Visual Composer Website Builder

Drag and drop page builder that gives the freedom to design WordPress websites, landing pages, custom themes, maintenance mode & coming soon pages.

v45.15.0Visual ComposerUpdated 2025-08-06Added Sep 26, 201940k+ installs92% rating0% support resolved
16
Score
82
Errors
320
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo25
Performance89
Maintainability16

Top Issues by Category

maintainability303
security41
supply_chain37
i18n6
performance4

Issues Details

402 issues found in latest scan

WARNING145
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING50
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'admin_footer-' . $hookSuffix".

ERROR37
compressed_files

Compressed files are not permitted.

WARNING22
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

WARNING18
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

WARNING15
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING15
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING11
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE['vcv:redirect:update:url']

WARNING11
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_COOKIE['vcv:redirect:update:url'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERROR7
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

WARNING7
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING6
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion

Resource version not set in call to wp_register_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERROR6
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR5
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING5
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_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.

ERROR5
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR4
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.SuppressFilters_suppress_filters

Setting `suppress_filters` to `true` is prohibited.

ERROR4
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "get_post_parent()" requires WordPress 5.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.5.0.

ERROR3
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Heredoc.NotAllowed

Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead

WARNING3
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNING3
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_value

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResources.NonEnqueuedScript

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;VcvCoreRequirements&quot;.

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResources.NonEnqueuedStylesheet

Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()

Latest Snapshot

Findings

402

Errors

82

Warnings

320

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v45.15.0 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v45.15.0

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Findings
402
Errors
82
Warnings
320
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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