Constant Contact Forms

The official Constant Contact plugin adds a contact form to your WordPress site to quickly capture information from visitors.

v2.20.0Constant ContactUpdated Added 20k+ installs54% rating29% support resolved
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Score
39
Errors
89
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance96
Maintainability55

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

128 findings

Security

73

8 issue groups

Maintainability

44

14 issue groups

I18n

5

2 issue groups

Performance

1

1 issue group

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.19
Category
Security
Occurrences
19
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['ctct_duplicate_form_success'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['ctct_duplicate_form_success'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.13
Category
Security
Occurrences
13
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['post']9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['post']

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "http_request_timeout".7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writableFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['search_types']. Check that the array index exists before using it.6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$emailedto'.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to esc_html__() 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 esc_html__() 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.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta value3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations touch3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Found call to wp_enqueue_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callback1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations rmdir1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
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.

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s, %3$s", but got "%s, %s, %s" in 'We have detected connection errors for your site, %s%s%s. Potentially a failed signup has been detected and will be retried automatically once a new connection has been established. Otherwise, issues with token refreshing have been detected. Please visit your site and perform the steps to reconnect the plugin at your earliest convenience.'.

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

69 domains

Outbound calls

290

External assets

3

Incoming endpoints

7

Notable Domains

cmb2.io73 · outbound
php.net22 · outbound
google.com17 · outbound
webpack.js.org14 · outbound
constantcontact.com6 · outbound
api.slack.com4 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

github.com31 · platform/reference
wordpress.org9 · platform/reference
core.trac.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
opensource.org2 · platform/reference
api.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

challenges.cloudflare.com4 · asset + outbound
js.hcaptcha.com2 · asset + outbound
youtube.com1 · asset

Incoming Endpoints

wp_ajax_nopriv_cmb2_oembed_handlerpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_ctct_dismiss_first_modalpublic

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_nopriv_ctct_process_formpublic

wp_ajax

Admin AJAX endpoints4
wp_ajax_cmb2_oembed_handlerauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_constant_contact_review_ajax_handlerauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ctct_dismiss_first_modalauthenticated

wp_ajax

wp_ajax_ctct_process_formauthenticated

wp_ajax

Score History

2 score snapshots

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1007550250Jun 20, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC Score 36/100 Plugin v2.19.0 Plugin Check 2.0.0 40 errors, 81 warningsJun 23, 2026, 05:38 PM UTC Score 36/100 Plugin v2.20.0 Plugin Check 2.0.0 39 errors, 89 warningsJun 20, 2026Jun 23, 2026

v2.20.0

36

Latest

Findings
128
Errors
39
Warnings
89
Check
2.0.0

v2.19.0

36

Score

Findings
121
Errors
40
Warnings
81
Check
2.0.0

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