Search the files and database of your WordPress install for signs that may indicate that it has fallen victim to malicious hackers.
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
101
8 issue groups
Security
49
7 issue groups
Repo Compliance
4
4 issue groups
I18n
1
1 issue group
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Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$download".
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All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$hashes'.
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Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['file']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
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$_GET['file'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
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Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['file']
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Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
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Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
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Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DB_Exploit_Scanner".
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Processing form data without nonce verification.
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PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
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Unescaped parameter $text used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$text assigned unsafely at line 907.
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Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$text} at "SELECT ID, post_title, post_content FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type<>'revision' AND post_content LIKE '%{$text}%'"
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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.
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Writing files using ABSPATH may be problematic. Consider using wp_upload_dir() instead if storing user data or generated files.
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The use of function ini_set() is discouraged
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Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
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Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.
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Tested up to: 4.7 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.
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Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.
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One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.
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v1.5.2
37
Latest
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 37 | 155 | 25 | 130 | v1.5.2 | 2.0.0 |
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