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Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
3,015
12 issue groups
Security
1,229
9 issue groups
I18n
281
1 issue group
Performance
30
3 issue groups
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_bbp_filter_locale".1,416
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1,416
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_bbp_filter_locale".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'bbp_get_request_' . $action".1,313
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1,313
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'bbp_get_request_' . $action".
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"</{$style}>"'.435
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 435
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"</{$style}>"'.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.281
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 281
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.273
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 273
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.210
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 210
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.104
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 104
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar104
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 104
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['_wpnonce']89
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 89
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['_wpnonce']
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$format_string} at "DELETE FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE post_id IN ( {$format_string} )"85
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 85
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$format_string} at "DELETE FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE post_id IN ( {$format_string} )"
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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class59
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 59
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "AEF".
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection33
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 33
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags23
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook name22
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$action".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated15
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['page']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared14
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $field
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key14
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.
ERRORPerformanceSuppress Filters suppress filters14
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Setting `suppress_filters` to `true` is prohibited.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude11
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 11
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta value9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not in5
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, 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.
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$query used without escaping.
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().
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v2.6.14
21
Latest
- Findings
- 4,601
- Errors
- 929
- Warnings
- 3,672
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 21 | 4,601 | 929 | 3,672 | v2.6.14 | 2.0.0 |
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