Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier )

Add stunning image hover effects to WordPress. 500+ CSS3 animations, 10 effect modules. Native Elementor widget, Gutenberg block & WPBakery widget.

v9.11.6OxilabUpdated 2026-05-28Added Aug 6, 201620k+ installs94% rating67% support resolved
29
Score
20
Errors
825
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security1
Repo100
Performance97
Maintainability21

Top Issues by Category

maintainability808
security33
performance2
i18n2

Issues Details

845 issues found in latest scan

WARNING337
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedNamespaceFound

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

WARNING197
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING197
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING41
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.

WARNING23
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "image-hover-effects-ultimate/before_init".

ERROR15
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING6
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

WARNING6
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING4
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table assigned unsafely at line 170.

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $table_import at "INSERT INTO $table_import (name, type) VALUES\n

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_tax_query

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['page']

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_GET['page'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING2
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_post__not_in

Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, 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.

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResources.NonEnqueuedScript

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResources.NonEnqueuedStylesheet

Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

Missing $domain parameter in function call to esc_html_e().

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->oxi_style_name_format($this->dbdata['style_name'])

WARNING1
mismatched_plugin_name

Plugin name "Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier )" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Image Hover Effects Ultimate".

WARNING1
missing_composer_json_file

The "/vendor" directory using composer exists, but "composer.json" file is missing.

ERROR1
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

Latest Snapshot

Findings

845

Errors

20

Warnings

825

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v9.11.6 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v9.11.6

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Latest

Findings
845
Errors
20
Warnings
825
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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