Add a Facebook Messenger chat button to WordPress — floating chat bubble, pre-filled messages, availability hours, and built-in analytics.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
83
13 issue groups
Security
68
9 issue groups
I18n
15
3 issue groups
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $date_where at FROM $table WHERE 1=1 $date_where $widget_where AND browser != ''\n22
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $date_where at FROM $table WHERE 1=1 $date_where $widget_where AND browser != ''\n
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.21
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$cleanup_raw".15
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$cleanup_raw".
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$notice'.12
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$notice'.
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'better-chat-support' but got 'chat-help'.11
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'better-chat-support' but got 'chat-help'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BetterChatSupport_field_typography_defaultstyles".9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BetterChatSupport_field_typography_defaultstyles".
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $date_where used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$date_where used without escaping.7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $date_where used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$date_where used without escaping.
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WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['reason_id'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_REQUEST['reason_info']
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detected4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "register_block_type_from_metadata()" requires WordPress 5.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.0.0.
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BetterChatSupport_get_google_fonts".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to esc_html__() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
WARNINGMaintainabilityupdate modification detected2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: _site_transient_update_plugins
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $table_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$table_name assigned unsafely at line 54.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->client->slug . '_tracker_data'".
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
57
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
7
Notable Domains
Platform / Reference Domains
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
register_rest_route
register_rest_route
register_rest_route
register_rest_route
register_rest_route
Admin AJAX endpoints2
wp_ajax
wp_ajax
Score History
2 score snapshots
v2.3.0
32
Latest
- Findings
- 176
- Errors
- 73
- Warnings
- 103
- Check
- 2.0.0
v2.2.1
32
Score
- Findings
- 175
- Errors
- 72
- Warnings
- 103
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 32 | 176 | 73 | 103 | v2.3.0 | 2.0.0 |
| 32 | 175 | 72 | 103 | v2.2.1 | 2.0.0 |
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