How to backgrade Simple Share Buttons? Read Here!

Thanks DH. You are a lifesaver!

I found another link to version 6.1.5 if anyone needs a copy.

https://pluginu.com/simple-share-buttons-adder/

For those wondering, the new privacy policy allows ShareThis (who just acquired this plugin) to send your usage information to third-party advertisers and place tracking cookies/pixels on their behalf. It’s a very sneaky way for the new owners to further monetize the plugin. From their policy:

We may share non-aggregate, non-personally identifiable Usage Information, including audience segments, with third party advertisers and publishers to assist us and them in delivering relevant, targeted advertising that is aligned with user interests. For example, these companies may use such information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. Your preferences collected through this process may be used to influence which types of marketing messages you receive across sites that we work with.

While using the ShareThis Services, We may place third party advertisers’ and publishers’ cookies and pixels on their behalf regarding Usage Information.

This was such a simple, lightweight social sharing plugin… but I fear it’s now going to become much more bloated and trashy, like most of the others out there.

Hi bobsled, thank you! And thanks for the additional link. I went through the code and my plugin is intact. I made changes external to the plugin code.

Hi rbenhase, indeed. The solution is to backgrade, links in this thread. Good luck! D

Props to SSBA for making some quick money selling their plugin, but seriously upset that it’s been soiled by ShareThis, a company I’ve been avoiding for this very reason. Thanks so much for the old version ??

Also, if you know what you’re doing you can dequeue the st_insights.js script here:

/wp-content/plugins/simple-share-buttons-adder/inc/ssba_styles.php
Remove lines 12-21 in that file.

Of course editing core plugin files is bad yada yada but I just had to track it down and share with everyone.

^^^ SAFER WAY to remove st_insights.js :

function wpdocs_dequeue_script() {
   wp_dequeue_script( 'ssba-sharethis' );
}
add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'wpdocs_dequeue_script', 100 );

add this to functions.php

If anyone has any ideas how to safely remove the facebook SDK script, and the ramifications in doing so, please enlighten us ??

Sorry, I didn’t fully test what dequeuing the script does. You’ll get a console error. It doesn’t break anything, but it’s annoying. Perhaps there’s not a clean way to remove this feature. I guess the best option might be to backgrade.

I have the version 6.1.5 I also have the version light that no is more available and no have the widget. Thanks for the block update plugin.
Is difficult find one social share with widget and light, I tried many plugins but back to this.

Maybe one programmer with experience can add the plugin to the wordpress catalog and add the like button facebook and WhatsApp.
And maintain it for future updates.

can someone share the old version again? The link is now dead

Simple Share Buttons Adder Light 0.0.2

Simple Share Buttons 6.1.5