Internal Link Juicer: SEO Auto Linker for WordPress

Improve your SEO and your user experience through internal linkbuilding. Automated links between your posts based on a smart keyword configuration.

v2.26.0David Anderson / Team UpdraftUpdated Added 90k+ installs94% rating67% support resolved
57
Score
12
Errors
61
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security32
Repo91
Performance94
Maintainability82

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

73 findings

Security

49

3 issue groups

Maintainability

18

9 issue groups

I18n

2

2 issue groups

Performance

2

2 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $dummy_table used in $wpdb->query()\n$dummy_table assigned unsafely at line 142.37
Category
Security
Occurrences
37
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $dummy_table used in $wpdb->query()\n$dummy_table assigned unsafely at line 142.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$dummy_table} at "RENAME TABLE {$dummy_table} TO {$temp_table};"11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$dummy_table} at "RENAME TABLE {$dummy_table} TO {$temp_table};"

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
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().2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta keyDetected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $prepared_query1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log trigger errortrigger_error() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
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.

Show 8 more
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not in1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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.

ERRORPerformanceSuppress Filters suppress filters1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Setting `suppress_filters` to `true` is prohibited.

ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detected1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Internal Link Juicer: SEO Auto Linker for WordPress" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Internal Link Juicer".

WARNINGMaintainabilitymissing composer json file1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.9 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tags1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Internal Link Juicer: SEO Auto Linker for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

External Connections

Not analyzed yet.

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.26.0

57

Latest

Findings
73
Errors
12
Warnings
61
Check
2.0.0

Relationship Map

Author, categories, issues, domains, and nearby plugins.

29 nodes

Related Plugins

Better Internal Link Search

1k+ active installs

40
SEO Auto Linker

1k+ active installs

39
Internal Links Manager

10k+ active installs

35
SEO Booster

1k+ active installs

25