Better Search replaces the default WordPress search with a better search engine that gives contextual results sorted by relevance.
77
Score
18
Errors
123
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security71
Repo100
Performance98
Maintainability67
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
103
9 issue groups
Security
23
1 issue group
I18n
14
2 issue groups
Performance
1
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "self::$prefix . '_fifu_meta_key'".33
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 33
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "self::$prefix . '_fifu_meta_key'".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "get_bsearch_autocorrect_notice".24
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "get_bsearch_autocorrect_notice".
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $backup_table_name used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$backup_table_name assigned unsafely at line 465.23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $backup_table_name used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$backup_table_name assigned unsafely at line 465.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$args".23
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$args".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "get_bsearch_autocorrect_notice".15
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "get_bsearch_autocorrect_notice".
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'better-search' but got 'better-search-pro'.13
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'better-search' but got 'better-search-pro'.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WP_FS__PRODUCT_17020_MULTISITE".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WP_FS__PRODUCT_17020_MULTISITE".
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not inUsing 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.1
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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.
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WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "Better Search - Relevant search results for WordPress" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Better Search".
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Better Search - Relevant search results for WordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "wp_sizes_attribute_includes_valid_auto()" requires WordPress 6.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 6.6.0.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
261
External assets
2
Incoming endpoints
12
Notable Domains
webberzone.com24 · outbound
apache.org16 · outbound
freemius.com10 · outbound
jqueryui.com8 · outbound
php.net6 · outbound
stackoverflow.com6 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
gnu.org112 · platform/reference
github.com17 · platform/reference
wordpress.org15 · platform/reference
w3.org5 · platform/reference
api.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
make.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
core.trac.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
wp_ajax_nopriv_public
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_nopriv_bsearch_live_searchpublic
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_nopriv_bsearch_trackerpublic
wp_ajax
Admin AJAX endpoints9
admin_post_bsearch_copy_settingsauthenticated
admin_post
admin_post_fs_clone_resolutionauthenticated
admin_post
wp_ajax_{$this->prefix}_dismiss_noticeauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_bsearch_chart_dataauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_bsearch_clear_cacheauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_bsearch_live_searchauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_bsearch_trackerauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_fs_dismiss_notice_action_{$ajax_action_suffix}authenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_fs_toggle_debug_modeauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
4 score snapshots
v4.4.0
77
Latest
- Findings
- 141
- Errors
- 18
- Warnings
- 123
- Check
- 2.0.0
v4.3.2
77
Score
- Findings
- 135
- Errors
- 18
- Warnings
- 117
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 77 | 141 | 18 | 123 | v4.4.0 | 2.0.0 |
| 77 | 135 | 18 | 117 | v4.3.2 | 2.0.0 |
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