Contact Form by BestWebSoft – Advanced WP Contact Form Builder for WordPress

The most powerful and user-friendly WordPress contact form plugin. Create beautiful contact forms, widgets and pages using shortcodes.

v4.3.9bestwebsoftUpdated 2026-05-16Added May 26, 201130k+ installs80% rating
28
Score
465
Errors
338
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability14

Top Issues by Category

i18n447
maintainability172
security166

Issues Details

803 issues found in latest scan

ERROR400
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'contact-form-plugin' but got 'bestwebsoft'.

WARNING119
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING51
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$bstwbsftwppdtplgns_active_plugins".

WARNING49
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bws_add_buttons".

ERROR42
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

A function call to __() 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.

WARNING17
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['cntctfrm_contact_attachment']['name']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

WARNING14
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING12
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

WARNING11
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "__CLASS__ . '_additional_import_export_options'".

WARNING10
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING9
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNING9
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

WARNING6
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['cntctfrm_name_label']

WARNING6
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_POST['cntctfrm_name_label'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bws_shortcode_button_content".

ERROR4
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$display'.

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.unlink_unlink

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

WARNING3
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_debug_backtrace

debug_backtrace() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

WARNING2
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFound

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.

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BWS_Admin_Tooltip".

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BWS_GLOBAL".

WARNING2
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_error_log

error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

WARNING2
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_print_r

print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

Latest Snapshot

Findings

803

Errors

465

Warnings

338

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v4.3.9 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v4.3.9

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Findings
803
Errors
465
Warnings
338
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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