Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer

Freeform page builder & website builder for WordPress. Infinite canvas for complex, interactive websites. Built-in forms, animations & Customizer.

v6.0.11ThemeumUpdated 2026-06-18Added May 27, 2014500k+ installs90% rating61% support resolved
35
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0
Errors
775
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance96
Maintainability54

Top Issues by Category

security592
maintainability173
performance4
i18n2

Issues Details

775 issues found in latest scan

WARNING147
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING126
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

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

WARNING121
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_COOKIE['kirki_session_id'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING96
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING53
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING49
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING38
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING36
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $comments_table at \t\t\t\tSELECT %d, id FROM $comments_table \n

WARNING36
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnquotedComplexPlaceholder

Complex placeholders used for values in the query string in $wpdb->prepare() will NOT be quoted automagically. Found: %1s.

WARNING20
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

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

WARNING8
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING6
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNING6
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING5
Squiz.PHP.DiscouragedFunctions.Discouraged

The use of function ini_set() is discouraged

WARNING5
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_value

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

WARNING4
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.

WARNING3
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_tax_query

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNING2
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFound

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.

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

WARNING2
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.prevent_path_disclosure_error_reporting

error_reporting() can lead to full path disclosure.

WARNING1
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNING1
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnfinishedPrepare

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

WARNING1
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnnecessaryPrepare

It is not necessary to prepare a query which doesn't use variable replacement.

WARNING1
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_debug_backtrace

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

Latest Snapshot

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775

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Warnings

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Score History

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First scan completed Jun 19, 2026

v6.0.11 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 19, 2026

v6.0.11

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Findings
775
Errors
0
Warnings
775
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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