1 The Ultimate Spam Protection Plugin Using Captcha for WordPress Forms.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
I18n
443
4 issue groups
Maintainability
214
15 issue groups
Security
116
6 issue groups
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'captcha-bws' but got 'bestwebsoft'.403
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 403
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'captcha-bws' but got 'bestwebsoft'.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.56
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 56
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bws_add_buttons".50
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 50
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bws_add_buttons".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$bstwbsftwppdtplgns_active_plugins".50
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 50
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$bstwbsftwppdtplgns_active_plugins".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.35
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.35
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- error
Sample message
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.22
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().21
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "__CLASS__ . '_additional_import_export_options'".11
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "__CLASS__ . '_additional_import_export_options'".
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$this'.11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$this'.
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ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
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.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations rmdir6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: rmdir().
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$offset} at \t\t\t\tLIMIT {$this->per_page}{$offset};"
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['cptch_hours']
ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt rand5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['cptch_hours'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log debug backtrace3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
debug_backtrace() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORMaintainabilityNo Explicit Version3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Version parameter is not explicitly set or has been set to an equivalent of "false" for wp_enqueue_script; This means that the WordPress core version will be used which is not recommended for plugin or theme development.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BWS_Admin_Tooltip".
External Connections
Not analyzed yet.
Score History
First score snapshot
v5.2.8
22
Latest
- Findings
- 788
- Errors
- 493
- Warnings
- 295
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 22 | 788 | 493 | 295 | v5.2.8 | 2.0.0 |
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