Content Views – Post Grid & Filter, Recent Posts, Category Posts … (Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks, and Widgets for Elementor)

Easy to show posts, pages, custom posts in customizable grid, list, slider, accordion... Available as Widgets (for Elementor), Shortcode, and Blocks.

v4.4Content ViewsUpdated 2026-05-19Added May 28, 2014100k+ installs96% rating0% support resolved
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Score
306
Errors
587
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance85
Maintainability3

Top Issues by Category

maintainability504
i18n193
security169
performance8

Issues Details

893 issues found in latest scan

WARNING321
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "PT_CV_PREFIX_ . '2col_nowrap_fields'".

ERROR99
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'content-views-query-and-display-post-page' but got 'content-views-pro'.

WARNING84
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR83
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

ERROR74
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING32
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;cv_comp_action_before_query&quot;.

WARNING24
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING22
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;CVB_API_URL&quot;.

WARNING20
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

WARNING17
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

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

WARNING15
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR15
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "has_blocks()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.3.0.

WARNING12
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

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

ERROR11
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.

WARNING9
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING5
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING5
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR5
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

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.

ERROR3
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

WARNING3
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING3
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion

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

ERROR3
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.SuppressFilters_suppress_filters

Setting `suppress_filters` to `true` is prohibited.

ERROR2
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 184.

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

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

Latest Snapshot

Findings

893

Errors

306

Warnings

587

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 19, 2026

v4.4 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 19, 2026

v4.4

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Findings
893
Errors
306
Warnings
587
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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