Visual Form Builder

Build beautiful, fully functional contact forms in only a few minutes without writing PHP, CSS, or HTML.

v3.1Matthew MuroUpdated 2022-05-27Added Jun 23, 201120k+ installs82% rating
34
Score
82
Errors
329
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability56

Top Issues by Category

security215
maintainability174
i18n18

Issues Details

411 issues found in latest scan

WARNING71
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING71
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING62
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR46
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

WARNING30
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING28
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $entries_table at "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS $entries_table"

WARNING24
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

ERROR11
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING10
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $entries_table used in $wpdb->query()\n$entries_table assigned unsafely at line 56.

WARNING9
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING8
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

ERROR8
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

A function call to _n_noop() 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.

WARNING7
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['vfb-' . $field->field_id]

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

WARNING3
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNING2
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.

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'visual-form-builder' but got 'vfb-pro'.

WARNING1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFound

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

ERROR1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Offloading.OffloadedContent

Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

ERROR1
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $field_where used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$field_where assigned unsafely at line 17.

WARNING1
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fclose

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

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fopen

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

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_readfile

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

ERROR1
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

Latest Snapshot

Findings

411

Errors

82

Warnings

329

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v3.1 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v3.1

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Findings
411
Errors
82
Warnings
329
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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