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Social Warfare

Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare

by WarfarePlugins · WordPress.org page · Website

v4.5.6 Tested up to WP 6.7.7 PHP 5.6+

Social Warfare has 10,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 1,933,418 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on March 18, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.7.7.

Social Warfare at a glance

Active installs
10,000+
Total downloads
1,933,418
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Social Warfare well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.7.7, not yet with the current 7.1
One-star reviews
37%
68 of 186 reviews on WordPress.org

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • 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

Social Warfare reviews and ratings

186 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
3.3 out of 5

186 reviews

5★
96
4★
9
3★
6
2★
7
1★
68

  • Works out of the box

    Install and Activate and done. It does take a minute or two if you select floating buttons for them to show on your page but they do show. I could not get the fade in/out to work but all in all i just wanted these on my post page anyway so it works out better having them under each post.

    rcopithorne

  • good!!!

    does what none doing

    neoswf

  • Unreliable company

    This developer has serious issues: Accepts your order, takes your money, then blocks you from any contact using WordFence.

    Helge Skrivervik

  • No longer able to upload images, support told me to use a different theme

    I've been using Social Warfare without issue for a couple of years. Maybe a month ago I noticed that the option to upload social images for blog posts disappeared. I hadn't added any new plugins or changed themes - I just kept current with updating the existing ones - so I contacted support. I was told that it must be a conflict with my theme or a plugin, and their solution was to have me use a different theme (note I use a well-constructed theme built on Elementor Pro). Seriously?! I did deactivate all non-essential plugins, but that didn't solve the issue either. Then I noticed that this plugin hasn't been updated for the latest version of Wordpress. Hmmmm... I got this plugin specifically to hide Pinterest images, so I'll be cancelling.

    kristiamdahl

  • Works perfectly for me

    Look is great and works as described.

    Integral Health

  • Ouch, Analytics Don't Work?

    You'll be shooting in the dark just never knowing who is social sharing your posts/articles as the analytics don't work; author knows this too. You'll have no idea if users are sharing... yeah, just not worth it...

    cuber617

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Details

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

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • floating-share-buttons
  • share buttons
  • sharing buttons
  • social media share
  • social sharing plugin
Version
4.5.6
Last updated
Mar 18, 2025
First published
Jul 13, 2016
Requires WordPress
4.5.0
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
5.6
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Social Warfare FAQ

What does Social Warfare do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Social Warfare offers Facebook author and publisher attribution, Facebook app link (advanced users), Twitter publisher and author attribution, “via @username” added to the ends of tweets and “via @username” added to the ends of pin descriptions.

How many active installs does Social Warfare have?

WordPress.org reports 10,000+ active installs for Social Warfare as of September 7, 2026.

Is Social Warfare still maintained?

The last release was on March 18, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Social Warfare free?

Social Warfare is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.