Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]

Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to post type. Multisite friendly.

v2.7.0WPDeveloperUpdated Added 1m+ installs94% rating
53
Score
15
Errors
46
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security21
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability82

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

61 findings

Maintainability

39

6 issue groups

Security

22

5 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$allowed_types".20
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
20
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $placeholders at "DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_type NOT IN ($placeholders)"7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $placeholders at "DELETE FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_type NOT IN ($placeholders)"

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $query7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DC_ASSETS_URI".6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityUnfinished PrepareReplacement variables found, but no valid placeholders found in the query.3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Replacement variables found, but no valid placeholders found in the query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DisableComments_Plugin_Tracker".3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "disable_comments_known_comment_types".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$names_escaped'.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Disable Comments - Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Disable Comments".

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Score History

First score snapshot

v2.7.0

53

Latest

Findings
61
Errors
15
Warnings
46
Check
2.0.0

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