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.

v6.32.1Strategy11 TeamUpdated Added 300k+ installs96% rating100% support resolved
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Score
52
Errors
1,959
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo79
Performance94
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

2,011 findings

Maintainability

1,888

19 issue groups

Security

94

5 issue groups

Performance

3

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$a".804
Category
Maintainability
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804
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warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'frm_after_create_entry_' . $new_values['form_id']".632
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
632
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "FrmAddon".234
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234
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warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.73
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73
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.65
Category
Security
Occurrences
65
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().62
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Maintainability
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62
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warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.17
Category
Maintainability
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17
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $q used in $wpdb->query()\n$q used without escaping.16
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Security
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16
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta valueDetected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.13
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Maintainability
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13
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema ChangeAttempting a database schema change is discouraged.9
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Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

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ERRORMaintainabilityNot Allowed6
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Maintainability
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6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url6
Category
Maintainability
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6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function5
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Maintainability
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5
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityUnfinished Prepare4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose3
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Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations readfile3
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Maintainability
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3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude3
Category
Performance
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook name2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant2
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2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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Score History

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1007550250Jun 19, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC Score 21/100 Plugin v6.32 Plugin Check 2.0.0 52 errors, 1,959 warningsJun 22, 2026, 05:34 PM UTC Score 21/100 Plugin v6.32.1 Plugin Check 2.0.0 52 errors, 1,959 warningsJun 19, 2026Jun 22, 2026

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2,011
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52
Warnings
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