Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider

Slider, gallery, carousel plugin for WordPress. Build your image slider, video slider, post slider, YouTube slider, or WooCommerce product slider.

v3.110.0MetaSliderUpdated 2026-06-11Added Feb 15, 2013500k+ installs92% rating100% support resolved
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

maintainability235
security208
i18n56

Issues Details

530 issues found in latest scan

WARNING101
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING94
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING37
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_trigger_error

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

ERROR35
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.

ERROR34
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

ERROR34
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR31
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"'$element' is not allowed/supported $support"'.

WARNING21
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

ERROR13
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

All output should be run through an escaping function (like echo esc_html_x() or echo esc_attr_x()), found '_ex'.

WARNING12
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['async-upload']

WARNING9
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedClassFound

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "HTML5".

WARNING9
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_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.

ERROR9
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

WARNING8
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_tax_query

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

ERROR7
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $item['label']

ERROR6
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.unlink_unlink

unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.

ERROR6
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "apply_shortcodes()" requires WordPress 5.4.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.0.0.

WARNING5
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING5
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

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

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in '%sUses your settings timezone%s'.

WARNING4
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_set_error_handler

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

WARNING3
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING3
WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" 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.

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.parse_url_parse_url

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

Latest Snapshot

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530

Errors

207

Warnings

323

Score History

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First scan completed Jun 19, 2026

v3.110.0 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 19, 2026

v3.110.0

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Findings
530
Errors
207
Warnings
323
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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