Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups

Build flexible popups and modal windows with multiple popup types, triggers, and display controls.

v6.3.1Ays ProUpdated 2026-06-12Added Jun 16, 201850k+ installs92% rating67% support resolved
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Errors
1,253
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo97
Performance96
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability828
security827
i18n62

Issues Details

1,735 issues found in latest scan

WARNING623
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR301
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING240
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_GET['action'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING73
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING69
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['filterbyType']

WARNING63
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING57
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR54
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'ays-popup-box' but got 'quiz-maker'.

WARNING46
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['fstatus']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERROR44
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

ERROR29
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $categories_table used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$categories_table assigned unsafely at line 39.

ERROR19
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING18
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Ays_Pb".

WARNING14
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

ERROR12
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "delete_network_option()" requires WordPress 4.4.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.0.0.

WARNING9
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR8
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

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.

WARNING6
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $pb_categories used in $wpdb->query()\n$pb_categories assigned unsafely at line 36.

WARNING6
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "AYS_PB_ADMIN_URL".

WARNING6
WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect

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.

ERROR4
Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag.EchoFound

Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $enable_pb_title_text_shadow ..." but found "<?= $enable_pb_title_text_shadow ..."

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb-&gt;prepare(); found interpolated variable $popups_table at &quot;SHOW TABLES LIKE &#039;$popups_table&#039;&quot;

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

ERROR4
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;activate_ays_pb&quot;.

Latest Snapshot

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1,735

Errors

482

Warnings

1,253

Score History

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v6.3.1 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v6.3.1

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1,735
Errors
482
Warnings
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Plugin Check
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Model
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