The best free Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website so you can grow your business with powerful analytics.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
308
18 issue groups
Security
212
5 issue groups
I18n
26
2 issue groups
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.123
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 123
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$background_color".84
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 84
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$background_color".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_monsterinsights_sitenote_note']41
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 41
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['_monsterinsights_sitenote_note']
ERRORMaintainabilitybadly named filesFile and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.41
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 41
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.37
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 37
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().35
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;35
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['date_range'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar24
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['date_range'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "admin_head".23
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "admin_head".
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 327.21
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 327.
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ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch20
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'google-analytics-for-wordpress' but got 'google-analytics-premium'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WP_ADMIN".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "current_datetime".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
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.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment6
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 6
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.
ERRORSecurityLike Wildcards In Query3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
SQL wildcards for a LIKE query should be passed in through a replacement parameter. Found: LIKE '_transient_monsterinsights_report_%%'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta value3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.
ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights" - contains the restricted term "google" and cannot be used to begin your plugin name. We disallow the use of certain terms in ways that are abused, or potentially infringe on and/or are misleading with regards to trademarks. You may use the term "google" elsewhere in your plugin name, such as "... for google".
ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using unzip_file(). Detected usage of constant WP_CONTENT_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
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.
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Stylesheet2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()
Score History
First score snapshot
v10.2.2
25
Latest
- Findings
- 557
- Errors
- 116
- Warnings
- 441
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 25 | 557 | 116 | 441 | v10.2.2 | 2.0.0 |
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