SQL Chart Builder

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49 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 11 listed. 38 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 36% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 600.

1. ★★★★★ pamal

   3.2y ago

   Great free plugin with very fast support when needed, good performance, lightweight. Absolutely recommended.My favorite for real time visualizations of information from wordpress database. I use it instead of embedding Google Looker Studio reports.

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2. ★★★★★ eicken71

   3.7y ago

   Current version of SQL Chart Builder not compatible with PHP 8 and WP 6.1.1. It will block your website immediately after installing.

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3. ★★★★★ speleo

   4.1y ago

   A very powerful yet simple to use solution to display chart data directly from SQL queries. Support is first class and very quick if required. I road tested a number of other plugins before choosing SQL Chart Builder and this was definately the leader. 110% recommend. This topic was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by speleo.

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4. ★★★★★ missvanna

   4.1y ago

   how to show values directly on a bar chart

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5. ★★★★★ tnightingale

   4.2y ago

   This plugin is exactly what I was looking for – a way to display charts of user data on a membership site. It’s the only plugin I could find in the repository that makes charts directly from sql, without requiring a pro version or adding a ton of other functionality. After a quick run through of the SQL tutorials on W3Schools, I was creating just the charts I needed. Will be using this on other sites.

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6. ★★★★★ raypierce

   4.3y ago

   This is a great plugin with great support and help. I needed assistance and they were right there with the solution. Too many of these plugins offer next to nothing in their free version and then say upgrade to the PRO version to do stuff you really want to do. This plugin does what those ask a premium for. As soon as this plugin develops a pro version, I’m getting on board!! I tried a bunch of the chart plugins and this one worked great out of the box. Skip the others. This topic was modified 4 years ago by raypierce.

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7. ★★★★★ jlowell03

   4.7y ago

   I created report that look so very professional with this plugin. My client is so so happy and say it the best report they seen in their career. If you know how to massage this plugins you will get something that will make your client fall in love with your work.

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8. ★★★★★ dizwell

   4.9y ago

   It’s easy to use and produces attractive graphs from simple SQL queries… but it cannot properly display any text on the axis labels that contains “foreign” characters. The name “Röntgen”, for example, will be displayed “R & ouml;ntgen”, with HTML code descriptions of o-umlaut rather than with the actual ö character. This is a serious defect… but there are no other equivalent graphing plugins available, so one must make do! It’s incredibly easy to use and it produces attractive graphs from simple SQL queries: a lot of other plugins tend to require you to supply data in separate text or CSV files. I did once have a problem with the graphs not displaying UTF-8 characters properly on the axes of graphs (so things like ‘Röntgen’ would be displayed as “R & ouml;ntgen”, with HTML code descriptions of o-umlaut rather than with the actual ö character. But that got fixed around version 2.2.0. With that fix in place, there isn’t a tool quite like it anywhere else and it has made my personal website much, much more useful in consequence. The support I received back in 2019 was a bit iffy -but the support has improved by leaps and bounds since then, and they would now appear to be responsive and helpful, which is great. Because of the improved support and the fixing of the UTF-8 issue, I’ve increased my rating for the plugin from an acceptable 3-star to a ‘I’m a fan’ 5-star one, as of March 3rd 2022. This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by dizwell. This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by dizwell. This topic was modified 4 years, 7 months ago by dizwell. This topic was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by dizwell. Reason: Software update has fixed serious issue

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All 4 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.0.7). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.4 SQL Chart Builder <= 3.0.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SQL Chart Label (X-axis) via Stored User Field ↗
   2026-10-15 CVE-2026-100158 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0.6 Patched in 3.0.7
2. Patched High · 7.5 SQL Chart Builder < 2.3.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection ↗
   2026-04-08 CVE-2026-4079 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects < 2.3.8 Patched in 2.3.8
3. Patched Medium · 6.4 SQL Chart Builder <= 2.3.7.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-09-22 CVE-2025-58233 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.3.7.2 Patched in 2.3.8
4. Patched Medium · 6.5 SQL Chart Builder <= 2.3.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection ↗
   2024-12-11 CVE-2024-11430 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command Affects <= 2.3.6 Patched in 2.3.7

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Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-08-10 600+ → 500+ down after 12 days in tier
2. 2026-07-29 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2026-07-28 600+ → 500+ down after 48 days in tier
4. 2026-06-10 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2026-06-08 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2026-06-06 500+ → 600+ up after 5 days in tier
7. 2026-06-01 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2026-05-31 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier

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SQL Chart Builder: 500+ active installs, 3.9★ (22 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/sql-chart-builder