WordPress Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare

Version: 4.3.0

Version : 4.3.0

Current Version

Version: 4.3.0
Version: 4.2.1
Version: 4.2.0
Version: 4.1.0
Version: 4.0.2
Version: 4.0.1
Version: 4.0.0
Version: 3.6.1

The most beautiful, responsive, lightning fast social share buttons built to boost shares and drive more traffic without slowing down your site.

Overall Rating

WordPress Rating

Review
Tests
Compare
Changelog

Want to write review?

Are you an author of this plugin? Want to write a more detailed review?

Submit Review

The plugin has some issues

Sorry, pal! The plugin couldn’t pass all our tests. No hard feelings, right?

Tests done by WP Hive test script Results

Minimal impact on memory usage The memory usage of this plugin is more than the average memory usage of other plugins on WordPress.org + 200KB
Minimal impact on pagespeed The impact of this plugin on PageSpeed is less than the average impact of other plugins on WordPress.org + 1000 milliseconds
No PHP errors, warning, notices WP Hive automated test found PHP error/s while activating this plugin on our server
No Javascript issues WP Hive automated test found no JavaScrip error while activating this plugin on our server
Latest PHP 7.4.8 compatible The latest version of the plugin is not compatible with the latest PHP version
Latest WordPress 5.8 compatible The latest version of the plugin is not compatible with the latest PHP version
Optimized database footprint The plugin creates less than 50 database tables
No activation errors WP Hive automated test found no activation error while activating this plugin on our server
No resource errors WP Hive automated test found no resource error/s while trying this plugin on our server
Frequently updated The plugin was not updated at least once in the last 90 days

All the plugins are tested on the same server with exactly same configuration via test script that automatically activates and logs the data WP Hive shows.

All the scripts run on a VPS with 8 CPU cores and 8 GB of RAM.
The test sites are hosted on Google Cloud VM instances, one site/plugin per instance. The machine type is n1-standard-1. The server is a 8 core CPU with 8GB of RAM.
The test sites are hosted on Apache/2 server and they are tested on PHP 7.4.8 & WordPress 5.8.
The database server is MySQL 8.0.15 and the default PHP memory limit is 256MB.

1M

Total Downloads

40K

Active Installation

6 years

On WordPress

0.0%

Growth Rate

1

Support Thread

182

Ratings on WordPress

00

Downloads This Week

00

Ago Last Updated

Download Plugin Plugin Website

About WordPress Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare

Description

Get more social shares which can lead to more website traffic with the best WordPress social sharing plugin! Built by a group of social media marketing experts and world class developers who are obsessed with performance. Learn more at Warfare Plugins. WordPress Sharing Plugin Most WordPress social sharing plugins slow down your site, are not attractive, and don’t work the....

WordPress Sharing Plugin

Most WordPress social sharing plugins slow down your site, are not attractive, and don’t work the way you would hope. Social Warfare share buttons are both lightning fast and beautiful.

Not only will it never slow down your website like other sharing plugins, we give you the most attractive share buttons available that look great no matter what screen size or resolution.

Social Warfare has boosted social shares by 300% without slowing down my blog.
Eddie Gear – Professional Blogger

You can choose from the top social networks sharing buttons, including:

Facebook
Twitter
Google+
Pinterest
LinkedIn
Mix

You can also choose where you want the share buttons to show up. Choose from the following placement options:

Above the post content
Below the post content
Both above and below the post content
None (or) Manual placement

We also give you the ability to have floating share buttons follow your readers down the screen when static (non-floating) buttons are not in view. This way the reader will always have easy access to your share buttons, no matter where they scroll on your page.

“This is by far the best looking social sharing plugin I have seen on the net!”
David Foster, Online Personality

Social Proof

Proudly display how many times your content has been shared– even tweet counts (with a Social Warfare – Pro license)! Social Proof is a powerful psychological tool that has been proven to influence even more shares.

We use the social network API endpoints to ensure that the most accurate share counts are always displayed.

Click to Tweet Quotes

A simple and effective way to create tweetable quotes right inside your posts or pages. This has proven to increase the average number of tweets per article dramatically.

Use Shortcodes to Manually Place Social Share Buttons Anywhere

If you want to place buttons in the middle of an article, you can with our [social_warfare] shortcode.

What if you wanted to add share buttons to a page but actually have them share out a different page altogether (like being able to share your Subscribe page from your Thank You)? Social Warfare allows you to do this!

If you’re experienced with PHP, you can also hook Social Warfare into your theme templates for hyper customization.

Content Protection

We’ve built our highly demanded Frame Buster right into Social Warfare so that you are protected from content hijackers seeking to place their advertisements on top of your content without your permission.

Social Warfare is by far the best social sharing plugin I’ve ever used. I recommend it to all of my clients.
Andrew Wilder, Marketing Consultant

Premium Social Sharing Options

Social Warfare – Pro license holders also get access to the following social network share buttons:

Reddit
Tumblr
Yummly
WhatsApp
Pocket
Buffer
Hacker News
Flipboard
Email

In addition to the extra social networks, you can also reactivate, track and display Twitter tweet counts!

Pin All the Images

Enabling the Image Hover Pin Button will place a “Pin” button over top of every image inside of your content when a reader hovers their mouse over it. This makes every image on your page highly sharable to Pinterest!

Powerful Share Customization

“I use Social Warfare – Pro because how things are shared when I’m not there to do it is important!”
Peg Fitzpatrick, author of The Art and Science of Social Media

Social Warfare is among the pioneers of customizing how your content is shared, particularly with Pinterest. The Social Warfare – Pro add-on allows you to decide exactly which image, title and description appears when your content is shared on sites like Facebook and Google+. This also applies to any other networks that use Open Graph data for social shares.

On top of that, you can upload a custom Pinterest image and write a custom description so that when someone clicks the pin button, the exact image you’ve chosen shows up with exactly the description you’ve written. No more hoping that your readers choose the best image and write an optimal description for you!

In addition to that, you can also write a custom tweet for when someone clicks on the Twitter button. The exact tweet you wrote will be displayed in the Twitter share box and Social Warfare will automatically add the link to your content and your @username to the end of it.

These capabilities are what professional social media marketers and bloggers have been waiting for.

Social Warfare – Pro Sharing Options, Custom Design and Placements

Customize which sharing networks you display, how your buttons look and where they show up.

You can choose from 6 different button shapes, 8 different color themes plus the ability to choose custom colors for your buttons. The design combinations are unlimited.

You will also get 6 different Click to Tweet styles and an option to create your own style via your theme’s CSS.

Minimum Social Proof

If you would prefer to only show counts after a certain minimum number of shares has been met (to avoid “negative social proof”), you can do that as well. Or if you’d rather just have no counts showing at all, just turn them off altogether.

Share Recovery: Your Lost Share Counts Returned!

Have you ever changed permalink structures, domain prefixes, connection protocols (http-https) or just flat out changed domains and ended up losing all your social share counts?

We’ve built a tool right into Social Warfare called Share Recovery which allows you to get back your lost share counts if you’ve ever had to modify your permalink settings.

Social Authorship, Twitter Cards, Rich Pins and More

It nice to have your stuff shared on social media, it’s even nicer when you get mentioned in the social share! With Social Warfare you can ensure that your authorship is always in place, including:

Facebook author and publisher attribution
Facebook app link (advanced users)
Twitter publisher and author attribution
“via @username” added to the ends of tweets
“via @username” added to the ends of pin descriptions

You can also activate Twitter Cards (Large Image Cards) so that tweets sent from your site are always media rich and much more likely to get engagement.

Our plugin also ensures that your site is Rich Pin ready so that your Pins look as good as possible.

Link Shortening, Analytics Campaign and Button-click Tracking

Shorten shared links automatically using your own Bitly credentials so you can track how many clicks are occurring on your links.

Additionally, if you’re a Google Analytics user, you can set up Analytics tracking so that each shared link contains a networks specific UTM tracking code. This way you can track all inbound links that come as a direct result of Social Warfare shares.

You can also activate Event Tracking so that you can also see in Google Analytics exactly how many times your buttons are clicked.

It is without question that Social Warfare is the most powerful social sharing plugin available for WordPress. You get all these premium features while still benefitting from a super-fast, light-weight code base.

Notes

Testimonial

I use Social Warfare – Pro because how things are shared when I’m not there to do it is important!
Peg Fitzpatrick, Social Media Strategist

Social Warfare is by far the best social-sharing-button plugin I’ve ever used. I recommend it to all of my clients.
Andrew Wilder, Consultant

It’s a beautiful, super lightweight, and highly customizable plugin. I love everything about it!
Rebekah Radice, Social Media Strategist

“This is BY FAR the best looking social sharing plugin I have seen on the net!”
David Foster, Online Personality

I use Social Warfare because it’s the only sharing plugin that can be customized to blend seamlessly with my branding.
Andrea Beltrami, Visual Marketer

Social Warfare has boosted social shares by 300% without slowing down my blog.
Eddie Gear – Professional Blogger

After installing Social Warfare I straight away saw an increase in social shares and traffic.
Robert Ryan, Professional Web Designer

Performance

Memory Usage

Average memory usage is490.6 KB
This is more than52%plugins

Page Speed

Average page loading time is increased by 0.01 s
This is faster than99%plugins

Speed Test Benchmark Learn more how we collect the data

Before plugin activation
After plugin activation

Benchmark

Change

Average Change

+ 0.01s

/(front page)

- 0.03s

/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

- 0.06s

/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category

+ 0.04s

/wp-admin/edit.php

+ 0.04s

/wp-admin/index.php

- 0.04s

/wp-admin/media-new.php

- 0.06s

/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

- 0.03s

/wp-admin/options-writing.php

+ 0.02s

/wp-admin/post-new.php

+ 0.21s

/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page

+ 0.07s

/wp-admin/upload.php

- 0.08s

MoreLess

Memory Usage Benchmark Learn more how we collect the data

Before plugin activation
After plugin activation

Benchmark

Change

Average Change

+ 490.6KB

/ (front page)

+ 58.38KB

/wp-admin/edit-comments.php

+ 62.09KB

/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category

+ 62.42KB

/wp-admin/edit.php

+ 70.87KB

/wp-admin/index.php

+ 62.44KB

/wp-admin/media-new.php

+ 62.27KB

/wp-admin/options-discussion.php

+ 62.47KB

/wp-admin/options-writing.php

+ 60.33KB

/wp-admin/post-new.php

+ 55.87KB

/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page

+ 55.25KB

/wp-admin/upload.php

+ 62.17KB

MoreLess

User Rating of WordPress Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare from WP Hive Users

Overall Quality

Measures the overall quality

Ease of Use

How easy it is to use?

Quality of Support

Satisfied or not?

Value for Money

Is it good bang for the buck?

Features

Is it feature riched?

Rate Now

Stats

Download Statistics

Plugin Version Usage

Database Tables

The plugin has added 0 additional options to your WordPress.

WP-Options

The plugin has added 4 additional options to your WordPress website.

widget_swp_popular_posts_widget
social_warfare_dismissed_notices
swp_json_cache
swp_registered_options

Errors

Memory Usage

This plugin uses 490.6KB memory on average, which is more than a plugin should use.

PHP Compatibility Issue

The plugin has not been properly activated on PHP 7.4.8. It may not work.

WordPress Compatibility Issue

The plugin may not be fully compatible with WordPress 5.8.

Frequently Updated

The plugin has not been updated in the last 90 days.

Read more how WP Hive determines this data.

Error Log

We found the following errors while activating the plugin. Read more how WP Hive generates this data.

[20-Jul-2021 23:49:36 UTC] PHP Deprecated: block_categories is deprecated since version 5.8.0! Use block_categories_all instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 5458
[20-Jul-2021 23:49:36 UTC] PHP Deprecated: block_categories is deprecated since version 5.8.0! Use block_categories_all instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 5458
[20-Jul-2021 23:49:39 UTC] PHP Deprecated: block_categories is deprecated since version 5.8.0! Use block_categories_all instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 5458

Show Off Your Plugin

PHP 7.4.8

WP 5.8

PHP 7.4.8 WP 5.8

Love using this plugin?

Why don’t you compare the plugin side by side
with another plugin

Start Comparing

Ratings & Reviews

Overall Quality

Ease of Use

Quality of Support

Value for Money

Features