Title: [After Update] Decent functionality, extremely poor optimization
Last modified: August 15, 2017

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# [After Update] Decent functionality, extremely poor optimization

 *  [Swennet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swennet/)
 * (@swennet)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-update-decent-functionality-extremely-poor-optimization/)
 * This plugin, while having decent functionality, desperately needs an update to
   improve performance and fix bugs.
 * **Performance**
    - AddThis JavaScript is loaded on every page
    - AddThis CSS is loaded on every page
 * Basically, it needs an option to only load AddThis on pages where it is needed.
 * **Improvements**
    - Stop inserting empty AddThis elements above and below the content if it’s 
      not actually placed there. This only adds useless clutter to the page’s HTML.
 * **Additions**
    - Ability to use custom CSS for AddThis buttons without overwriting the existing
      rules with !important
 * **Bugs:**
    - Settings panel breaks the Query Monitor plugin
    - Settings panel prints PHP notices in debug.log (HP Notice: Undefined variable:
      input in C:\wamp64\www\creepypasta\wp-content\plugins\addthis\backend\AddThisFeature.
      php on line 652)
 *  -  This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by [Swennet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swennet/).
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    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by [Swennet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swennet/).
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by [Swennet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swennet/).

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