wpsnoop: fix Friendfeed Comments plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin Friendfeed Comments conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.

Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by Friendfeed Comments, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Friendfeed Comments.

Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what Friendfeed Comments leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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What does Friendfeed Comments version 1.2 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Friendfeed Comments to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 1.2 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 1.2 of Friendfeed Comments behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for Friendfeed Comments by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Summary of WordPress plugin analysis: Friendfeed Comments

Plugin Slug: wordpress-friendfeed-comments Internal ID: 82857 Addon Type: Plugin Version: 1.2 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 26 (158.98kB) Short Codes: [ / ] 0 Database Tables: 3 Function Count: 36 Code Review: Search Provit

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Which new files does Friendfeed Comments add to WordPress?

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The plugin Friendfeed Comments added 26 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/	158.98kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/cache_files/	10.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/cache_files/moo.txt	10.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/css/	244.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/css/friendfeed_comments.css	244.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/images/	2.36kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/images/bg_header.jpg	1.75kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/images/bullet1.gif	55.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/images/bullet2.gif	262.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/images/fficon.png	306.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/js/	1.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/js/wp_ff_admin.js	525.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/js/wp_ff_comments.js	351.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/js/wp_ff_front.js	232.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/lang/	10.80kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/lang/WPFFC-en_US.mo	2.06kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/lang/WPFFC-en_US.po	3.27kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/lang/WPFFC-tr_TR.mo	2.14kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/lang/WPFFC-tr_TR.po	3.34kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/libs/	107.18kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/libs/friendfeed.php	12.36kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/libs/JSON.php	35.71kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/libs/Lite.php	25.64kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/libs/PEAR.php	33.46kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/readme.txt	1.81kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/wordpress-friendfeed-comments/wp_friendfeed_comments.php	35.50kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Friendfeed Comments add to WordPress?

The plugin Friendfeed Comments did not add any shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin Friendfeed Comments?

Friendfeed Comments created 3 new database tables when it was installed in our test environment:

Table name	Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
wp_ff_comments	Potential conflict with 1 other plugin
wp_ff_comments_blacklist	The wp_ff_comments_blacklist table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp_ff_comments_posts	The wp_ff_comments_posts table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

After uninstalling and deleting Friendfeed Comments using WP-CLI there were 3 database tables that still remained:

Table name	Status
wp_ff_comments	Orphan/Zombie
wp_ff_comments_blacklist	Orphan/Zombie
wp_ff_comments_posts	Orphan/Zombie

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Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Friendfeed Comments?

When Friendfeed Comments was activated and loaded for the first time it created 4 new options in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
ff_cache_time		The ff_cache_time option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
900
ff_remote_key		The ff_remote_key option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
(empty string)
ff_send_admin_comment		The ff_send_admin_comment option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
0
ff_username		The ff_username option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
(empty string)

During use Friendfeed Comments may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

After disabling and deleting Friendfeed Comments there were 5 options still present in the wp-options table:

ff_cache_time
ff_remote_key
ff_send_admin_comment
ff_username
recently_activated

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What new PHP functions does Friendfeed Comments declare when it is active?

Installing Friendfeed Comments added 36 new functions to Wordpress at run-time. These functions are internal and generally aren't meant to be used except by developpers who wish to interface with the plugin to enhance or alter its behavior.

Function	Conflicts	Common Errors
redirect	21 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare redirect()
test_friendfeed	3 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare test_friendfeed()
add_ff_icon_to_comment_author	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare add_ff_icon_to_comment_author()
bubblesort	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bubblesort()
css_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare css_link()
ff_item_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ff_item_link()
flash_notice	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare flash_notice()
friendfeed_comments_ekle	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare friendfeed_comments_ekle()
friendfeed_comments_head	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare friendfeed_comments_head()
friendfeed_comments_install	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare friendfeed_comments_install()
friendfeed_comments_menu	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare friendfeed_comments_menu()
friendfeed_comments_post_title	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare friendfeed_comments_post_title()
friendfeed_comments_save_ff	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare friendfeed_comments_save_ff()
friendfeed_comments_show_likes	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare friendfeed_comments_show_likes()
get_ff_comments_count_from_db	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_ff_comments_count_from_db()
get_ff_comments_from_db	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_ff_comments_from_db()
get_ff_comments_from_ff	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_ff_comments_from_ff()
get_ff_id	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_ff_id()
is_there_flash_notice	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare is_there_flash_notice()
js_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare js_link()
make_link	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare make_link()
send_admin_comment_to_ff	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare send_admin_comment_to_ff()
set_comments_count	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare set_comments_count()
set_comments_with_friendfeed	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare set_comments_with_friendfeed()
show_posts_ff_comments	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare show_posts_ff_comments()
wp_ff_add_comment_to_blacklist	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_add_comment_to_blacklist()
wp_ff_cache_time_check	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_cache_time_check()
wp_ff_convert_time	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_convert_time()
wp_ff_delete_comment	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_delete_comment()
wp_ff_delete_entry	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_delete_entry()
wp_ff_find_and_save_entry	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_find_and_save_entry()
wp_ff_get_user_role	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_get_user_role()
wp_ff_is_comment_in_blacklist	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_is_comment_in_blacklist()
wp_ff_js	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_js()
wp_ff_update_friendfeed_id_ajax	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_update_friendfeed_id_ajax()
wp_ff_user_is_exists	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare wp_ff_user_is_exists()

Using Friendfeed Comments from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.

How to install Friendfeed Comments from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install wordpress-friendfeed-comments

How to activate Friendfeed Comments from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate Friendfeed Comments after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install wordpress-friendfeed-comments --activate

How to reinstall Friendfeed Comments from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of Friendfeed Comments which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install wordpress-friendfeed-comments --force

How to update Friendfeed Comments to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update wordpress-friendfeed-comments

How to delete Friendfeed Comments from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete wordpress-friendfeed-comments

Where can you download earlier versions of Friendfeed Comments?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of Friendfeed Comments from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in Friendfeed Comments

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with Friendfeed Comments. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.