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Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
642
12 issue groups
Maintainability
221
9 issue groups
I18n
167
4 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"View {$template_name} does not exist."'.145
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 145
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"View {$template_name} does not exist."'.
ERRORSecurityException output is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$_error'.142
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 142
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$_error'.
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.117
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 117
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$DS".94
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 94
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$DS".
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.79
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 79
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['args'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar74
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 74
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['args'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.59
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 59
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['args']54
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 54
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['args']
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.44
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 44
- 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().39
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 39
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
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ERRORSecuritySQL query is not prepared33
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 33
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $column
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain22
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validated21
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 21
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['action']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text18
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 18
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$2F, %2$2F, %3$2F, %4$2F", but got "%2F, %2F, %2F, %2F" in 'Stops malicious scripts scanning the site for user data by requesting numerical user IDs even in REST API calls. (EX: ?author=1, example.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fhello-world%2F, example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users)'.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not prepared12
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 12
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $table at FROM $table\n
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text10
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $description
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url9
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $table used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table assigned unsafely at line 140.
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $column->Field used in $wpdb->query()\n$column->Field used without escaping.
WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect7
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 7
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityunlink unlink7
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 7
- Severity
- error
Sample message
unlink() is discouraged. Use wp_delete_file() to delete a file.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writable6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.1.47
24
Latest
- Findings
- 1,084
- Errors
- 563
- Warnings
- 521
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 24 | 1,084 | 563 | 521 | v1.1.47 | 2.0.0 |