Better Search replaces the default WordPress search with a better search engine that gives contextual results sorted by relevance.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
97
9 issue groups
Security
23
1 issue group
I18n
14
2 issue groups
Performance
1
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "self::$prefix . '_fifu_meta_key'".31
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 31
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "self::$prefix . '_fifu_meta_key'".
WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameterUnescaped parameter $backup_table_name used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$backup_table_name assigned unsafely at line 449.23
- 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 449.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal 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 Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "get_bsearch_date".22
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "get_bsearch_date".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function FoundFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "get_bsearch_date".13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "get_bsearch_date".
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;
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant FoundGlobal 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.
Score History
First score snapshot
v4.3.0
77
Latest
- Findings
- 135
- Errors
- 18
- Warnings
- 117
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 77 | 135 | 18 | 117 | v4.3.0 | 2.0.0 |