ThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin

🔗 Affiliate link management & cloaker tool. Easily manage, shrink and track your affiliate links in WordPress. 🔥

v3.12.0Blair WilliamsUpdated 2026-05-27Added Jul 15, 201330k+ installs92% rating100% support resolved
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Score
190
Errors
660
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo59
Performance92
Maintainability15

Top Issues by Category

security420
maintainability367
i18n25
supply_chain13

Issues Details

850 issues found in latest scan

WARNING153
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING144
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING134
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING87
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR85
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING25
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING23
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR21
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

WARNING21
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

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

ERROR20
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.

WARNING18
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

ERROR16
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"{$json_res['error']['message']} ({$json_res['error']['type']})"'.

WARNING13
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.

ERROR13
hidden_files

Hidden files are not permitted.

WARNING10
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.

ERROR8
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING5
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $click_ids_str used in $wpdb->query()\n$click_ids_str assigned unsafely at line 1056.

WARNING5
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'thirstyaffiliates' but got 'thirstyaffiliates-pro'.

WARNING4
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

ERROR3
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $extra_checks used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$extra_checks assigned unsafely at line 555.

WARNING3
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $extra_checks at $extra_checks\n

ERROR3
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

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.

WARNING3
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_error_log

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

Latest Snapshot

Findings

850

Errors

190

Warnings

660

Score History

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v3.12.0 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v3.12.0

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Findings
850
Errors
190
Warnings
660
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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