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Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
I18n
2,276
4 issue groups
Maintainability
1,233
15 issue groups
Security
144
4 issue groups
Performance
4
2 issue groups
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'advanced-custom-fields' but got 'acf'.2,221
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2,221
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'advanced-custom-fields' but got 'acf'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function FoundFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_acf_apply_deprecated_hook".551
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 551
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_acf_apply_deprecated_hook".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'acf/schema/post_field_objects/post_type=' . $post_type".236
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 236
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'acf/schema/post_field_objects/post_type=' . $post_type".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$acf".174
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 174
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$acf".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class FoundClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ACF".113
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 113
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ACF".
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;91
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 91
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found 'acf_esc_attrs'.76
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 76
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found 'acf_esc_attrs'.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.39
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 39
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET[$key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar36
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 36
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET[$key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Namespace FoundNamespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ACF\AI".23
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Namespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ACF\AI".
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WARNINGSecurityMissing17
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized15
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['acf']
ERRORI18nMissing Singular Placeholder14
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing singular placeholder, needed for some languages. See https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers#Plurals
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname Found4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$filter/$variation=$value".
WARNINGMaintainabilityInvalid Prefix Passed4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "acf/field" prefix is not a valid namespace/function/class/variable/constant prefix in PHP.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "register_block_bindings_source()" requires WordPress 6.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 6.2.0.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $string
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude2
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
ERRORPerformanceSuppress Filters suppress filters2
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Setting `suppress_filters` to `true` is prohibited.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged
Score History
First score snapshot
v6.8.4
23
Latest
- Findings
- 3,674
- Errors
- 2,456
- Warnings
- 1,218
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 23 | 3,674 | 2,456 | 1,218 | v6.8.4 | 2.0.0 |
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