Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox

A responsive image lightbox for WordPress galleries, WordPress attachments & FooGallery

v2.7.43FooPluginsUpdated 2026-05-14Added Apr 8, 2014100k+ installs78% rating100% support resolved
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610
Errors
1,365
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability1,425
security530
i18n13

Issues Details

1,975 issues found in latest scan

WARNING1,105
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR514
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.

WARNING113
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

WARNING60
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

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

ERROR46
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "get_blog_count()" requires WordPress 3.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.5.1.

ERROR27
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING26
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

WARNING25
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$plugin_slug . &#039;-settings-sidebar&#039;&quot;.

ERROR7
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralDomain

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

WARNING5
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING3
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING3
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING3
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

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

WARNING3
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

WARNING3
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion

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

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

A function call to esc_html__() 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.

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s, %3$s", but got "%s, %s, %s" in '%s requires at least version %s of PHP. You are running an older version (%s). Please update!'.

ERROR2
plugin_updater_detected

Plugin Updater detected. These are not permitted in WordPress.org hosted plugins. Detected: class FS_Plugin_Updater

WARNING2
update_modification_detected

Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: _site_transient_update_plugins

WARNING1
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.

WARNING1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFound

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

ERROR1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.WriteFile.PluginDirectoryWrite

Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using copy(). Detected usage of constant WP_PLUGIN_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.

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Warnings

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v2.7.43 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v2.7.43

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