Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP

Add Star Rating to WordPress posts & pages, collect feedbacks from users and improve website SEO with Schema markup for Rich Snippets.

v4.5.2properfractionUpdated Added 20k+ installs94% rating100% support resolved
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Score
222
Errors
360
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance96
Maintainability17

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

582 findings

Security

314

9 issue groups

Maintainability

205

12 issue groups

I18n

41

3 issue groups

Performance

3

1 issue group

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.139
Category
Security
Occurrences
139
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$admin_notices".85
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
85
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.56
Category
Security
Occurrences
56
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "rmp_add_amp_style".43
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
43
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['page'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar34
Category
Security
Occurrences
34
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['import_file']31
Category
Security
Occurrences
31
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA 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.22
Category
I18n
Occurrences
22
Severity
error

Sample message

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.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['avg']. Check that the array index exists before using it.21
Category
Security
Occurrences
21
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;18
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
18
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders TextMultiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in '%s: Are you ready to boost your SEO with %s?'.17
Category
I18n
Occurrences
17
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in '%s: Are you ready to boost your SEO with %s?'.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query16
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
16
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRecommended14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found9
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameter7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $analytics_table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$analytics_table assigned unsafely at line 1145.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitydate date6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityNot Prepared5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude3
Category
Performance
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

ERRORMaintainabilityfive star reviews detected3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_register_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan
Jun 20, 2026, 11:08 AM UTC
Plugin version
v4.5.2
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Scoring model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2
Scan records1

v4.5.2

27

Latest

Findings
582
Errors
222
Warnings
360
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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