BlossomThemes Toolkit

BlossomThemes Toolkit provides you necessary widgets for better and effective blogging.

v2.2.7Blossom ThemesUpdated 2025-05-26Added Sep 25, 201730k+ installs100% rating
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Errors
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Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance98
Maintainability54

Top Issues by Category

security306
maintainability80
i18n11
performance1

Issues Details

399 issues found in latest scan

ERROR249
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

ERROR44
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

ERROR26
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING19
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR10
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

WARNING9
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

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
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING4
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_rand

rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['category-image-id']

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_POST['category-image-id'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.I18n.NoEmptyStrings

The $text text string should have translatable content. Found: '%1$s'

WARNING1
Internal.NoCodeFound

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

WARNING1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFound

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.

WARNING1
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING1
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR1
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.QuotedSimplePlaceholder

Simple placeholders should not be quoted in the query string in $wpdb->prepare(). Found: '%s'.

WARNING1
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

ERROR1
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.

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.DeprecatedParameters.Get_termsParam2Found

The parameter "'parent=0&hide_empty=0'" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NoExplicitVersion

Version parameter is not explicitly set or has been set to an equivalent of "false" for wp_register_script; This means that the WordPress core version will be used which is not recommended for plugin or theme development.

WARNING1
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_post__not_in

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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Warnings

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v2.2.7 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

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