Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal

Protect WordPress from malware, hackers, brute-force attacks and suspicious traffic. Includes firewall, login security, 2FA, and vulnerability checks.

v2.181CleanTalk IncUpdated 2026-06-08Added Aug 24, 201630k+ installs96% rating84% support resolved
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Score
1,191
Errors
788
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

security832
maintainability701
i18n270

Issues Details

1,979 issues found in latest scan

ERROR289
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

ERROR236
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

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

WARNING226
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING224
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR85
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'security-malware-firewall' but got 'cleantalk-spam-protect'.

WARNING78
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR76
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.

ERROR73
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

ERROR54
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $blog_id used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$blog_id assigned unsafely at line 2092.

ERROR48
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

WARNING44
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_COOKIE[$name] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERROR42
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

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

ERROR39
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$d, %2$d", but got "%d, %d" in 'Sent: %d. Confirmed receiving of %d rows.'.

ERROR37
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.

WARNING35
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.SchemaChange

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNING35
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE[$name]

WARNING34
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR28
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

WARNING22
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_error_log

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

ERROR21
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.unlink_unlink

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

ERROR19
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_mt_rand

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

ERROR15
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.rand_rand

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

ERROR15
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING14
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR14
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

Latest Snapshot

Findings

1,979

Errors

1,191

Warnings

788

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v2.181 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v2.181

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Findings
1,979
Errors
1,191
Warnings
788
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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