Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads

Build any type of directory website such as a business directory, job directory, classifieds directory, and more with this WordPress directory plugin.

v8.7.4wpWaxUpdated 2026-06-09Added Aug 27, 201720k+ installs92% rating86% support resolved
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Score
443
Errors
2,129
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo86
Performance89
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability1,366
security908
i18n167

Issues Details

2,572 issues found in latest scan

WARNING902
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING431
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING308
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR145
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.

WARNING112
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES[$field_id . 'async-upload']

ERROR86
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "determine_locale()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.6.0.

ERROR54
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING53
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_directorist_get_comment_status_by_review_status".

WARNING46
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING43
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING30
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING29
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNING24
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $column at "SELECT $column FROM $this->table_name WHERE $column_where = %s LIMIT 1;"

ERROR24
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

WARNING19
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedNamespaceFound

Namespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "AazzTech\Directorist\Elementor".

WARNING18
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

ERROR17
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Failed to remove directory: $dir"'.

WARNING16
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->client->slug . '_tracker_data'".

ERROR16
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING14
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_tax_query

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

ERROR11
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.unlink_unlink

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

WARNING11
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

ERROR11
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersPlural

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$d", but got "%s, %d" in '%s (maximum %d characters)'.

ERROR11
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$d, %2$d", but got "%d, %d" in 'Value should be between %d and %d'.

ERROR10
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.WriteFile.PluginDirectoryWrite

Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using copy(). Detected usage of constant WP_CONTENT_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.

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Errors

443

Warnings

2,129

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v8.7.4 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

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Errors
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Warnings
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Plugin Check
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