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Affected Plugins

50

On this page

Total Issues

1K

Instances found

Total Impact

28M

Active installations

Activity Trend

Last 30 days

Peak: 24753

Examples

Real messages found in scanned plugins

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

Affected Plugins

Plugins that have instances of this rule violation

The Events Calendar

the-events-calendar

Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode

coming-soon

55

issues

700K

installs

User Role Editor

user-role-editor

WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway

woocommerce-gateway-stripe

TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy

creame-whatsapp-me

MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites

Premium Addons for Elementor

premium-addons-for-elementor

Simple Custom CSS and JS

custom-css-js

WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

wp-statistics

Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You

Broken Link Checker

broken-link-checker

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder

Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder

Header Footer Code Manager

header-footer-code-manager

WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax)

woocommerce-services

Enable Media Replace

enable-media-replace

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor

royal-elementor-addons

Post Types Order

post-types-order

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider

Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone

MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor

Contact Form 7 Database Addon – CFDB7

contact-form-cfdb7

Easy Table of Contents

easy-table-of-contents

MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation

Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more

SiteGuard WP Plugin

PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager

pixelyoursite

BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin

Facebook for WooCommerce

facebook-for-woocommerce

WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate

shortcodes-ultimate

LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder

wp-maintenance-mode

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order

taxonomy-terms-order

Gutenberg Blocks with AI by Kadence WP – Page Builder Features

kadence-blocks

Page Builder by SiteOrigin

siteorigin-panels

YITH WooCommerce Wishlist

yith-woocommerce-wishlist

Breeze – WordPress Cache Plugin

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery

nextgen-gallery

Intuitive Custom Post Order

intuitive-custom-post-order

WooCommerce Legacy REST API

woocommerce-legacy-rest-api

Post SMTP – Complete SMTP Solution with Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App

Translate Multilingual sites – TranslatePress

translatepress-multilingual

Creative Mail – Easier WordPress & WooCommerce Email Marketing

creative-mail-by-constant-contact

Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty

Templately – Elementor & Gutenberg Template Library: 6500+ Free & Pro Ready Templates And Cloud!

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