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v12.4.18SEO SquirrlyUpdated 2026-06-18Added Jan 8, 201340k+ installs92% rating100% support resolved
25
Score
1,130
Errors
222
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

i18n869
security277
maintainability155

Issues Details

1,352 issues found in latest scan

ERROR425
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.

ERROR333
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1\$s, %2\$s", but got "%s, %s" in "%s Important: %s if a modification was made to a focus page, please request a new focus pages re-audit before asking the AI Consultant to run a new test and re-configure the goals.".

ERROR131
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

ERROR70
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR41
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.parse_url_parse_url

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

WARNING40
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING35
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR35
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'squirrly-seo' but got 'hide-my-wp'.

WARNING33
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING21
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

ERROR19
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

WARNING18
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

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

WARNING13
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $table at "ALTER TABLE `$table` ADD COLUMN post VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT ''"

ERROR12
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING11
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING10
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING8
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.

ERROR7
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 354.

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fopen

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

ERROR6
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

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

ERROR6
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResources.NonEnqueuedScript

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

ERROR6
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralDomain

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

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_readfile

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

WARNING5
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

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.

WARNING4
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_results()

Latest Snapshot

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Errors

1,130

Warnings

222

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v12.4.18 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v12.4.18

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Findings
1,352
Errors
1,130
Warnings
222
Plugin Check
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Model
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