Welcome to our WordPress FAQs. You can find the latest ShareThis plugin for WordPress here.
How do I change the positioning of the ShareThis button on my posts and pages?
The ShareThis button is placed automatically at the end of each post by default. However, you may change the location of the button, anywhere in your template, by doing the following:
- Navigate to the Options page of your wp-admin area and select the ‘ShareThis’ tab
- In the “Automatically add ShareThis to your posts?*” and/or “Automatically add ShareThis to your pages?* ” drop down(s), change the option to “No”
- Copy and paste the following template tag into your WordPress template wherever you want the button to display:
<?php if (function_exists(‘sharethis_button’)) { sharethis_button(); } ?>
How do I get started installing the WordPress plugin?
Visit http://sharethis.com/publishers/getbutton/ and select ShareThis WordPress Plugin from the dropdown box. Customize the widget, click Get ShareThis Code, and follow the instructions on the next screen.
How do I style the ShareThis plugin with WordPress?
When you configure the new ShareThis WordPress plugin, you’ll be given the option to customize the interface and choose a color scheme. If you’re using the classic Share This plugin, you’ll need to modify your WordPress style.css file to style the plugin. You’ll find more information about styling the classic plugin in the README.txt file included in the download.
When using the classic WordPress version, why do I get a new page to ShareThis instead of the little pop-up?
If you are using a version of WordPress prior to 2.1 and you don’t have Prototype in your wp-includes/js directory, the little pop-up won’t show and you’ll be taken to the page instead. Make sure that the Prototype file is installed. Also, the version of Prototype included in Share This 1.3 was incompatible with IE7, so make sure you get the version from the current release (or from WordPress).
If you are using WordPress 2.1 or greater and/or you do have the Prototype file included in your wp-includes/js/ directory, you may need to make sure the form is being added properly See notes on wp_footer in this document README.txt. Additionally check that other JavaScript on the page is not throwing errors.