BuddyPress

Get together safely, in your own way, in WordPress.

v14.4.0BuddyPressUpdated 2025-09-24Added Apr 23, 2009100k+ installs82% rating0% support resolved
22
Score
583
Errors
9,008
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance82
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability6,909
security2,534
performance41
i18n35

Issues Details

9,591 issues found in latest scan

WARNING2,872
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

WARNING2,730
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'bp_activity_post_type_edit_' . $post->post_type".

WARNING515
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING492
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $alias at " ON ($this->primary_table.$this->primary_id_column = $alias.$this->meta_id_column AND $alias.meta_key = %s )"

WARNING474
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE['bp-message']

WARNING463
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_COOKIE['bp-message'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING335
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

ERROR300
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING280
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING250
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING158
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

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

WARNING128
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

ERROR104
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

ERROR85
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $activity_ids_sql used in $wpdb->get_col()\n$activity_ids_sql assigned unsafely at line 779.

WARNING69
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING41
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.

WARNING35
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

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

ERROR35
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.

WARNING27
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNING26
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedNamespaceFound

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

WARNING23
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $bp_prefix used in $wpdb->get_col()\n$bp_prefix assigned unsafely at line 666.

WARNING23
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNING21
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BP_AVATAR_FULL_HEIGHT".

ERROR18
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

ERROR15
block_api_version_too_low

Editor blocks must define "apiVersion" 3 or higher in block.json for WordPress 7.0+ iframe editor compatibility.

Latest Snapshot

Findings

9,591

Errors

583

Warnings

9,008

Score History

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v14.4.0 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v14.4.0

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Findings
9,591
Errors
583
Warnings
9,008
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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