Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin

Formerly "Instagram Feed". Display clean, customizable, and responsive Instagram feeds from multiple accounts. Supports Instagram oEmbeds.

v6.11.3Syed BalkhiUpdated Added 1m+ installs98% rating43% support resolved
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1,749 issues found in latest scan

WARNING215
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $cache_table at "SELECT 1 FROM $cache_table LIMIT 1"

WARNING201
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING188
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR148
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING97
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $cache_table used in $wpdb->get_var()

WARNING94
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "addErrorNotice".

WARNING86
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING70
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "sbi_account_connector_after_update".

WARNING70
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

WARNING66
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR62
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR61
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

ERROR48
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

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.

WARNING42
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['file']['name']

ERROR33
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $column used in $wpdb->query()\n$column assigned unsafely at line 571.

WARNING31
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.

WARNING30
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNING26
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

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

WARNING26
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['file']['name']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

WARNING23
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

ERROR22
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $query

ERROR15
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR13
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'instagram-feed' but got 'custom-facebook-feed'.

ERROR11
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_rand

rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

WARNING9
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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v6.11.3 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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