Showcase your books in Grid, Slider, Filter & Flip layouts. GS Books Showcase is the ultimate book library plugin for WordPress.
25
Score
68
Errors
511
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo100
Performance98
Maintainability2
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
436
15 issue groups
Security
106
9 issue groups
I18n
16
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$all_fields".214
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 214
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$all_fields".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed namespaceNamespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "GS_BOOKS".70
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 70
- 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()".52
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 52
- 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 4.3.0.39
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 39
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "add_term_meta()" requires WordPress 4.4.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.3.0.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['import_file']26
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 26
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['import_file']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET[$arg_key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar24
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET[$arg_key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.20
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.17
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'gs-books-showcase' but got ''.16
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 16
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'gs-books-showcase' but got ''.
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'".
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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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
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 validated7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET[$arg_key]. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limit6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The upgrade notice for "Version 3.0.3 [6th Feb 2025]" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.
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.
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.
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.
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 1062.
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($ids)"
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escaped3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$content'.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
105
External assets
7
Incoming endpoints
34
Notable Domains
gsplugins.com20 · outbound
openlibrary.org11 · outbound
getbootstrap.com6 · 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.com10 · asset + outbound
docs.gsplugins.com6 · asset + outbound
cdnjs.cloudflare.com2 · asset + outbound
fonts.cdnfonts.com1 · asset
Incoming Endpoints
/wp-json/gs-amz-books/v1/bookREST
register_rest_route
wp_ajax_nopriv_gs_books_paginatepublic
wp_ajax
Admin AJAX endpoints32
wp_ajax_delete_saved_bookauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_get_book_statsauthenticated
wp_ajax
wp_ajax_get_saved_booksauthenticated
wp_ajax
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
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Score History
3 score snapshots
v3.1.6
25
Latest
- Findings
- 579
- Errors
- 68
- Warnings
- 511
- Check
- 2.0.0
v3.1.5
25
Score
- Findings
- 579
- Errors
- 68
- Warnings
- 511
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 25 | 579 | 68 | 511 | v3.1.6 | 2.0.0 |
| 25 | 579 | 68 | 511 | v3.1.5 | 2.0.0 |
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