Full-featured FAQ and accordion plugin with advanced search, simple UI and easy-to-use FAQ blocks and shortcodes.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
430
8 issue groups
Maintainability
143
14 issue groups
I18n
23
3 issue groups
ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing FunctionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.150
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 150
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"$severity: "'.94
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 94
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"$severity: "'.
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;75
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 75
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['faq_search_term'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar56
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 56
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['faq_search_term'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.46
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 46
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['Cat_ID']. Check that the array index exists before using it.31
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 31
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['Cat_ID']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.28
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 28
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['faq_search_term']23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['faq_search_term']
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.12
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.11
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
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ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fread9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fread().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($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.
ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch9
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'ultimate-faqs' but got 'simple-admin-pages'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log debug backtrace6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
debug_backtrace() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.
ERRORSecurityException Not Escaped2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$msg'.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.4.11
28
Latest
- Findings
- 613
- Errors
- 386
- Warnings
- 227
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 28 | 613 | 386 | 227 | v2.4.11 | 2.0.0 |
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