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v2.6.14John James JacobyUpdated 2025-07-02Added Jan 13, 2010100k+ installs78% rating
21
Score
929
Errors
3,672
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance72
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability3,015
security1,229
i18n281
performance30

Issues Details

4,601 issues found in latest scan

WARNING1,416
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

WARNING1,313
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'bbp_get_request_' . $action".

ERROR435
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"</{$style}>"'.

ERROR281
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.

WARNING273
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING210
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR104
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING104
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_GET[&#039;_wpnonce&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING89
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET[&#039;_wpnonce&#039;]

WARNING85
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb-&gt;prepare(); found interpolated variable {$format_string} at &quot;DELETE FROM {$wpdb-&gt;postmeta} WHERE post_id IN ( {$format_string} )&quot;

WARNING59
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;AEF&quot;.

ERROR33
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR23
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

WARNING22
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$action&quot;.

WARNING15
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET[&#039;page&#039;]. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERROR14
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

WARNING14
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

ERROR14
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.SuppressFilters_suppress_filters

Setting `suppress_filters` to `true` is prohibited.

WARNING11
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_exclude

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.

WARNING10
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNING9
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_value

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

WARNING8
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING5
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_post__not_in

Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, 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.

ERROR4
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$query used without escaping.

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

Latest Snapshot

Findings

4,601

Errors

929

Warnings

3,672

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 19, 2026

v2.6.14 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 19, 2026

v2.6.14

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Findings
4,601
Errors
929
Warnings
3,672
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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