Frontend Post Submission Manager Lite – Frontend Posting WordPress Plugin

Frontend post submission with or without login, 5 pre-designed templates, simple custom fields, Google reCAPTCHA and Cloudflare Turnstile security, an …

v1.3.1WP ShuffleUpdated Added 2k+ installs90% rating
25
Score
187
Errors
493
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo84
Performance94
Maintainability14

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

680 findings

Maintainability

440

11 issue groups

Security

196

9 issue groups

I18n

28

4 issue groups

Performance

6

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$admin_email".328
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
328
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"{'error':'increase post_max_size and upload_max_filesize to $size'}"'.49
Category
Security
Occurrences
49
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"{'error':'increase post_max_size and upload_max_filesize to $size'}"'.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;46
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
46
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentOffloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.30
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
30
Severity
error

Sample message

Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['qqfile']['name']27
Category
Security
Occurrences
27
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['qqfile']['name']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar26
Category
Security
Occurrences
26
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.24
Category
Security
Occurrences
24
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['qqfile']['name']. Check that the array index exists before using it.24
Category
Security
Occurrences
24
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.20
Category
Security
Occurrences
20
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal TextThe $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $field_details['character_limit_error_message']19
Category
I18n
Occurrences
19
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $field_details['character_limit_error_message']

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WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification18
Category
Security
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $form_table at "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $form_table WHERE form_alias like %s AND form_id !=%d"

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude6
Category
Performance
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

ERRORMaintainabilityDeprecated parameter: get_terms parameter 25
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

The parameter "array( 'hide_empty' => 0, 'child_of' => $child_of )" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain5
Category
I18n
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'frontend-post-submission-manager-lite' but got 'wp-subscription-forms'.

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The use of function move_uploaded_file() is forbidden

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.

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $form_table used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$form_table assigned unsafely at line 33.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

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Errors
187
Warnings
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