Simple Shopping Cart

Lightweight, user-friendly plugin to sell products/services on WordPress. Easily add a shopping cart and start accepting orders in minutes.

v5.3.0mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQUpdated 2026-05-19Added Feb 17, 200910k+ installs92% rating75% support resolved
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo79
Performance100
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

security1,088
maintainability143
i18n62

Issues Details

1,332 issues found in latest scan

ERROR333
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

ERROR235
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING188
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_COOKIE['ap_id'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERROR78
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Cannot save property `{$key}` containing an API resource of type "'.

WARNING73
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING66
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING58
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING57
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE['ap_id']

WARNING35
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR33
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR28
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR19
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $baseShipping

WARNING12
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "PayPal_Utility_Functions::hook('generate_paypal_js_sdk_args')".

WARNING11
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

ERROR10
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

ERROR9
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wordpress-simple-paypal-shopping-cart' but got 'nggallery'.

WARNING8
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fopen

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

ERROR6
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fclose

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

ERROR6
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fwrite

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

ERROR6
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.

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.

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING3
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WPSPSC_COUPON_ITEM".

WARNING3
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_trigger_error

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

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