HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin

A simple yet powerful plugin to create a business directory, job board, real estate, classifieds, or basically any type of listing website.

v1.7.24HivePressUpdated Added 10k+ installs98% rating100% support resolved
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Score
38
Errors
180
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability54

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

218 findings

Maintainability

124

12 issue groups

Security

77

8 issue groups

I18n

11

5 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.35
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
35
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().

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.27
Category
Security
Occurrences
27
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$block'.23
Category
Security
Occurrences
23
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$block'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$active_tab".18
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
18
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.15
Category
Security
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta keyDetected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.14
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "the_content".7
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "the_content".

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.7
Category
I18n
Occurrences
7
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.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$column} at "SELECT {$column}, meta_key FROM {$table} \n5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$column} at "SELECT {$column}, meta_key FROM {$table} \n

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WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query5
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant Found3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "HP_FILE".

WARNINGSecurityUnfinished Prepare2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Replacement variables found, but no valid placeholders found in the query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "get_post_parent()" requires WordPress 5.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.0.0.

WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Found1
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.

ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $column used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$column assigned unsafely at line 510.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta value1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_value, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityquery posts query posts1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

query_posts() is discouraged. Use WP_Query instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
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.

WARNINGI18nLow Level Translation Function1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of the "translate()" function is reserved for low-level API usage.

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $label

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'hivepress' but got 'continents-cities'.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.7.24

35

Latest

Findings
218
Errors
38
Warnings
180
Check
2.0.0

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