The best free Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website so you can grow your business with powerful analytics.
25
Score
157
Errors
435
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo100
Performance98
Maintainability0
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
345
17 issue groups
Security
208
6 issue groups
I18n
26
2 issue groups
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.120
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 120
- 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: "$background_color".84
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 84
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$background_color".
ERRORMaintainabilitybadly named filesFile and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.82
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 82
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['key']40
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 40
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['key']
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.37
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 37
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().35
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;35
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['date_range'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar22
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['date_range'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 387.21
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 387.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "auto_update_plugin".21
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "auto_update_plugin".
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ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch20
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'google-analytics-for-wordpress' but got 'google-analytics-premium'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "WP_ADMIN".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "current_datetime".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- 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.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment6
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 6
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.
ERRORSecurityLike Wildcards In Query3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
SQL wildcards for a LIKE query should be passed in through a replacement parameter. Found: LIKE '_transient_monsterinsights_report_%%'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta value3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.
ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights" - contains the restricted term "google" and cannot be used to begin your plugin name. We disallow the use of certain terms in ways that are abused, or potentially infringe on and/or are misleading with regards to trademarks. You may use the term "google" elsewhere in your plugin name, such as "... for google".
ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- 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_CONTENT_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
200
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
100
Notable Domains
monsterinsights.com124 · outbound
analytics.google.com12 · outbound
exactmetrics.com6 · outbound
wpbeginner.com6 · outbound
app.monsterinsights.com4 · outbound
developers.google.com4 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
w3.org10 · platform/reference
github.com7 · platform/reference
wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
gnu.org2 · platform/reference
make.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
/wp-json/monsterinsights/v1/feedbackREST
register_rest_route
wp_ajax_nopriv_monsterinsights_connect_processpublic
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_nopriv_monsterinsights_get_plugin_infopublic
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_nopriv_monsterinsights_is_installedpublic
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_nopriv_monsterinsights_push_mp_tokenpublic
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_nopriv_monsterinsights_rauthenticatepublic
wp_ajax
Admin AJAX endpoints92
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_vue_get_notificationsauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_activate_addonauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_ai_charlie_delete_chatauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_ai_charlie_get_chatsauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_ai_charlie_get_saved_chatsauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_ai_charlie_load_chatauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_ai_charlie_pin_chatauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_ai_charlie_save_chatauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_ajax_dismiss_noticeauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_backfill_cacheauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_connect_urlauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_monsterinsights_deactivate_addonauthenticated
wp_ajax
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Score History
4 score snapshots
v11.1.2
25
Latest
- Findings
- 592
- Errors
- 157
- Warnings
- 435
- Check
- 2.0.0
v11.1.1
25
Score
- Findings
- 593
- Errors
- 157
- Warnings
- 436
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 25 | 592 | 157 | 435 | v11.1.2 | 2.0.0 |
| 25 | 593 | 157 | 436 | v11.1.1 | 2.0.0 |
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