Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam

The lightest contact form for WordPress. It's so essential you'll either love it or hate it. Ultra lightweight and no spam.

v1.0.2Jose MortellaroUpdated Added 500 installs98% rating50% support resolved
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Score
21
Errors
53
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability86

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

74 findings

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.

3 domains

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

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