Meow Lightbox

The elegant lightbox built for photographers. Fast, responsive, and displays your photos beautifully with EXIF data and maps. You'll love it! 💕

v5.5.7Jordy MeowUpdated Added 10k+ installs98% rating100% support resolved
34
Score
75
Errors
52
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo100
Performance100
Maintainability46

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

127 findings

Maintainability

43

11 issue groups

I18n

39

6 issue groups

Security

35

8 issue groups

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->domain24
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I18n
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24
Severity
error

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

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;8
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Maintainability
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8
Severity
error

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.7
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Maintainability
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7
Severity
warning

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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().7
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Maintainability
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'meow-lightbox' but got 'meowapps'.7
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I18n
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

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

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityrand mt randmt_rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.5
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Maintainability
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$html'.4
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Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['page'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar4
Category
Security
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4
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warning

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

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ERRORMaintainabilitydate date3
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Maintainability
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3
Severity
error

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized3
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Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

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Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite3
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Maintainability
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3
Severity
error

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File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment3
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I18n
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3
Severity
error

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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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log error log2
Category
Maintainability
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2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log trigger error2
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Maintainability
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2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing Function2
Category
Security
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2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose2
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Maintainability
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2
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().

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.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer2
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Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_register_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

WARNINGI18nNo Html Wrapped Strings2
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I18n
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2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Translatable string should not be wrapped in HTML. Found: '<h2 style="margin: 0 0 10px 0" class="title">AI Engine by Meow Apps: The Power of AI into WordPress 💫</h2>'

ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $success ? 'OK' : "Could not update options."

WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Found1
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.

ERRORSecurityregister setting Missing1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

ERRORSecurityNot Prepared1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

Score History

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v5.5.7

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Findings
127
Errors
75
Warnings
52
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2.0.0

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