Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin

Display new sidebars on any post, page, category etc. Works with Classic Widgets, Block Widgets, and all themes!

v3.21.3Joachim JensenUpdated 2025-12-09Added Aug 3, 201130k+ installs98% rating0% support resolved
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Score
993
Errors
1,738
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo89
Performance92
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability1,551
security977
i18n161

Issues Details

2,731 issues found in latest scan

WARNING1,141
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR667
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" <a href='{$skip_url}' class='button button-small button-secondary'>{$use_plugin_anonymously_text}</a>"'.

WARNING114
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;_fs_text&quot;.

WARNING97
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

WARNING76
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

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

ERROR69
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR65
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralDomain

The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: WPCA_DOMAIN

ERROR59
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

All output should be run through an escaping function (like echo esc_html_x() or echo esc_attr_x()), found '_ex'.

ERROR49
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

WARNING46
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING45
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$key]

WARNING45
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_POST[$key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNING36
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;&#039;wpca/modules/auto-select/&#039; . $this-&gt;category&quot;.

WARNING30
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING29
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR27
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.

WARNING23
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING19
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

ERROR18
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR8
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $group_id used in $wpdb->query()\n$group_id assigned unsafely at line 316.

ERROR7
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

ERROR5
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.QuotedSimplePlaceholder

Simple placeholders should not be quoted in the query string in $wpdb->prepare(). Found: '%d'.

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

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

WARNING5
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.

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb-&gt;prepare(); found interpolated variable $exclude_query at $exclude_query\n

Latest Snapshot

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Errors

993

Warnings

1,738

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v3.21.3 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v3.21.3

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Findings
2,731
Errors
993
Warnings
1,738
Plugin Check
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Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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