Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider

Slider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce product slider.

v3.110.0MetaSliderUpdated Added 500k+ installs92% rating100% support resolved
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Score
207
Errors
323
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

530 findings

Maintainability

235

14 issue groups

Security

208

7 issue groups

I18n

56

4 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$__dir".101
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
101
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.94
Category
Security
Occurrences
94
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log trigger errortrigger_error() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.37
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
37
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.35
Category
I18n
Occurrences
35
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.

ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" in DEFAULT in directive hash '$id'"'.34
Category
Security
Occurrences
34
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;34
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
34
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"'$element' is not allowed/supported $support"'.31
Category
Security
Occurrences
31
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"'$element' is not allowed/supported $support"'.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['order'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar21
Category
Security
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like echo esc_html_x() or echo esc_attr_x()), found '_ex'.13
Category
Security
Occurrences
13
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like echo esc_html_x() or echo esc_attr_x()), found '_ex'.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['async-upload']12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['async-upload']

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "HTML5".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

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.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain9
Category
I18n
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text7
Category
I18n
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $item['label']

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "apply_shortcodes()" requires WordPress 5.4.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.0.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text5
Category
I18n
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in '%sUses your settings timezone%s'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log set error handler4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

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Errors
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Warnings
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