The easy Business Directory Plugin for WordPress. Build an easy team directory, member directory, staff directory, church directory, and more.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
1,057
14 issue groups
Security
448
10 issue groups
I18n
108
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$action_html".247
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 247
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$action_html".
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.237
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 237
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().220
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 220
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;198
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 198
- 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 '$__page__['before_content']'.166
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 166
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$__page__['before_content']'.
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.108
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 108
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.99
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 99
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.55
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 55
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $format at " AND ( association IN ( $format ) ) "42
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 42
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $format at " AND ( association IN ( $format ) ) "
ERRORSecurityNot PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found !41
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 41
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found !
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WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change31
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 31
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class Found28
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 28
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "AuthorizeNetAIM".
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date25
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 25
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname Found24
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_wpbdp_padded_count".
ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter18
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 18
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $fee_ids_str used in $wpdb->query()\n$fee_ids_str assigned unsafely at line 41.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found16
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 16
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_defaults_or".
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect12
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.
ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink11
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameter8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $column_name used in $wpdb->get_col()
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
WARNINGSecurityUnfinished Prepare4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Replacement variables found, but no valid placeholders found in the query.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
ERRORSecurityLike Wildcards In Query With Placeholder3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
SQL wildcards for a LIKE query should be passed in through a replacement parameter and the variable part of the replacement should be escaped using "esc_like()". Found: LIKE '%%%s%%'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname Found3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$filter".
Score History
First score snapshot
v6.4.24
23
Latest
- Findings
- 1,669
- Errors
- 611
- Warnings
- 1,058
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 23 | 1,669 | 611 | 1,058 | v6.4.24 | 2.0.0 |
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