Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin

Everest Backup is a modern tool that will take care of your website's backups, restoration, migration, and cloning.

v2.3.11everestthemesUpdated Added 3k+ installs88% rating0% support resolved
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Score
122
Errors
135
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability15

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

257 findings

Maintainability

140

12 issue groups

Security

50

8 issue groups

I18n

49

5 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$activity_path".82
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
82
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().31
Category
I18n
Occurrences
31
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwriteFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().16
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
16
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().

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.13
Category
I18n
Occurrences
13
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.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$everest_backup_settings['schedule_backup']['increment_cycle']'.11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['everest_backup_ajax_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['everest_backup_ajax_nonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['everest_backup_ajax_nonce']9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['everest_backup_ajax_nonce']

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fcloseFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopenFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$table_name} at \t\t\t\t\t\t(SELECT option_value FROM {$table_name} WHERE option_name = %s) as active_plugins\n

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['everest_backup_ajax_nonce']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fread3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fread().

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations touch2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: touch().

ERRORI18nInterpolated Variable Text2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must not contain interpolated variables or expressions. Found: $current_php_version

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

ERRORMaintainabilityNot Allowed1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead

ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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Score History

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v2.3.11

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257
Errors
122
Warnings
135
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