Multi Step for Contact Form 7

Break your looooooong form into user-friendly steps

v2.8.0Ninja TeamUpdated 2026-05-18Added Feb 13, 201710k+ installs94% rating100% support resolved
36
Score
61
Errors
106
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability62

Top Issues by Category

security90
maintainability66
i18n9
repo_compliance2

Issues Details

167 issues found in latest scan

WARNING30
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING14
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING14
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "cf7_step_after_back_btn".

ERROR14
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

ERROR14
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

WARNING13
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

ERROR13
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "determine_locale()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.0.0.

WARNING8
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING7
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'cf7-multi-step' but got 'contact-form-7'.

WARNING6
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES[$tag->name]

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "NjtCF7MLSDashBoardWidget".

WARNING4
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['_wpcf7']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERROR4
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR3
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING3
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion

Resource version not set in call to wp_register_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERROR1
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

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

ERROR1
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

WARNING1
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "cf7cmlsIsMoanaActivated".

ERROR1
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.

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $stype_transition

ERROR1
five_star_reviews_detected

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

WARNING1
mismatched_plugin_name

Plugin name "Multi Step for Contact Form 7" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Multi Step for Contact Form 7 (Lite)".

ERROR1
plugin_header_no_license

Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

WARNING1
readme_parser_warnings_too_many_tags

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

Latest Snapshot

Findings

167

Errors

61

Warnings

106

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v2.8.0 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v2.8.0

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Latest

Findings
167
Errors
61
Warnings
106
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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