Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily Security & Risk Analysis

wordpress.org/plugins/buttons

Easily build floating, social share, and print buttons in WordPress. Engage visitors, increase clicks, and let users share or print pages instantly.

80 active installs v1.2 PHP 7.4+ WP 5.5+ Updated Dec 2, 2025
action-buttoncall-to-actionclick-to-callcontact-buttonfloating-button
100
A · Safe
CVEs total0
Unpatched0
Last CVENever
Safety Verdict

Is Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily Safe to Use in 2026?

Generally Safe

Score 100/100

Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily has no known CVEs and is actively maintained. It's a solid choice for most WordPress installations.

No known CVEs Updated 5mo ago
Risk Assessment

The "buttons" v1.2 plugin exhibits a generally good security posture with a remarkably small attack surface and robust use of prepared statements and output escaping. The static analysis reveals no direct entry points into the plugin that are unprotected, and a very low percentage of SQL queries are not using prepared statements. The absence of external HTTP requests and file operations further contributes to a secure foundation. However, the taint analysis highlights a concerning area: 8 total flows were analyzed, and all 8 had unsanitized paths. Within these, 3 flows were identified as high severity. This indicates a potential for sensitive data to be mishandled or user input to be processed in an unsafe manner, despite the high percentage of output escaping.

Key Concerns

  • High severity unsanitized taint flows
  • All analyzed taint flows have unsanitized paths
  • SQL queries not using prepared statements
Vulnerabilities
None known

Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily Security Vulnerabilities

No known vulnerabilities — this is a good sign.
Version History

Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily Release Timeline

v1.2Current
v1.1
v1.0.6
v1.0.5
v1.0.4
v1.0.3
v1.0.2
v1.0.1
v1.0
Code Analysis
Analyzed Mar 16, 2026

Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily Code Analysis

Dangerous Functions
0
Raw SQL Queries
6
22 prepared
Unescaped Output
6
295 escaped
Nonce Checks
2
Capability Checks
2
File Operations
0
External Requests
0
Bundled Libraries
0

SQL Query Safety

79% prepared28 total queries

Output Escaping

98% escaped301 total outputs
Data Flows · Security
8 unsanitized

Data Flow Analysis

8 flows8 with unsanitized paths
menu (classes\Admin\Dashboard.php:163)
Source (user input) Sink (dangerous op) Sanitizer Transform Unsanitized Sanitized
Attack Surface

Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily Attack Surface

Entry Points0
Unprotected0
WordPress Hooks 12
actionadmin_initclasses\Admin\AdminActions.php:23
actionadmin_noticesclasses\Admin\AdminNotices.php:13
filterplugin_action_linksclasses\Admin\Dashboard.php:25
filterplugin_row_metaclasses\Admin\Dashboard.php:26
filteradmin_footer_textclasses\Admin\Dashboard.php:27
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsclasses\Admin\Dashboard.php:28
actionadmin_menuclasses\Admin\Dashboard.php:29
actionadmin_menuincludes\class-wow-company.php:19
actionadmin_enqueue_scriptsincludes\class-wow-company.php:20
actionwp_headpublic\class-public.php:21
actionwp_footerpublic\class-public.php:24
filterthe_contentpublic\class-public.php:25
Maintenance & Trust

Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily Maintenance & Trust

Maintenance Signals

WordPress version tested6.9.4
Last updatedDec 2, 2025
PHP min version7.4
Downloads4K

Community Trust

Rating0/100
Number of ratings0
Active installs80
Developer Profile

Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily Developer Profile

Wow-Company

26 plugins · 98K total installs

76
trust score
Avg Security Score
95/100
Avg Patch Time
236 days
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Detection Fingerprints

How We Detect Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily

Patterns used to identify this plugin on WordPress sites during automated security audits and web crawling.

Asset Fingerprints

Asset Paths
/wp-content/plugins/buttons/vendors/fontawesome/css/all.min.css
Version Parameters
buttons/style.css?ver=vendors/fontawesome/css/all.min.css?ver=

HTML / DOM Fingerprints

CSS Classes
wpie-linkswpie-color-orange
Data Attributes
data-plugin-name="Buttons"data-plugin-version="1.2"
Shortcode Output
[buttons
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about Buttons – Build Floating, Social Share & Print Buttons Easily