Title: Plugin breaks theme
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Plugin breaks theme

 *  [TrueNorthTimes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truenorthtimes/)
 * (@truenorthtimes)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-theme-3/)
 * The title says it all. Activating the plugin breaks key theme elements on my 
   homepage. The theme I use is Gabfire theme’s [Stylebook](http://demos.gabfirethemes.com/stylebook/).
 * My site is [here](http://www.truenorthtimes.ca/).
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/addthis/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/addthis/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [addthis_paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/addthis_paul/)
 * (@addthis_paul)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-theme-3/#post-5751934)
 * Hi there,
 * Can you explain the issues with your site? I’m not seeing any issues with our
   tools on your site now but I’m not sure how it is supposed to look.
 *  Thread Starter [TrueNorthTimes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truenorthtimes/)
 * (@truenorthtimes)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-theme-3/#post-5751945)
 * We are a news site and receive sizable traffic daily, so I can only take a screenshot
   with the plugin activated briefly. You can find it [here](http://www.truenorthtimes.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/http___www.page2images.com_tmp_20150204_wtMw1W875xuVD0t1.png).
 *  Plugin Author [addthis_matt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/addthis_matt/)
 * (@addthis_matt)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-theme-3/#post-5751973)
 * Thanks for the screenshot. I certainly understand not wanting to keep the plugin
   activated if it’s causing those sorts of issues. I’m currently seeing the Sharing
   Sidebar on the site, which appears to not be causing any layout issues.
 * Could you let us know which buttons you had activated, which were causing the
   issue? Also, what position options did you have selected (ex: above/below the
   homepage, category, archive, etc.)?
 *  Thread Starter [TrueNorthTimes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truenorthtimes/)
 * (@truenorthtimes)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-theme-3/#post-5752049)
 * I don’t quite understand what you mean by which buttons I have activated. We 
   use the sharing sidebar and recommended content widgets by inserting AddThis 
   scripts into our PHP templates. The issue happens when I simply activate the 
   AddThis plugin. I can have it deactivated and still have the sidebar and recommended
   content. My main concern is without the plugin, I don’t think I’ll be able to
   use my bitly shortener on shares.

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 * Last reply from: [TrueNorthTimes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truenorthtimes/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-breaks-theme-3/#post-5752049)
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