Postie

Postie allows you to create posts via email, including many advanced features not found in WordPress's default Post by Email feature.

v1.9.75Wayne AllenUpdated 2026-01-29Added Feb 12, 200910k+ installs94% rating50% support resolved
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Errors
261
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo89
Performance96
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

security329
maintainability265
i18n21
performance4

Issues Details

668 issues found in latest scan

ERROR173
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING137
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR101
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNING33
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR33
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

ERROR20
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING18
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

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

ERROR13
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.curl_curl_setopt

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

ERROR11
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR9
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.unlink_unlink

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

WARNING8
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_ENV['HOST']

WARNING7
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_trigger_error

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

WARNING6
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

WARNING5
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

WARNING5
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fclose

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

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fwrite

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

ERROR5
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.

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: "Warning! Postie requires that PHP be verion 5.2 or higher. You have version " . phpversion()

WARNING4
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_print_r

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

WARNING4
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_exclude

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, 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.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING3
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR3
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

ERROR3
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

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Warnings

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v1.9.75 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

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668
Errors
407
Warnings
261
Plugin Check
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Model
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