HTML Forms – Simple WordPress Forms Plugin

A simpler, faster, and smarter WordPress forms plugin.

v1.6.4Link Software LLCUpdated Added 10k+ installs98% rating100% support resolved
36
Score
231
Errors
166
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability57

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

397 findings

Security

304

11 issue groups

Maintainability

45

11 issue groups

I18n

41

3 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$class'.89
Category
Security
Occurrences
89
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.79
Category
Security
Occurrences
79
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.52
Category
Security
Occurrences
52
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET[$key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar28
Category
Security
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET[$key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().24
Category
I18n
Occurrences
24
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET[$key]22
Category
Security
Occurrences
22
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET[$key]

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.13
Category
I18n
Occurrences
13
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;11
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
11
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

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WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$charset_collate} at ) {$charset_collate};"

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table assigned unsafely at line 101.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: add_query_arg( array( 'paged' => $current_page + 1 ) )

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

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.

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

Sample message

Function "register_block_type()" requires WordPress 5.0.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.6.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
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.

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $placeholders used in $wpdb->query()\n$placeholders assigned unsafely at line 488.

WARNINGSecurityUnfinished Prepare1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.6.4

36

Latest

Findings
397
Errors
231
Warnings
166
Check
2.0.0

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