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Total Issues

901

Across 3 categories

Affected Plugins

12

With reported issues

Total Impact

4M

Active installations

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Issues by Category
Distribution across quality categories
94.3%
security
850
issues
4.1%
performance
Most Impactful Rules
Specific error and warning codes affecting the most installations
1
NotPrepared
WARNINGsecurity
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared
197
issues
9
plugins
1M
impact
37
issues
1.6%
uncategorized
14
issues
2
slow_db_query_meta_query
WARNINGperformance
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query
13
issues
4
plugins
1M
impact
3
DirectQuery
ERRORsecurity
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery
315
issues
12
plugins
458K
impact
4
NoCaching
ERRORsecurity
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching
290
issues
12
plugins
458K
impact
5
slow_db_query_meta_key
WARNINGperformance
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key
16
issues
3
plugins
308K
impact
6
slow_db_query_meta_value
WARNINGperformance
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_value
8
issues
1
plugins
200K
impact
7
InterpolatedNotPrepared
WARNINGsecurity
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared
30
issues
5
plugins
130K
impact
8
mysql_mysqli_query
ERRORuncategorized
WordPress.DB.RestrictedFunctions.mysql_mysqli_query
2
issues
1
plugins
70K
impact
9
mysql_mysqli_connect
ERRORuncategorized
WordPress.DB.RestrictedFunctions.mysql_mysqli_connect
2
issues
1
plugins
70K
impact
10
mysql_mysqli_close
ERRORuncategorized
WordPress.DB.RestrictedFunctions.mysql_mysqli_close
1
issues
1
plugins
70K
impact
11
mysql_mysqli_fetch_assoc
ERRORuncategorized
WordPress.DB.RestrictedFunctions.mysql_mysqli_fetch_assoc
1
issues
1
plugins
70K
impact
12
SchemaChange
ERRORsecurity
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange
12
issues
4
plugins
32K
impact
13
mysql__PDO
ERRORuncategorized
WordPress.DB.RestrictedClasses.mysql__PDO
7
issues
1
plugins
10K
impact
14
ReplacementsWrongNumber
WARNINGsecurity
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.ReplacementsWrongNumber
1
issues
1
plugins
10K
impact
15
UnquotedComplexPlaceholder
WARNINGsecurity
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnquotedComplexPlaceholder
1
issues
1
plugins
10K
impact
16
UnnecessaryPrepare
WARNINGsecurity
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnnecessaryPrepare
1
issues
1
plugins
10K
impact
17
UnfinishedPrepare
WARNINGsecurity
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnfinishedPrepare
1
issues
1
plugins
8K
impact
18
LikeWithoutWildcards
WARNINGsecurity
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.LikeWithoutWildcards
1
issues
1
plugins
8K
impact
19
mysql__mysqli
ERRORuncategorized
WordPress.DB.RestrictedClasses.mysql__mysqli
1
issues
1
plugins
4K
impact
20
QuotedSimplePlaceholder
WARNINGsecurity
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.QuotedSimplePlaceholder
1
issues
1
plugins
2K
impact