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Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
199
11 issue groups
Maintainability
163
13 issue groups
I18n
8
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.49
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 49
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().48
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 48
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $collate35
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $collate
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['_wpnonce']27
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 27
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['_wpnonce']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar27
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 27
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table assigned unsafely at line 108.24
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table assigned unsafely at line 108.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$table} at "ALTER TABLE `{$table}` ADD INDEX `status_idx` (`status`)"23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$table} at "ALTER TABLE `{$table}` ADD INDEX `status_idx` (`status`)"
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.21
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$cached_html'.20
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$cached_html'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wp_cache_add".15
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "wp_cache_add".
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ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment8
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 8
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using copy(). Detected usage of constant WP_CONTENT_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations touch4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: touch().
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter rtrim( str_repeat( '%d,', count( $image_ids ) ), ',' ) . ") LIMIT 15" used in $wpdb->get_results()
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook name3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "https_local_ssl_verify".
ERRORSecurityException output is not escaped3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$wpdb'.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().
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().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.5.2
26
Latest
- Findings
- 396
- Errors
- 127
- Warnings
- 269
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 26 | 396 | 127 | 269 | v2.5.2 | 2.0.0 |
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