The Events Calendar

The Events Calendar: #1 calendar plugin for WordPress. Create/manage events (virtual too!) on your site with the free plugin.

v6.16.5NexcessUpdated Added 700k+ installs84% rating87% support resolved
23
Score
3,511
Errors
3,851
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance91
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

7,362 findings

Maintainability

3,918

11 issue groups

I18n

2,082

4 issue groups

Security

1,144

10 issue groups

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'the-events-calendar' but got 'avent-automator'.1,677
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1,677
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'the-events-calendar' but got 'avent-automator'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$$global_var".1,474
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1,474
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'tec_container_registered_provider_' . $service_provider_class".798
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
798
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;620
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
620
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed namespaceNamespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "TEC\Common".578
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
578
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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.344
Category
I18n
Occurrences
344
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.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" $attr="'.260
Category
Security
Occurrences
260
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Class {$class} should override the `action` method to define its own unique identifier."'.193
Category
Security
Occurrences
193
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Class {$class} should override the `action` method to define its own unique identifier."'.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.142
Category
Security
Occurrences
142
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.114
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
114
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

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WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification114
Category
Security
Occurrences
114
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed113
Category
Security
Occurrences
113
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching112
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
112
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date112
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
112
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized108
Category
Security
Occurrences
108
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['_method']

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared84
Category
Security
Occurrences
84
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared64
Category
Security
Occurrences
64
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $event_table at "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $event_table"

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function40
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
40
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated36
Category
Security
Occurrences
36
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text34
Category
I18n
Occurrences
34
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $error->getMessage()

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped30
Category
Security
Occurrences
30
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $foreign_key_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$foreign_key_name assigned unsafely at line 121.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain27
Category
I18n
Occurrences
27
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url26
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
26
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query25
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
25
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

ERRORMaintainabilitybadly named files19
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
19
Severity
error

Sample message

File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

51 domains

Outbound calls

285

External assets

1

Incoming endpoints

14

Notable Domains

evnt.is133 · outbound
php.net16 · outbound
theeventscalendar.com16 · outbound
swagger.io15 · outbound
json-schema.org4 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

wordpress.org16 · platform/reference
github.com13 · platform/reference
developer.wordpress.org7 · platform/reference
w3.org6 · platform/reference
schema.org2 · platform/reference
codex.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
core.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
make.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
plugins.svn.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

fonts.googleapis.com2 · asset + outbound

Incoming Endpoints

/wp-json/tribe_events/v2/(?P<key>[a-z0-9\-]+)/sysinfo/REST

register_rest_route

wp_ajax_nopriv_public

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_tribe_dropdownpublic

wp_ajax

Admin AJAX endpoints11
wp_ajax_ian_dismissauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ian_get_feedauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ian_optinauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ian_readauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ian_read_allauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_pue-validate-key_authenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_tec_conditional_content_dismissauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_tribe_dropdownauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_tribe_logging_controlsauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_tribe_notice_dismissauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_tribe_toggle_sysinfo_optinauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

2 score snapshots

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1007550250Jun 19, 2026, 10:07 PM UTC Score 23/100 Plugin v6.16.4.1 Plugin Check 2.0.0 3,512 errors, 3,848 warningsJun 25, 2026, 12:21 AM UTC Score 23/100 Plugin v6.16.5 Plugin Check 2.0.0 3,511 errors, 3,851 warningsJun 19, 2026Jun 25, 2026

v6.16.5

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Latest

Findings
7,362
Errors
3,511
Warnings
3,851
Check
2.0.0

v6.16.4.1

23

Score

Findings
7,360
Errors
3,512
Warnings
3,848
Check
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