Meow Gallery

Tired of slow, bloated gallery plugins? You've earned a coffee ☺️ Polished, beautiful galleries that are blazing fast.

v5.5.0Jordy MeowUpdated 2026-05-30Added Oct 21, 201610k+ installs98% rating0% support resolved
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Score
111
Errors
182
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability32

Top Issues by Category

maintainability144
security89
i18n43

Issues Details

293 issues found in latest scan

WARNING33
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

ERROR33
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralDomain

The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->domain

WARNING30
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING29
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING25
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.InterpolatedNotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $collections_table at "SELECT * FROM $collections_table WHERE id = %d"

ERROR16
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR12
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $galleries_query used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$galleries_query assigned unsafely at line 1246.

WARNING11
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $collections_table used in $wpdb->get_row()\n$collections_table assigned unsafely at line 1232.

ERROR10
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

ERROR10
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING9
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING9
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING7
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'meow-gallery' but got 'meowapps'.

WARNING6
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_error_log

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

WARNING6
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_mt_rand

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

ERROR3
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

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.

ERROR2
Generic.PHP.DisallowShortOpenTag.EchoFound

Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo wp_kses ..." but found "<?= wp_kses ..."

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQLPlaceholders.UnfinishedPrepare

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

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.DynamicHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$filter&quot;.

WARNING2
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_trigger_error

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

ERROR2
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

Latest Snapshot

Findings

293

Errors

111

Warnings

182

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v5.5.0 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v5.5.0

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Findings
293
Errors
111
Warnings
182
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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