Advanced AJAX-powered WordPress comments plugin with live commenting, comment voting, inline feedback, social login, custom comment forms, and engagem …
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
915
7 issue groups
Maintainability
556
13 issue groups
I18n
295
5 issue groups
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$ABSPATH".400
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 400
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$ABSPATH".
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_COOKIE["comment_author_email_" . COOKIEHASH] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar327
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 327
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_COOKIE["comment_author_email_" . COOKIEHASH] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"$name-wrapper"'.223
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 223
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"$name-wrapper"'.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES[self::INPUT_NAME]. Check that the array index exists before using it.213
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 213
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES[self::INPUT_NAME]. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal TextThe $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: !empty($currentUser->ID) ? "wpdiscuz-comment-message-auth" : "wpdiscuz-comment-message-unauth"127
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 127
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: !empty($currentUser->ID) ? "wpdiscuz-comment-message-auth" : "wpdiscuz-comment-message-unauth"
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().81
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 81
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.59
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 59
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
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.53
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 53
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE["comment_author_email_" . COOKIEHASH]50
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 50
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE["comment_author_email_" . COOKIEHASH]
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.39
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 39
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name36
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 36
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "allow_empty_comment".
ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch30
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 30
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wpdiscuz' but got "default".
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags29
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 29
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityByte order mark found21
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File contains UTF-8 byte order mark, which may corrupt your application
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date15
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version11
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 11
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMixed line endings6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
File has mixed line endings; this may cause incorrect results
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql
ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text4
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1\$s, %2\$s", but got "%s, %s" in "<strong>%s</strong> in these <strong>%s</strong> accept reviews.".
Score History
First score snapshot
v7.6.58
23
Latest
- Findings
- 1,800
- Errors
- 620
- Warnings
- 1,180
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 23 | 1,800 | 620 | 1,180 | v7.6.58 | 2.0.0 |
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