	7.31kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/QUESTION_Icon.png	1.26kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/reorder.png	3.20kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/right_arrow.jpg	926.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/right_arrow.png	410.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/rightArrow.png	2.38kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/shadow.png	3.32kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/VERT.png	8.36kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/widget-4x.png	21.31kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/images/widget-5x.png	25.60kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/js/	74.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/js/sharethis.js	74.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/libraries/	53.14kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/libraries/get-buttons-new.js	13.25kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/libraries/get-hoverbuttons-new.js	11.41kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/libraries/get-pulldown-new.js	4.52kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/libraries/stlib_picker.js	17.39kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/libraries/stlib_preview.js	6.56kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/README.txt	6.29kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/screenshot-1.png	36.05kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/screenshot-2.png	3.06MB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/screenshot-3.png	70.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/share-this/sharethis.php	58.39kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does ShareThis add to WordPress?

The plugin ShareThis did not add any shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin ShareThis?

ShareThis did not create any new database tables when it was installed. It is possible that the plugin creates new database tables after an initial setup or configuration or after some period of use.

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by ShareThis?

When ShareThis was activated and loaded for the first time it created 11 new options in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
st_pubid		Potential conflict with 1 plugin or theme
wp.a982b3f5-2b6d-4e08-ac3e-e77423fa482e
st_sent		Potential conflict with 1 plugin or theme
true
st_upgrade_five		Potential conflict with 1 plugin or theme
5x
st_version		Potential conflict with 1 plugin or theme
5x
st_widget		Potential conflict with 1 plugin or theme
<script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript">var switchTo5x=true;</script><script charset="utf-8" type="text/javascript" id="st_insights_js" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js?publisher=&product=sharethis-wordpress&wordpress_version=5.9"></script><script type="text/javascript">stLight.options({publisher:'wp.a982b3f5-2b6d-4e08-ac3e-e77423fa482e'});var st_type='wordpress5.9';</script>
protocolType		The protocolType option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
(empty string)
st_pages_on_bot		The st_pages_on_bot option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
bot
st_pages_on_top		The st_pages_on_top option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
(empty string)
st_posts_on_bot		The st_posts_on_bot option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
bot
st_posts_on_top		The st_posts_on_top option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
(empty string)
st_protocol		The st_protocol option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
http

During use ShareThis may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

After disabling and deleting ShareThis there were 1 option still present in the wp-options table:

recently_activated

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What new PHP functions does ShareThis declare when it is active?

Installing ShareThis added 31 new functions to Wordpress at run-time. These functions are internal and generally aren't meant to be used except by developpers who wish to interface with the plugin to enhance or alter its behavior.

Function	Conflicts	Common Errors
ak_can_update_options	2 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ak_can_update_options()
getkeyfromtag	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare getkeyfromtag()
install_sharethis	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare install_sharethis()
makepkey	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare makepkey()
st_widget_fix_domain	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_widget_fix_domain()
adding_st_filters	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare adding_st_filters()
checkforoldversionoptions	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare checkforoldversionoptions()
getnewtag	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare getnewtag()
getpageidsrecursive	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare getpageidsrecursive()
getpagerecursive	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare getpagerecursive()
sendupgradeemail	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare sendupgradeemail()
sendwelcomeemail	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare sendwelcomeemail()
sharethis_button	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare sharethis_button()
st_add_feed_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_add_feed_link()
st_add_frontend_stylesheet	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_add_frontend_stylesheet()
st_add_widget	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_add_widget()
st_get_list_of_pages	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_get_list_of_pages()
st_get_page_ids	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_get_page_ids()
st_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_link()
st_load_custom_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_load_custom_scripts()
st_load_scripts	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_load_scripts()
st_makeentries	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_makeentries()
st_menu_items	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_menu_items()
st_options_form	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_options_form()
st_remove_st_add_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_remove_st_add_link()
st_request_handler	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_request_handler()
st_show_buttons	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_show_buttons()
st_styles	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_styles()
st_widget_add_wp_version	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_widget_add_wp_version()
st_widget_head	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare st_widget_head()
uninstall_sharethis	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare uninstall_sharethis()

Using ShareThis from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.

How to install ShareThis from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install share-this

How to activate ShareThis from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate ShareThis after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install share-this --activate

How to reinstall ShareThis from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of ShareThis which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install share-this --force

How to update ShareThis to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update share-this

How to delete ShareThis from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete share-this

Where can you download earlier versions of ShareThis?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of ShareThis from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in ShareThis

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with ShareThis. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.