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Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare icon

Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare

v4.5.5
by WarfarePlugins · 3.3 (184 reviews)

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

20K+ active installs Updated Mar 02, 2025 Tested to 6.7.2 Requires PHP 5.6
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Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare

About Social Sharing Plugin – Social Warfare

The Social Warfare plugin for WordPress is a high-performance social sharing tool that can increase social shares by 300% without slowing down your website. It offers attractive share buttons for popular social networks, customizable placement options, and additional features like popular posts widgets and click-to-tweet quotes.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best WordPress social sharing plugin?
The best WordPress social sharing plugin is Social Warfare. It is built by a group of social media marketing experts and world-class developers who are obsessed with performance.
What social networks can I choose from for sharing buttons?
You can choose from the top social networks sharing buttons, including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Mix, and Mastodon.
Can I choose where the share buttons show up?
Yes, you can choose where you want the share buttons to show up. You can choose from options such as above the post content, below the post content, both above and below the post content, or none (or manual placement).
Can I have floating share buttons?
Yes, Social Warfare allows you to have floating share buttons that follow your readers down the screen when static buttons are not in view. This ensures that readers always have easy access to your share buttons, no matter where they scroll on your page.
What are the premium social sharing options available?
Premium Social Warfare Pro license holders get access to additional social network share buttons such as Reddit, Tumblr, Yummly, WhatsApp, Pocket, Buffer, Hacker News, Flipboard, and Email. They can also reactivate, track, and display Twitter tweet counts.

Changelog

This changelog covers version 4.5.0 and later. The full changelog can be found on our GitHub.= 4.5.5 (26 Feb 2025) =
* Enhanced security by replacing strip_tags() with wp_strip_all_tags() and using esc_html() and wp_kses() for safer output.
* Improved JSON security by switching from json_encode() to wp_json_encode().
* Added compatibility check for WpOrgRequestsRequests to prevent errors on older WordPress versions.
* Refactored Gutenberg Blocks for safer HTML output and improved CSS consistency.
* Removed outdated config files from assets/js/post-editor/.
* General cleanup, minor style adjustments, and improved code readability.

4.5.3 (12 Aug 2024)

  • Updated stable tag and version numbers to 4.5.3.
  • Updated allowed HTML tags and attributes in SWP_Header_Output.php to enhance security and compatibility.

4.5.2 (5 Aug 2024)

  • Updated stable tag and version numbers to 4.5.2.
  • Changed hook from wp to wp_loaded for deferred class instantiation to improve performance and compatibility.
  • Updated plugin version to 4.5.2.

4.5.1 (29 Jul 2024)

  • Updated .wp-env.json with social-warfare-pro plugin version 4.5.1.
  • Improved security by updating SWP_Addon.php to use ‘security’ instead of ‘nonce’.
  • Updated SWP_Options_Page.php to use translation functions for better internationalization support.

4.5.0 (15 Jul 2024)

  • Implemented linting and WP ENV for local development.
  • Added PHPCS ruleset.
  • Removed coding standards workflow file.
  • Added compiled HTML property to SWP_Notice class.
  • Created and updated CODEOWNERS.
  • Removed unnecessary lines and comments.
  • Added API URLs array to SWP_Post_Cache class.
  • Created dependabot.yml.
  • Updated multiple dependencies and workflows.
  • Added Security Policy.
  • Refactored PHPDoc comments and auto-registered widget in SWP_Popular_Posts_Widget.
  • Escaped HTML output in SWP_Widget.php.
  • Enhanced form rendering in SWP_Popular_Posts_Widget.php.
  • Updated meta_key in SWP_Popular_Posts_Widget.
  • Optimized settings storage and HTML tag stripping in SWP_Utility.php.
  • Modified ‘excerpt_more’ filter.
  • Removed screen options tab from the admin page.
  • Corrected variable name typo in SWP_Utility.php.
  • Refactored and improved readability, naming conventions, and security in multiple classes.
  • Created persistent notices.
  • Updated README.md.

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