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v2.10.2AutomatticUpdated Added 500 installs44% rating
35
Score
203
Errors
114
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo80
Performance100
Maintainability63

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

317 findings

Security

255

13 issue groups

Maintainability

30

9 issue groups

I18n

23

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 '"/$count'></script>"'.91
Category
Security
Occurrences
91
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"/$count'></script>"'.

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.57
Category
Security
Occurrences
57
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.30
Category
Security
Occurrences
30
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[&#039;disallowed_keys&#039;]16
Category
Security
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[&#039;disallowed_keys&#039;]

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST[&#039;disallowed_keys&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar16
Category
Security
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST[&#039;disallowed_keys&#039;] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST[&#039;comment_max_links&#039;]. Check that the array index exists before using it.14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST[&#039;comment_max_links&#039;]. 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.12
Category
I18n
Occurrences
12
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.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().10
Category
I18n
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $dupe9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $dupe

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the &quot;allowed_redirect_hosts&quot; filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $post_where used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$post_where assigned unsafely at line 1119.

ERRORSecurityDeprecated function: attribute_escape3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

attribute_escape() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.8.0. Use esc_attr() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
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.

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $where used in $wpdb-&gt;get_results()\n$where assigned unsafely at line 1097.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb-&gt;prepare(); found interpolated variable $post_where at &quot;SELECT COUNT(comment_ID) FROM {$wpdb-&gt;comments} WHERE$post_where comment_ID &gt;= %d AND comment_approved != &#039;spam&#039; ORDER BY comment_ID ASC&quot;

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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.

ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt rand1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

mt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

2 domains

Outbound calls

5

External assets

4

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

wordpress.com1 · outbound

External Asset Domains

intensedebate.com8 · asset + outbound

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.10.2

35

Latest

Findings
317
Errors
203
Warnings
114
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2.0.0

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