This awesome plugin allows you to easily display frontend forms on your site so your clients can easily edit content by themselves from the frontend.
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Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
I18n
4,915
5 issue groups
Maintainability
2,914
12 issue groups
Security
1,160
8 issue groups
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'acf-frontend-form-element' but got 'acf'.4,641
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 4,641
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'acf-frontend-form-element' but got 'acf'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$_active_tab".1,369
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1,369
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$_active_tab".
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.697
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 697
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_acf_apply_deprecated_hook".647
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 647
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_acf_apply_deprecated_hook".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "acf/acf_get_posts/args".243
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 243
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "acf/acf_get_posts/args".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ACF".179
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 179
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ACF".
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;154
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 154
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.143
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 143
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_COOKIE['admin_form_success'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar112
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 112
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_COOKIE['admin_form_success'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ACF_URL".102
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 102
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ACF_URL".
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ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain102
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 102
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment96
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 96
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended81
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 81
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query69
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 69
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized67
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 67
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['acf']
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching61
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 61
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text60
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 60
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $a['class']
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp34
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 34
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "determine_locale()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.6.0.
ERRORMaintainabilityblock api version too low28
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 28
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Editor blocks must define "apiVersion" 3 or higher in block.json for WordPress 7.0+ iframe editor compatibility.
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $_REQUEST
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated21
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['groups']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect16
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 16
- 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.
ERRORI18nMissing Singular Placeholder16
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 16
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing singular placeholder, needed for some languages. See https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers#Plurals
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v3.29.5
22
Latest
- Findings
- 9,130
- Errors
- 5,922
- Warnings
- 3,208
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 22 | 9,130 | 5,922 | 3,208 | v3.29.5 | 2.0.0 |
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