Gwolle Guestbook is the WordPress guestbook you've just been looking for. Beautiful and easy.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
562
10 issue groups
Maintainability
192
13 issue groups
I18n
39
2 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$active_plugins'.148
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 148
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$active_plugins'.
WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.121
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 121
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_COOKIE["$storagecookie"] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar91
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 91
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_COOKIE["$storagecookie"] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE["$storagecookie"]88
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 88
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE["$storagecookie"]
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.64
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 64
- 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().61
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 61
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORSecurityNot PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql35
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 35
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.30
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 30
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['gwolle-gb-addon-upload-media']['error']. Check that the array index exists before using it.25
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 25
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['gwolle-gb-addon-upload-media']['error']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.21
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
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ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text18
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 18
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$b, %2$b, %3$b, %4$d, %5$e", but got "%b, %b, %b, %d, %e" in '\nHello,\n\nAn admin has just added or changed a reply message to your guestbook entry at %blog_name%.\n\nHave a nice day.\nThe editors at %blog_name%.\n\n\nWebsite address: %blog_url%\nAdmin Reply:\n%admin_reply%\n\n\nOriginal entry posted on %date%:\n%entry_content%\n'.
ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter17
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 117.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change17
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "get_privacy_policy_url()" requires WordPress 4.9.6, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.1.0.
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname Found7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "image_sideload_extensions".
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $tablename at \t\t\t($tablename . admin_reply LIKE %s))"
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class Found5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "GwolleGB_Widget".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "get_gwolle_gb".
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable Found3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$active".
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function ini_set() is discouraged
ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing Function1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
Score History
2 score snapshots
Scan records2
v5.0.1
32
Latest
- Findings
- 796
- Errors
- 268
- Warnings
- 528
- Plugin Check
- 2.0.0
- Model
- 2026.06-mvp-static-v2
v5.0.0
31
Score
- Findings
- 795
- Errors
- 269
- Warnings
- 526
- Plugin Check
- 2.0.0
- Model
- 2026.06-mvp-static-v2
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Plugin Check | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 32 | 796 | 268 | 528 | v5.0.1 | 2.0.0 | 2026.06-mvp-static-v2 |
| 31 | 795 | 269 | 526 | v5.0.0 | 2.0.0 | 2026.06-mvp-static-v2 |