Title: WP-Live-Chat
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WP-Live-Chat

 *  [mikehelms](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikehelms/)
 * (@mikehelms)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-live-chat/)
 * Hello everyone,
 * I took a look at the code for the WP-Live-Chat plugin, and it appears to be fronting
   data on a porn server.
 * There’s absolutely no reason that data for a plugin should be hosted externally;
   security concerns notwithstanding, it’s certainly not the kind of development
   ethic we’d probably want to see in the WordPress community.
 * Not sure how I would go about “petitioning” for this plugin to be removed.
 * Cheers,
    — Mike

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 *  [Kalessin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kalessin/)
 * (@kalessin)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-live-chat/#post-719165)
 * There are various reasons for interacting with an external server, such as a 
   requirement for executable code which would be too much hassle for the average
   WordPress user to install. There is a plugin which creates PDFs of WordPress 
   content which uses its own servers to do the grunt work.
 * The WP-Live-Chat plugin seems fairly upfront about where the code is and its 
   NSFW status in the accompanying readme.
 * I would suggest that it’s up to the individual whether they want to trust this
   particular site with which to exchange data. I personally would not, given some
   tactics in use by other porn sites.
 * My biggest concern is that the plugin is described as a “mIRC web client” when
   presumably they mean “IRC web client”. mIRC being the name of a popular Windows
   IRC client. I assume this is an honest mistake, not an attempt to capitalize 
   on someone else’s good name.
 *  Thread Starter [mikehelms](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikehelms/)
 * (@mikehelms)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-live-chat/#post-719385)
 * Kalessin, I agree with your points, but there’s not a lot of server heavy-lifting
   to do with a chat client. The data being stored is textual – and even if files
   were being swapped, they could simply be stored as blobs. Nothing that a barebones
   WordPress-capable server couldn’t handle.
 * The server that this plugin references isn’t even active; ergo, the plugin doesn’t
   work.
 * I still believe that this plugin should be removed.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-live-chat/#post-719386)
 * The plugin not working anymore is a valid concern. You can report that problem
   here: [http://wordpress.org/report-bugs/](http://wordpress.org/report-bugs/)
 *  [bondageradio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bondageradio/)
 * (@bondageradio)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-live-chat/#post-719515)
 * Or you could wait till the web host replaces the dead blade in the server.
 * This plugin is a wordpress front end for the well known CGI:IRC chat client, 
   the only information exchanged between the server and the plugin is user name,
   referring page and desired channel to join.
 * We have now added the capability of staying AWAY from the Adult server and connecting
   to freenode.net (the same irc server Automatic uses for their chat rooms)
 * The CGI application does still run on our servers but this can be changed by 
   a simple code change to point the plugin at your own CGI:IRC installation and
   interface. The code for the proprietary interface is not included in the plugin
   package, it is however maintained on our server as a courtesy.
 * MOST hosts see connecting to IRC as an additional service for which they charge
   extra, or as a TOS violation due to the proliferation of file sharing bots passing
   out warez and pr0n, so installing the CGI on your own host may result in issues.
 * The plugin *WAS* distributed as *T-Shirt Ware* but no one seemed to like the 
   idea that you actually got something BESIDES free software for your donation.
   Instead a single button sized advertisement was included in the CGI, and the 
   donate link points to our Project Wonderful location to purchase Ad Space in 
   the chat window, for $1 a day.

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 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [bondageradio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bondageradio/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-live-chat/#post-719515)
 * Status: not resolved

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