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Affected Plugins

50

On this page

Total Issues

3K

Instances found

Total Impact

7M

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

Post Views Counter

post-views-counter

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

admin-site-enhancements

AI Powered Starter Templates by Kadence WP

kadence-starter-templates

17

issues

200K

installs

CookieAdmin – Cookie Consent Banner

Activity Log – Monitor & Record User Changes

aryo-activity-log

Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization

The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless.

autodescription

Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns

essential-blocks

LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer

WP Activity Log

wp-security-audit-log

SureMail – SMTP and Email Logs Plugin with Amazon SES, Postmark, and Other Providers

White Label CMS

white-label-cms

CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes

cmp-coming-soon-maintenance

Post Type Switcher

post-type-switcher

Advanced File Manager – Ultimate WP File Manager And Document Library Solution

file-manager-advanced

Post Duplicator

post-duplicator

generateblocks

Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button

wp-whatsapp-chat

Firelight Lightbox

easy-fancybox

Call Now Button – The #1 Click to Call Button for WordPress

call-now-button

Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator

favicon-by-realfavicongenerator

Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution

GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds, Docs & more

Independent Analytics – Google Analytics Alternative for WordPress

independent-analytics

Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget

custom-twitter-feeds

Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)

feeds-for-youtube

Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More

Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress

wp-user-avatar

Advanced Database Cleaner

advanced-database-cleaner

Robin image optimizer — save money on image compression

robin-image-optimizer

Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery

modula-best-grid-gallery

Brevo – Email, SMS, Web Push, Chat, and more.

Import any XML, CSV or Excel File to WordPress

wp-all-import

Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager

real-media-library-lite

Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields

WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce

woocommerce-multilingual

Relevanssi – A Better Search

Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder

everest-forms

Jetpack Protect

jetpack-protect

HUSKY – Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce

woocommerce-products-filter

TI WooCommerce Wishlist

ti-woocommerce-wishlist

Rich Shortcodes for Google Reviews

widget-google-reviews

LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect)

peters-login-redirect

codepress-admin-columns

Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall

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