WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes)

WP Delicious is an SEO-optimized and Schema-friendly recipe plugin for food bloggers to create and display unlimited recipes.

v1.10.1WP DeliciousUpdated Added 4k+ installs98% rating0% support resolved
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845
Errors
2,665
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance88
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

3,510 findings

Maintainability

2,658

14 issue groups

Security

772

9 issue groups

I18n

16

2 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$RecipeCardClassName".2,032
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Maintainability
Occurrences
2,032
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll 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>"'.598
Category
Security
Occurrences
598
Severity
error

Sample message

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>"'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;DEL_RECIPE&quot;.122
Category
Maintainability
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122
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;WP_Delicious_loaded&quot;.101
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Maintainability
Occurrences
101
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;WP_Delicious_loaded&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;FS_API__ADDRESS&quot;.93
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
93
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;93
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
93
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;Customer_New_Account&quot;.59
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
59
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "block_footer_area()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.8.0.48
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
48
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "block_footer_area()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.8.0.

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.42
Category
Security
Occurrences
42
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.39
Category
Security
Occurrences
39
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags36
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
36
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized28
Category
Security
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[&#039;wp-resetpass-&#039; . COOKIEHASH]

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed28
Category
Security
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_COOKIE[&#039;wp-resetpass-&#039; . COOKIEHASH] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query18
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Maintainability
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query17
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
17
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated15
Category
Security
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed namespace10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query8
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Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment8
Category
I18n
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

A function call to _nx() 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.

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text8
Category
I18n
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $names used in $wpdb->query()\n$names assigned unsafely at line 101.

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

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Score History

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