Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI

AI form builder for WordPress. Build contact forms, payment forms, quiz, survey & conversational forms with built-in AI or drag & drop builder.

v3.5.1wpeverestUpdated Added 90k+ installs98% rating80% support resolved
23
Score
395
Errors
1,342
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo89
Performance98
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

1,737 findings

Maintainability

1,147

14 issue groups

Security

446

9 issue groups

I18n

65

2 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$__everest_form_entry_id".448
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
448
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" data-wp-lists='list:$singular'"'.237
Category
Security
Occurrences
237
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" data-wp-lists='list:$singular'"'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function FoundFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_evf_word_count".219
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
219
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class FoundClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "EVF_AI_API".173
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Maintainability
Occurrences
173
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.93
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
93
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.83
Category
Security
Occurrences
83
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().76
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
76
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'' !== $current_section ? "everest_forms_save_settings_{$current_tab}_{$current_section}" : "everest_forms_save_settings_{$current_tab}"".53
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
53
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'' !== $current_section ? "everest_forms_save_settings_{$current_tab}_{$current_section}" : "everest_forms_save_settings_{$current_tab}"".

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.52
Category
I18n
Occurrences
52
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta keyDetected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.34
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
34
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

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WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized30
Category
Security
Occurrences
30
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE['color_palette']

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash25
Category
Security
Occurrences
25
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_COOKIE['color_palette'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityMissing23
Category
Security
Occurrences
23
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$column} at \t\t\tWHERE {$column} LIKE %s\n

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname Found13
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Maintainability
Occurrences
13
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch13
Category
I18n
Occurrences
13
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'everest-forms' but got 'everest-forms-pro'.

ERRORSecurityNot Prepared12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
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 $meta_table used in $wpdb->get_var()

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "str_contains()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.5.0.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta value5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

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Warnings
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