PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus

PublishPress Capabilities is the access control plugin. You can manage user capabilities, permissions, user roles, admin menus and more.

v2.45.0PublishPressUpdated Added 100k+ installs94% rating
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Errors
1,586
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability1,342
security367
i18n233

Issues Details

1,948 issues found in latest scan

WARNING940
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING181
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING144
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING128
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_ak_caps2level_CB".

ERROR113
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

ERROR100
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.

WARNING73
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_COOKIE[$auth_key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERROR40
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Heredoc.NotAllowed

Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead

WARNING40
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR37
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

ERROR35
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING22
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;CME_AdminMenuNoPrivWorkaround&quot;.

WARNING14
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST[&#039;custom_style_action&#039;]. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERROR13
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$1s, %2$2s", but got "%1s, %2s" in '%1s Error: %2s PublishPress Capabilities cannot function because another copy of the plugin is active.'.

WARNING10
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

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

WARNING10
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

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.

ERROR9
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $backup_section['label']

WARNING5
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING5
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING5
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;CME_FILE&quot;.

ERROR3
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING3
WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the &quot;allowed_redirect_hosts&quot; 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.

WARNING3
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERROR2
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "block_core_navigation_filter_out_empty_blocks()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.5.0.

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v2.45.0 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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Warnings
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Plugin Check
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