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v4.7.2cookiebotUpdated Added 100k+ installs88% rating100% support resolved
49
Score
148
Errors
176
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security28
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability48

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

324 findings

Maintainability

281

6 issue groups

Security

41

1 issue group

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$active_tab".172
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
172
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;73
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
73
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callbackSanitization missing for register_setting().41
Category
Security
Occurrences
41
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

ERRORMaintainabilityNot AllowedUse of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead26
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
26
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "register_block_type()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.4.0.7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "register_block_type()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.4.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityunexpected markdown fileUnexpected markdown file "AGENTS.md" detected in plugin root. Only specific markdown files are expected in production plugins.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unexpected markdown file "AGENTS.md" detected in plugin root. Only specific markdown files are expected in production plugins.

ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no licenseMissing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tagsOne or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

WARNINGMaintainabilityupdate modification detectedPlugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: auto_update_plugin1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: auto_update_plugin

External Connections

Not analyzed yet.

Score History

2 score snapshots

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1007550250Jun 19, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC Score 49/100 Plugin v4.7.1 Plugin Check 2.0.0 148 errors, 176 warningsJun 22, 2026, 11:59 AM UTC Score 49/100 Plugin v4.7.2 Plugin Check 2.0.0 148 errors, 176 warningsJun 19, 2026Jun 22, 2026

v4.7.2

49

Latest

Findings
324
Errors
148
Warnings
176
Check
2.0.0

v4.7.1

49

Score

Findings
324
Errors
148
Warnings
176
Check
2.0.0

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