SEO Ultimate

This all-in-one SEO plugin gives you control over meta titles & descriptions, open graph, auto-linking, rich-snippets, 404 monitoring, siloing & more.

v7.6.5.9Jeffrey L. SmithUpdated 2016-11-03Added May 22, 200920k+ installs76% rating
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Score
437
Errors
269
Warnings
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo77
Performance100
Maintainability13

Top Issues by Category

security483
maintainability116
i18n79

Issues Details

706 issues found in latest scan

ERROR189
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

ERROR75
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING65
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING57
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

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

WARNING52
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

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

ERROR52
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.

WARNING35
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING32
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

ERROR31
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

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

ERROR17
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

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

ERROR12
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.SettingSanitization.register_settingMissing

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

ERROR11
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR8
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$d, %2$s", but got "%d, %s" in '%d %s'.

WARNING7
WordPress.Security.SafeRedirect.wp_redirect_wp_redirect

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.

WARNING5
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion

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.

ERROR4
Generic.PHP.ForbiddenFunctions.Found

The use of function create_function() is forbidden

ERROR4
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

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

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingSingularPlaceholder

Missing singular placeholder, needed for some languages. See https://codex.wordpress.org/I18n_for_WordPress_Developers#Plurals

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

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

ERROR3
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.HeredocOutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found interpolation in unescaped heredoc.

ERROR3
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.file_system_operations_fclose

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

ERROR2
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Heredoc.NotAllowed

Use of heredoc syntax (<<<) is not allowed; use standard strings or inline HTML instead

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

WARNING2
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_key

Detected usage of meta_key, possible slow query.

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Errors

437

Warnings

269

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v7.6.5.9 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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Errors
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Warnings
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Plugin Check
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