Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress

Formerly "Custom Facebook Feed". Display completely customizable Facebook feeds of a Facebook page. Supports Facebook oEmbeds.

v4.8.1Syed BalkhiUpdated 2026-06-10Added Jun 8, 2013200k+ installs94% rating
25
Score
554
Errors
982
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance97
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability705
security645
i18n113

Issues Details

1,536 issues found in latest scan

ERROR233
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING134
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING123
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $cache_table_name at "UPDATE $cache_table_name\n

WARNING120
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING116
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING97
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING70
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

ERROR65
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING64
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $cache_table_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$cache_table_name assigned unsafely at line 397.

WARNING50
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR48
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING43
Internal.NoCodeFound

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

WARNING38
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['file']['name']

ERROR36
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.

ERROR35
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'custom-facebook-feed' but got ''.

WARNING33
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

WARNING28
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.

ERROR26
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in '%sLearn more about custom formats %s'.

ERROR22
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $in used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$in assigned unsafely at line 616.

ERROR17
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

WARNING17
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

ERROR16
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

WARNING15
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

ERROR9
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.EnqueuedResourceOffloading.OffloadedContent

Found call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

ERROR8
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_rand

rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

Latest Snapshot

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Errors

554

Warnings

982

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First scan completed Jun 19, 2026

v4.8.1 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 19, 2026

v4.8.1

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1,536
Errors
554
Warnings
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Plugin Check
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Model
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