QA Assistants – Driven by data

Let your data speak — assistants with different perspectives help you understand your site, alongside heatmaps and replays.

v5.2.0.0QuarkAUpdated Added 2k+ installs90% rating
30
Score
4
Errors
867
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability28

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

871 findings

Maintainability

686

15 issue groups

Security

184

9 issue groups

Repo Compliance

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$access_type".380
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
380
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.126
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
126
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().126
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
126
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $create_query used in $wpdb->query()\n$create_query assigned unsafely at line 972.88
Category
Security
Occurrences
88
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $create_query used in $wpdb->query()\n$create_query assigned unsafely at line 972.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $dateCondition at $dateCondition\n67
Category
Security
Occurrences
67
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $dateCondition at $dateCondition\n

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn 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.32
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
32
Severity
warning

Sample message

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.

WARNINGSecurityUnfinished PrepareReplacement variables found, but no valid placeholders found in the query.10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema ChangeAttempting a database schema change is discouraged.4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "GCLID".4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verification4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilityPlugin Directory Write3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Plugin folders are deleted when upgraded. Do not save data to the plugin folder using rename(). Detected usage of constant WP_CONTENT_DIR. Use wp_upload_dir() to get the uploads directory path or save to the database instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function ini_set() is discouraged

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityMixed line endings1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

File has mixed line endings; this may cause incorrect results

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP code found1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
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.

WARNINGSecurityReplacements Wrong Number1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Incorrect number of replacements passed to $wpdb->prepare(). Found 1 replacement parameters, expected 2.

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log debug backtrace1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "QA Assistants - Driven by data" is different from the name declared in plugin header "QA Assistants".

WARNINGMaintainabilitymissing composer json file1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The "/vendor" directory using composer exists, but "composer.json" file is missing.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.9 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

WARNINGMaintainabilityupdate modification detected1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: auto_update_plugin

External Connections

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Score History

First score snapshot

v5.2.0.0

30

Latest

Findings
871
Errors
4
Warnings
867
Check
2.0.0

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