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v1.2.8ThemosaurusUpdated Added 3k+ installs94% rating
47
Score
20
Errors
38
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security10
Repo94
Performance95
Maintainability89

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

58 findings

Security

33

6 issue groups

Maintainability

13

3 issue groups

I18n

6

3 issue groups

Performance

5

1 issue group

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.16
Category
Security
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentOffloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$new_requests_count'.7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In excludeUsing 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.5
Category
Performance
Occurrences
5
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 queryDetected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$this->nonce_name]4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$this->nonce_name]

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_POST[$this->nonce_name] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST[$this->nonce_name] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to _n() 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.4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

A function call to _n() 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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

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.

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WARNINGSecurityMissing1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'bp-verified-member' but got 'bp-profile-search'.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan
Jun 21, 2026, 10:15 AM UTC
Plugin version
v1.2.8
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Scoring model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2
Scan records1

v1.2.8

47

Latest

Findings
58
Errors
20
Warnings
38
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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