CAPTCHA 4WP – Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress

Use CAPTCHA to stop spam and allow customers & users to interact with your website easily. Block fake accounts and orders. Avoid false positives.

v7.6.0WPKubeUpdated Added 100k+ installs64% rating
35
Score
20
Errors
10
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security94
Repo66
Performance100
Maintainability86

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

30 findings

I18n

12

3 issue groups

Maintainability

11

7 issue groups

Supply Chain

3

1 issue group

Repo Compliance

3

3 issue groups

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().10
Category
I18n
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$admin_url".3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSupply Chainhidden filesHidden files are not permitted.3
Category
Supply Chain
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Hidden files are not permitted.

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "CAPTCHA 4WP - Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "CAPTCHA 4WP - Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Foundload_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameterUnescaped parameter $table_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$table_name assigned unsafely at line 111.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $table_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$table_name assigned unsafely at line 111.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function FoundFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "anr_verify_captcha".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'advanced-nocaptcha-recaptcha' but got 'captcha-4wp'.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'advanced-nocaptcha-recaptcha' but got 'captcha-4wp'.

ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detectedLinking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

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WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "CAPTCHA 4WP - Antispam CAPTCHA solution for WordPress" is different from the name declared in plugin header "CAPTCHA 4WP".

WARNINGMaintainabilitymissing composer json file1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "/vendor" directory using composer exists, but "composer.json" file is missing.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

ERRORRepo Compliancereadme mismatched header requires1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Requires at least: 5.0 != 5.5. "Requires at least" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

ERRORRepo Compliancereadme mismatched header requires php1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Requires PHP: 7.4.0 != 7.4. "Requires PHP" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

Score History

First score snapshot

v7.6.0

35

Latest

Findings
30
Errors
20
Warnings
10
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2.0.0

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