Formidable Forms – WordPress Form Builder for Contact Forms, Calculators, Quizzes & More

The most powerful drag and drop WordPress form builder for contact forms, payment forms, calculators, quizzes, surveys, and data-driven applications.

v6.32Strategy11 TeamUpdated 2026-06-16Added Dec 12, 2009300k+ installs96% rating100% support resolved
21
Score
52
Errors
1,959
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo79
Performance94
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability1,887
1Non Prefixed Variable FoundWordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFoundWARNING8042Non Prefixed Hookname FoundWordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFoundWARNING6313Non Prefixed Class FoundWordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFoundWARNING2344Direct QueryWordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQueryWARNING735No CachingWordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCachingWARNING626strip tags strip tagsWordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tagsERROR177slow db query meta valueWordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_valueWARNING138Schema ChangeWordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChangeWARNING99Not AllowedPluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Heredoc.NotAllowedERROR610parse url parse urlWordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.parse_url_parse_urlERROR611Not In FooterWordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooterWARNING612DiscouragedSquiz.PHP.DiscouragedFunctions.DiscouragedWARNING513error log print rWordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_print_rWARNING514Non Prefixed Function FoundWordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFoundWARNING415file system operations fcloseWordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fcloseERROR316file system operations readfileWordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_readfileERROR317Dynamic Hookname FoundWordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFoundWARNING218Non Prefixed Constant FoundWordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFoundWARNING219file system operations fopenWordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fopenERROR2
security95
performance3

Issues Details

2,011 issues found in latest scan

WARNING804
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING631
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'frm_after_create_entry_' . $new_values['form_id']".

WARNING234
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

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

WARNING73
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING65
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING62
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR17
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

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

WARNING16
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $q used in $wpdb->query()\n$q used without escaping.

WARNING13
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_value

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

WARNING9
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

ERROR6
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Heredoc.NotAllowed

Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead

ERROR6
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.parse_url_parse_url

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

WARNING6
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

WARNING5
Squiz.PHP.DiscouragedFunctions.Discouraged

The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged

WARNING5
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_print_r

print_r() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

WARNING5
WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the &quot;allowed_redirect_hosts&quot; filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

WARNING5
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnfinishedPrepare

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

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fclose

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

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_readfile

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

WARNING3
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_exclude

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, 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.

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$atts[&#039;link_hook&#039;][&#039;hook&#039;]&quot;.

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fopen

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

Latest Snapshot

Findings

2,011

Errors

52

Warnings

1,959

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 19, 2026

v6.32 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 19, 2026

v6.32

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Findings
2,011
Errors
52
Warnings
1,959
Plugin Check
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Model
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