The lightest contact form for WordPress. It's so essential you'll either love it or hate it. Ultra lightweight and no spam.
41
Score
21
Errors
53
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability86
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
50
7 issue groups
Maintainability
15
6 issue groups
I18n
8
2 issue groups
Repo Compliance
1
1 issue group
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.22
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$keys".8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$keys".
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$key'.7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$key'.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.7
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
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.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['agreement']. Check that the array index exists before using it.6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['agreement']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['agreement'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['agreement'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['custom_' . $this->slug]5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['custom_' . $this->slug]
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code foundNo PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
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ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "get_user_locale()" requires WordPress 4.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.6.0.
ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in 'By submitting this form I agree with the %sprivacy policy%s'.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "Essential Form - The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Essential Form".
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Essential Form - The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
6
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
2
Notable Domains
josemortellaro.com4 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
translate.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
wp_ajax_nopriv_public
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.0.2
41
Latest
- Findings
- 74
- Errors
- 21
- Warnings
- 53
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 41 | 74 | 21 | 53 | v1.0.2 | 2.0.0 |
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