The Events Calendar: #1 calendar plugin for WordPress. Create/manage events (virtual too!) on your site with the free plugin.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
3,915
11 issue groups
I18n
2,082
4 issue groups
Security
1,145
10 issue groups
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'the-events-calendar' but got 'avent-automator'.1,677
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1,677
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'the-events-calendar' but got 'avent-automator'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$$global_var".1,474
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1,474
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$$global_var".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'tec_container_registered_provider_' . $service_provider_class".796
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 796
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'tec_container_registered_provider_' . $service_provider_class".
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;620
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 620
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Namespace FoundNamespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "TEC\Common".577
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 577
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Namespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "TEC\Common".
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.344
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 344
- 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.
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" $attr="'.260
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 260
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '" $attr="'.
ERRORSecurityException Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Class {$class} should override the `action` method to define its own unique identifier."'.193
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 193
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Class {$class} should override the `action` method to define its own unique identifier."'.
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.142
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 142
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.114
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 114
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
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WARNINGSecurityMissing114
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 114
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash113
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 113
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['_method'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching112
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 112
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date112
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 112
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not Sanitized108
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 108
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['_method']
ERRORSecurityNot Prepared84
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 84
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $clause
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared64
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 64
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $event_table at "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $event_table"
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found40
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 40
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "elementor_theme_do_location".
WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated36
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 36
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['action']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal Text34
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 34
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $error->getMessage()
ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter31
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 31
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $foreign_key_name used in $wpdb->query()\n$foreign_key_name assigned unsafely at line 121.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain27
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 27
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse url26
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 26
- Severity
- error
Sample message
parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query25
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 25
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
ERRORMaintainabilitybadly named files19
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 19
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.
Score History
First score snapshot
v6.16.4.1
23
Latest
- Findings
- 7,360
- Errors
- 3,512
- Warnings
- 3,848
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 23 | 7,360 | 3,512 | 3,848 | v6.16.4.1 | 2.0.0 |
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