WPChat – Live Chat & Messaging Widget for Customer Support

WordPress WhatsApp chat plugin with a live chat widget for WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram & Instagram. Includes smart FAQs and chat funnels.

v1.4.2Syed BalkhiUpdated Added 2k+ installs90% rating
89
Score
6
Errors
7
Warnings
-9
Change

Category Scores

Security84
Repo100
Performance96
Maintainability93

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

13 findings

Maintainability

8

3 issue groups

Performance

3

1 issue group

Security

2

1 issue group

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "str_contains()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.8.0.4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "str_contains()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.8.0.

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In excludeUsing exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.3
Category
Performance
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WPChat - Livechat Customer Support Suite" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WPChat - Livechat Customer Support Suite" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$firstInstall'.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "WPChat – Live Chat & Messaging Widget for Customer Support" is different from the name declared in plugin header "WPChat - Livechat Customer Support Suite".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "WPChat – Live Chat & Messaging Widget for Customer Support" is different from the name declared in plugin header "WPChat - Livechat Customer Support Suite".

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

27 domains

Outbound calls

295

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

3

Notable Domains

wpchat.com51 · outbound
smashballoon.com17 · outbound
reactjs.org4 · outbound
bit.ly2 · outbound
php-fig.org2 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

w3.org189 · platform/reference
github.com5 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Admin AJAX endpoints3
wp_ajax_am_recommended_block_installauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_sb_deactivation_feedbackauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_sb_feature_suggestionauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

2 score snapshots

-9
1007550250Jun 21, 2026, 03:40 PM UTC Score 98/100 Plugin v1.4.1 Plugin Check 2.0.0 3 errors, 7 warningsJun 24, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC Score 89/100 Plugin v1.4.2 Plugin Check 2.0.0 6 errors, 7 warningsJun 21, 2026Jun 24, 2026

v1.4.2

89

Latest

Findings
13
Errors
6
Warnings
7
Check
2.0.0

v1.4.1

98

Score

Findings
10
Errors
3
Warnings
7
Check
2.0.0

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