Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection

Harden your site security with Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Vulnerability Scanner, Firewall, and more. Formerly iThemes Security.

v10.0.2NexcessUpdated 2026-05-28Added Oct 23, 2010700k+ installs92% rating35% support resolved
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Score
1,053
Errors
967
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo86
Performance98
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

security881
maintainability710
i18n271

Issues Details

2,020 issues found in latest scan

ERROR248
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.

ERROR203
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

ERROR195
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING130
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING118
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING110
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING107
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_COOKIE[self::C_SAME_BROWSER] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING101
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[self::C_SAME_BROWSER]

ERROR89
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"'$role' is not a valid canonical role."'.

ERROR88
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

ERROR70
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING65
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'two-factor-user-options-' . $class".

WARNING44
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING42
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING39
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_trigger_error

trigger_error() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

WARNING39
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

WARNING30
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $extra_checks at \t\t\t$extra_checks\n

ERROR24
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $build_results['sql'] used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$build_results['sql'] assigned unsafely at line 633.

ERROR23
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'better-wp-security' but got 'stellarwp-telemetry'.

WARNING22
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $main_options used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$main_options assigned unsafely at line 924.

WARNING21
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->cron_interval_identifier".

ERROR16
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNING15
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR13
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.parse_url_parse_url

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

WARNING10
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

Latest Snapshot

Findings

2,020

Errors

1,053

Warnings

967

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 19, 2026

v10.0.2 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 19, 2026

v10.0.2

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Findings
2,020
Errors
1,053
Warnings
967
Plugin Check
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Model
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