I tested 10 social sharing plugins to find Social Warfare alternatives that don’t slow WordPress down. Social Warfare was a favourite for years. Then many site owners started looking elsewhere because of speed, updates and pricing.
Sharing buttons look small, but some plugins load heavy scripts on every page. That hurts Core Web Vitals and gives you very little in return. I measured the impact of each one, so you can see the cost before you install anything.
This post covers how I tested each plugin, a quick comparison table, the best picks by use case, and whether social sharing plugins slow WordPress down at all.




