Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress

The easy Business Directory Plugin for WordPress. Build an easy team directory, member directory, staff directory, church directory, and more.

v6.4.24Strategy11 TeamUpdated 2026-05-19Added Nov 22, 201110k+ installs92% rating100% support resolved
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Score
611
Errors
1,058
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance98
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability1,057
security448
i18n108

Issues Details

1,669 issues found in latest scan

WARNING247
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING237
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING220
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR198
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR166
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

ERROR108
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.

WARNING99
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING55
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING42
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $format at " AND ( association IN ( $format ) ) "

ERROR41
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

WARNING31
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNING28
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "AuthorizeNetAIM".

ERROR25
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING24
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

ERROR18
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $fee_ids_str used in $wpdb->query()\n$fee_ids_str assigned unsafely at line 41.

WARNING16
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

WARNING12
WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

ERROR11
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.unlink_unlink

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

WARNING8
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $column_name used in $wpdb->get_col()

ERROR8
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

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

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_rand

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

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnfinishedPrepare

Replacement variables found, but no valid placeholders found in the query.

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fwrite

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().

ERROR3
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.LikeWildcardsInQueryWithPlaceholder

SQL wildcards for a LIKE query should be passed in through a replacement parameter and the variable part of the replacement should be escaped using "esc_like()". Found: LIKE '%%%s%%'.

WARNING3
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

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

Latest Snapshot

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1,669

Errors

611

Warnings

1,058

Score History

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v6.4.24 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v6.4.24

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Findings
1,669
Errors
611
Warnings
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Plugin Check
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Model
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