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Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress

Easily add countdowns, timers, and counters to your WordPress site. Ideal for sales, events, stats, and personalized time-based experiences.

v2.0.14Wow-CompanyUpdated Added 1k+ installs90% rating
Countercount downcountdowncountdown timertimer
51
Score
3
Errors
116
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security19
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability76

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

119 findings

Security

65

3 issue groups

Maintainability

54

10 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.31
Category
Security
Occurrences
31
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$builder_open".27
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
27
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.26
Category
Security
Occurrences
26
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$table} at "SELECT * FROM {$table} ORDER BY id DESC"8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$table} at "SELECT * FROM {$table} ORDER BY id DESC"

WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WOWP_Plugin::PREFIX . '_admin_filter_file'".5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WOWP_Plugin::PREFIX . '_admin_filter_file'".

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class FoundClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Wow_Company".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound
ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detectedLinking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

five_star_reviews_detectedReference
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin namePlugin name "Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Counter Box".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Counter Box".

mismatched_plugin_nameReference
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ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protection1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

missing_direct_file_access_protectionReference
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers & Dynamic Counters to WordPress" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

trademarked_term
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wpReference

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.0.14

51

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Findings
119
Errors
3
Warnings
116
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2.0.0

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