BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, Docs, Wikis, FAQ with Chatbot

Documentation, FAQ & Knowledge Base plugin to create docs, FAQs, product FAQ, wikis & help center with AI writing, instant answers & AI Chatbot.

v4.5.6WPDeveloperUpdated Added 30k+ installs96% rating100% support resolved
98
Score
2
Errors
8
Warnings
-1
Change

Category Scores

Security100
Repo100
Performance96
Maintainability92

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

10 findings

Maintainability

9

5 issue groups

Performance

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP functionThe use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwriteFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().

ERRORPerformanceSuppress Filters suppress filtersSetting `suppress_filters` to `true` is prohibited.1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Setting `suppress_filters` to `true` is prohibited.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, Docs, Wikis, FAQ with Chatbot" is different from the name declared in plugin header "BetterDocs".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, Docs, Wikis, FAQ with Chatbot" is different from the name declared in plugin header "BetterDocs".

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

45 domains

Outbound calls

260

External assets

15

Incoming endpoints

25

Notable Domains

wpdeveloper.com13 · outbound
api.openai.com7 · outbound
momentjs.com6 · outbound
nikic.github.com4 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

w3.org85 · platform/reference
github.com10 · platform/reference
plugins.trac.wordpress.org6 · platform/reference
developer.wordpress.org5 · platform/reference
wordpress.org5 · platform/reference
api.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
opensource.org2 · platform/reference
schema.org2 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

betterdocs.co67 · asset + outbound
fonts.googleapis.com6 · asset + outbound

Incoming Endpoints

wp_ajax_nopriv_betterdocs_get_search_resultpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_public

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_betterdocs_feedback_form_submitpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_betterdocs_generate_article_summarypublic

wp_ajax

Admin AJAX endpoints19
wp_ajax_betterdocs_get_search_resultauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_betterdocs_analyze_qualityauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_betterdocs_check_cached_analysisauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_betterdocs_dark_modeauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_betterdocs_dismiss_black_friday_pointerauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_betterdocs_feedback_form_submitauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_betterdocs_generate_article_summaryauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_betterdocs_save_quality_analysisauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_betterdocs_write_block_cssauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_deactivation_form_authenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_generate_openai_contentauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_update_doc_cat_orderauthenticated

wp_ajax

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Score History

3 score snapshots

+78
1007550250Jun 20, 2026, 02:55 AM UTC Score 20/100 Plugin v4.5.4 Plugin Check 2.0.0 508 errors, 1,406 warningsJun 23, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC Score 99/100 Plugin v4.5.5 Plugin Check 2.0.0 1 errors, 1 warningsJun 30, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC Score 98/100 Plugin v4.5.6 Plugin Check 2.0.0 2 errors, 8 warningsJun 20, 2026Jun 30, 2026

v4.5.6

98

Latest

Findings
10
Errors
2
Warnings
8
Check
2.0.0

v4.5.5

99

Score

Findings
2
Errors
1
Warnings
1
Check
2.0.0

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