Showcase your books in Grid, Slider, Filter & Flip layouts. GS Books Showcase is the ultimate book library plugin for WordPress.
28
Score
55
Errors
437
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability15
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
390
15 issue groups
Security
77
9 issue groups
I18n
15
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$all_fields".191
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 191
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$all_fields".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed namespaceNamespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "GS_BOOKS".67
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 67
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Namespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "GS_BOOKS".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'GS_Plugins/Force_Enqueue_Assets/' . $this->get_assets_key()".47
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 47
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'GS_Plugins/Force_Enqueue_Assets/' . $this->get_assets_key()".
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "add_term_meta()" requires WordPress 4.4.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.3.0.30
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 30
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "add_term_meta()" requires WordPress 4.4.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.3.0.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.19
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 19
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['import_file']19
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 19
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['import_file']
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'gs-books-showcase' but got ''.15
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'gs-books-showcase' but got ''.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['gs_book'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar13
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['gs_book'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$handler . '--script'".9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$handler . '--script'".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
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WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated parameter: get_terms parameter 28
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The parameter "array(\n\t\t\t\t'hide_empty' => false,\n\t\t\t)" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "GS_BOOKS_MIN_PRO_VERSION".
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_REQUEST['gs_books_shortcode_preview']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limit5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The upgrade notice for "Version 3.0.3 [6th Feb 2025]" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta key4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta value4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $fields used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$fields assigned unsafely at line 978.
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $ids used in $wpdb->query()\n$ids assigned unsafely at line 182.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $ids at "DELETE FROM {$wpdb->prefix}gs_books WHERE ID IN($ids)"
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "GS Book Showcase Lite" - contains the restricted term "wc" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $tt_ids
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed class2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "GS_Plugins_Common_Pages".
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
91
External assets
7
Incoming endpoints
25
Notable Domains
gsplugins.com20 · outbound
getbootstrap.com6 · outbound
docs.gsplugins.com4 · outbound
fontawesome.com4 · outbound
appsero.com3 · outbound
gist.github.com3 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
w3.org29 · platform/reference
wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
github.com1 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
schema.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
fonts.googleapis.com11 · asset + outbound
cdnjs.cloudflare.com2 · asset + outbound
fonts.cdnfonts.com1 · asset
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints25
wp_ajax_gs_books_clone_shortcodeauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_create_shortcodeauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_delete_shortcodesauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_export_dataauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_get_localizationauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_get_shortcodeauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_get_shortcode_prefauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_get_shortcodesauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_import_all_dataauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_import_book_dataauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_import_dataauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_gs_books_import_shortcode_dataauthenticated
wp_ajax
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Score History
First score snapshot
v3.1.4
28
Latest
- Findings
- 492
- Errors
- 55
- Warnings
- 437
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 28 | 492 | 55 | 437 | v3.1.4 | 2.0.0 |
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