MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education

Learning Management System and eLearning plugin for WordPress. Create easily LMS WordPress website, add and sell Courses, Lessons, Quizzes online.

v3.7.36StylemixUpdated 2026-06-18Added Aug 27, 201810k+ installs90% rating0% support resolved
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Score
1,419
Errors
4,875
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance85
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability5,091
security739
i18n278

Issues Details

6,294 issues found in latest scan

WARNING3,027
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR723
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING319
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'stm_lms_quiz_' . $status".

WARNING312
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR223
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system' but got 'companion-elementor'.

WARNING186
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING175
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

WARNING171
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING136
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING107
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[$cookie_name]

ERROR99
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING94
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $assignments_table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$assignments_table assigned unsafely at line 13.

WARNING86
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

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

ERROR73
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "determine_locale()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.6.0.

ERROR64
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"$argumentName cannot be null"'.

ERROR55
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.

WARNING43
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

WARNING38
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

ERROR34
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.curl_curl_setopt

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

WARNING33
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING31
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING26
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNING25
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_tax_query

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNING14
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedNamespaceFound

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

ERROR14
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fread

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fread().

Latest Snapshot

Findings

6,294

Errors

1,419

Warnings

4,875

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v3.7.36 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v3.7.36

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Findings
6,294
Errors
1,419
Warnings
4,875
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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