Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets

Elementor addon offering 110+ widgets and templates — Elementor Gallery, Slider, Form, Post Grid, Menu, Accordion, WooCommerce & more.

v6.6.8WPDeveloperUpdated Added 2m+ installs98% rating100% support resolved
63
Score
78
Errors
185
Warnings
+1
Change

Category Scores

Security57
Repo91
Performance71
Maintainability52

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

263 findings

Maintainability

162

12 issue groups

Performance

91

2 issue groups

Security

8

5 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "utf8_encode()" requires WordPress 6.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.0.0.75
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
75
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "utf8_encode()" requires WordPress 6.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.0.0.

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In excludeUsing exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.70
Category
Performance
Occurrences
70
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax queryDetected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.28
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta keyDetected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.21
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not inUsing exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.21
Category
Performance
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta queryDetected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.18
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_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.6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "register_new_user".5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta valueDetected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

WARNINGMaintainabilityInvalid Prefix Passed1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "eael/login" prefix is not a valid namespace/function/class/variable/constant prefix in PHP.

ERRORSecurityOutput Not Escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Essential Addons for Elementor - Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Essential Addons for Elementor".

WARNINGMaintainabilitymissing composer json file1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "/vendor" directory using composer exists, but "composer.json" file is missing.

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;

ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no license1
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 trimmed section description1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 2500 characters is supported.

Score History

2 score snapshots

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1007550250Jun 19, 2026, 09:30 PM UTC Score 62/100 Plugin v6.6.7 Plugin Check 2.0.0 80 errors, 185 warningsJun 22, 2026, 08:27 AM UTC Score 63/100 Plugin v6.6.8 Plugin Check 2.0.0 78 errors, 185 warningsJun 19, 2026Jun 22, 2026

v6.6.8

63

Latest

Findings
263
Errors
78
Warnings
185
Check
2.0.0

v6.6.7

62

Score

Findings
265
Errors
80
Warnings
185
Check
2.0.0

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