PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry

No. 1 Podcasting plugin for WordPress.

v11.16.9blubrryUpdated 2026-06-17Added Aug 8, 200820k+ installs92% rating17% support resolved
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Score
4,807
Errors
2,394
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo91
Performance97
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

security5,174
maintainability1,544
i18n229

Issues Details

7,201 issues found in latest scan

ERROR3,970
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" average downloads for the past month. $month_change_text"'.

WARNING1,022
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING314
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['audio_custom_play_button_file']['name']

WARNING309
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

WARNING193
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING162
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['audio_custom_play_button_file']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERROR159
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.

WARNING157
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR109
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR100
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.curl_curl_setopt

Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.

WARNING45
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR44
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $FeedSlug

ERROR42
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_rand

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

WARNING41
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING40
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING36
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'rss2_head'.$FeedActionHook".

ERROR26
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR24
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

ERROR24
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "_oembed_filter_feed_content()" requires WordPress 4.4.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.6.0.

ERROR23
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Unknown section type: {$type}"'.

ERROR23
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fclose

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

ERROR22
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

ERROR22
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

ERROR21
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResources.NonEnqueuedStylesheet

Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()

ERROR19
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

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

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7,201

Errors

4,807

Warnings

2,394

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v11.16.9 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v11.16.9

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Errors
4,807
Warnings
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Plugin Check
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