AddThis plugin in Wordpress is unresponsive when used with a theme that relies heavily

I've been struggling to properly set up the AddThis Wordpress plugin to display share buttons below each post in an AJAX theme.

After inserting this code into the custom button field on the settings page: 

<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" id="toolbox">
    <a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_compact"></a>
</div>

In the main page PHP file within the post loop, I have added the following script:

<script>
    var tbx = document.getElementById("toolbox"),
    svcs = {email: 'Email', print: 'Print', facebook: 'Facebook', expanded: 'More'};

    for (var s in svcs) {
        tbx.innerHTML += '<a class="addthis_button_'+s+'">'+svcs[s]+'</a>';
    });

    function ReinitializeAddThis() {
        if (window.addthis) {
            window.addthis.toolbox("#toolbox");
        }
    }
</script>
<iframe style="display: none;" onload="ReinitializeAddThis();"></iframe>

The share buttons tend to load inconsistently and vanish upon refresh. Additionally, I'm encountering an error message stating Uncaught ReferenceError: ReinitializeAddThis is not defined, which has me puzzled... Any assistance or clarification would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

javascriptajaxwordpresspluginsaddthis

Answer №1

I have successfully found a solution and am sharing it here in case others encounter the same issue.

While on the AddThis settings page, I inserted this code into the "custom button" field:

<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style" id="toolbox">
    <a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a>
    <a class="addthis_button_compact"></a>
</div>

Next, within the main PHP file of the page loop:

<script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ajaxComplete(function(){
            console.log("All AJAX requests completed");

            if (window.addthis) {
                window.addthis.toolbox(".addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style");
                console.log("AddThis rendered")

            };
        });
        var tbx = document.getElementById("toolbox"),
            svcs = {email: 'Email', print: 'Print', facebook: 'Facebook', expanded: 'More'};

        for (var s in svcs) {
            tbx.innerHTML += '<a class="addthis_button_'+s+'">'+svcs[s]+'</a>';
        };
    </script>

This code triggers the window.addthis.toolbox() function for each post individually and generates a sharing toolbox once AJAX has finished rendering, as described in detail on this page.

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