BackUpWordPress

Simple automated backups of your WordPress-powered website.

v3.14Tom WillmotUpdated 2024-04-24Added Sep 2, 200790k+ installs94% rating0% support resolved
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245
Errors
271
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability25

Top Issues by Category

security215
maintainability214
i18n75

Issues Details

516 issues found in latest scan

WARNING102
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$activate_url".

ERROR84
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$deleted'.

ERROR71
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

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.

WARNING41
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedNamespaceFound

Namespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "HM\BackUpWordPress".

ERROR39
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNING32
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_GET['hmbkp_backup_archive'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERROR26
missing_direct_file_access_protection

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNING22
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING20
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['hmbkp_backup_archive']

WARNING12
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['hmbkp_backup_archive']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERROR8
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

WARNING6
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING6
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNING6
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "admin_memory_limit".

WARNING5
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING4
Squiz.PHP.DiscouragedFunctions.Discouraged

The use of function ini_set() is discouraged

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'backupwordpress' but got 'hm_backdrop'.

WARNING3
trademarked_term

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "BackUpWordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

ERROR2
WordPress.DB.RestrictedClasses.mysql__PDO

Accessing the database directly should be avoided. Please use the $wpdb object and associated functions instead. Found: \PDO.

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "HM_Backdrop_Server".

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "print_whitelist_html".

WARNING2
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_var_export

var_export() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_rmdir

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: rmdir().

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rename_rename

rename() is discouraged. Use WP_Filesystem::move() to rename a file.

ERROR1
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found DB_NAME

Latest Snapshot

Findings

516

Errors

245

Warnings

271

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v3.14 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

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516
Errors
245
Warnings
271
Plugin Check
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Model
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