Create

Complete tool for creating and publishing recipes and other schema types on your site.

v2.5.1mischiefmarmotUpdated Added 6k+ installs84% rating20% support resolved
25
Score
1,558
Errors
767
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

2,325 findings

I18n

1,184

3 issue groups

Maintainability

743

13 issue groups

Security

370

9 issue groups

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'mediavine-create' but got ' mediavine'.1,171
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1,171
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'mediavine-create' but got ' mediavine'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$affiliate_message".191
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
191
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'mv_create_before_json_ld_build_' . $type".162
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
162
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'mv_create_before_json_ld_build_' . $type".

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.112
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
112
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().109
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
109
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $args108
Category
Security
Occurrences
108
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"A '{$key}' key is required"'.78
Category
Security
Occurrences
78
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"A '{$key}' key is required"'.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;66
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
66
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $review_table at "SELECT AVG(rating) FROM `$review_table` WHERE creation = %d"56
Category
Security
Occurrences
56
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $review_table at "SELECT AVG(rating) FROM `$review_table` WHERE creation = %d"

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $build_sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$build_sql assigned unsafely at line 1176.53
Category
Security
Occurrences
53
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $build_sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$build_sql assigned unsafely at line 1176.

Show 15 more
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped31
Category
Security
Occurrences
31
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $creations_table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$creations_table assigned unsafely at line 139.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function25
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
25
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "class_basename".

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log19
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
19
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags18
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
18
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escaped17
Category
Security
Occurrences
17
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic hook name15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date13
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 is not sanitized11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain7
Category
I18n
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment6
Category
I18n
Occurrences
6
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.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
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.

Score History

First score snapshot

v2.5.1

25

Latest

Findings
2,325
Errors
1,558
Warnings
767
Check
2.0.0

Related Plugins