Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning

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.

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

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

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

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$con->prefix( 'after_pre_options_store' )".

The "shield/2fa" prefix is not a valid namespace/function/class/variable/constant prefix in PHP.

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

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

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

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

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $cfg->properties[ 'name' ]

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

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

The $plural parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $tabKey === 'plugins' ? '%s plugins need review.' : '%s themes need review.'

The $single parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $tabKey === 'plugins' ? '%s plugin needs review.' : '%s theme needs review.'

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

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

Missing singular placeholder, needed for some languages. See https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers#Plurals

Incorrect number of replacements passed to $wpdb->prepare(). Found 2 replacement parameters, expected 0.

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

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

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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