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Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
1,151
13 issue groups
Security
434
9 issue groups
I18n
64
2 issue groups
Performance
20
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$access".744
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 744
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$access".
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.288
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 288
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;126
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 126
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.57
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 57
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
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.57
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 57
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().53
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 53
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'wsa_form_bottom_' . $form['id']".52
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 52
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'wsa_form_bottom_' . $form['id']".
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$display_icon'.30
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 30
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$display_icon'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code foundNo PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.26
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 26
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta keyDetected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.25
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 25
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.
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ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped24
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Anthropic API returned HTTP {$status_code}: {$error_body}"'.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect22
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
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.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude20
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized17
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['wpuf_file']
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version17
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 17
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed16
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 16
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['action'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function15
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_recaptcha_aes_encrypt".
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp15
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "current_datetime()" requires WordPress 5.3.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.0.0.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $count_sql used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$count_sql assigned unsafely at line 234.
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $count_sql
ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text7
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$d, %2$s", but got "%d, %s" in '%d %s free trial'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BANNER".
Score History
First score snapshot
v4.3.8
22
Latest
- Findings
- 1,719
- Errors
- 287
- Warnings
- 1,432
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 22 | 1,719 | 287 | 1,432 | v4.3.8 | 2.0.0 |
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