Appointment Booking Calendar — Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin

Unlimited appointments, booking calendars, and notifications. Powerful appointment booking plugin and booking system. Start scheduling for free today!

v1.6.12.2NSquaredUpdated 2026-06-16Added May 23, 201860k+ installs100% rating86% support resolved
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960
Errors
738
Warnings
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Security0
Repo100
Performance100
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Top Issues by Category

security873
i18n424
maintainability262

Issues Details

1,698 issues found in latest scan

ERROR327
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'simply-schedule-appointments' but got 'elementor'.

ERROR248
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING162
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING90
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_COOKIE['health-check-disable-plugins'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING88
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE['health-check-disable-plugins']

WARNING75
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $author_ids at " AND `%i` IN( SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_author = $author_ids ) "

WARNING69
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING67
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR52
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

ERROR44
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR38
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.

WARNING33
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING29
WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect

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.

ERROR28
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR26
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

ERROR25
Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag.EchoFound

Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo ! ..." but found "<?= ! ..."

ERROR24
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

WARNING21
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $appointment_meta_table used in $wpdb-&gt;query()\n$appointment_meta_table assigned unsafely at line 2347.

ERROR18
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

ERROR17
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $confirm_query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$confirm_query assigned unsafely at line 1001.

WARNING17
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_error_log

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

WARNING16
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnfinishedPrepare

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

ERROR16
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_rand

rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

ERROR15
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $default_all_display_setting

ERROR14
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResources.NonEnqueuedStylesheet

Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()

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Errors

960

Warnings

738

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v1.6.12.2 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v1.6.12.2

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Errors
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Warnings
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Plugin Check
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