Blocks unwanted visitors from accessing your frontend (blog pages) or backend (admin area) by countries or proxy servers.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
289
6 issue groups
Maintainability
49
15 issue groups
I18n
41
4 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$backend_status'.227
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 227
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$backend_status'.
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.36
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 36
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET[$key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET[$key] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource 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.19
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 19
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['restore_file']['tmp_name']18
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 18
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['restore_file']['tmp_name']
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.13
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 13
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['restore_file']['error']. Check that the array index exists before using it.11
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 11
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['restore_file']['error']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded ContentFound call to wp_register_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Found call to wp_register_script() with external resource. Offloading scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
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WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant Found2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "FS_METHOD".
ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Domain2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $plugin_name
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: 'Detected IP: <strong>' . esc_html($this->ip()) . '</strong>.'
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
error_log() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
ERRORI18nMixed Ordered Placeholders Text1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Mix of ordered and non-ordered placeholders found. Found: "%1$s, %2$s, %3$s, %4$s, %5s, %6s" in 'This is the secret code used to bypass all blockings to backend pages. It take precedence over all block settings configured. To bypass, you just need to append the %1$ssecret_code%2$s parameter with above value to the wp-login.php page. For example, https://www.example.com/wp-login.php%3$s?secret_code=1234567%4$s. If you add in %5s&action=emergency_stop%6s, both frontend and backend blocking will be disabled immediately.'.
ERRORMaintainabilitybadly named files1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.
ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detected1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.
WARNINGMaintainabilitymissing composer json file1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "/vendor" directory using composer exists, but "composer.json" file is missing.
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protection1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.42.1
34
Latest
- Findings
- 383
- Errors
- 295
- Warnings
- 88
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 34 | 383 | 295 | 88 | v2.42.1 | 2.0.0 |
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