Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website Builder for the Block Editor

Power-up Gutenberg with advanced blocks for faster website creation. Build your WordPress website effortlessly using powerful building blocks!

v2.19.28Brainstorm ForceUpdated Added 1m+ installs94% rating68% support resolved
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253
Errors
3,227
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security5
Repo85
Performance96
Maintainability0

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

3,480 findings

Maintainability

3,406

19 issue groups

Security

60

5 issue groups

I18n

4

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$additional_attributes".3,023
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Maintainability
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3,023
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warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;203
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203
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error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ast_block_template_capability_additional_roles".83
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83
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warning

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

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['ast_action'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar51
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Security
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51
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warning

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "_build_block_template_result_from_post()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.6.0.24
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
24
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "_build_block_template_result_from_post()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.6.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant FoundGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "AST_BLOCK_TEMPLATES_BASE".21
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21
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warning

Sample message

Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "AST_BLOCK_TEMPLATES_BASE".

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$key . '_tracking_enabled'".13
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13
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warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$key . '_tracking_enabled'".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Class FoundClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Ast_Block_Templates".11
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11
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warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Ast_Block_Templates".

ERRORMaintainabilityGet terms Param2FoundThe parameter "$args" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.6
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Maintainability
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6
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error

Sample message

The parameter "$args" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not PreparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$column} at \t\t\tWHERE {$column} LIKE %s\n5
Category
Security
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5
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warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable {$column} at \t\t\tWHERE {$column} LIKE %s\n

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WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Found4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

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load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found3
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3
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warning

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose3
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Maintainability
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3
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error

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite3
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error

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

ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter2
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Security
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2
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error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $column used in $wpdb->get_row()\n$column assigned unsafely at line 268.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query2
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2
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warning

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Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching2
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2
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warning

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Namespace Found2
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2
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warning

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Namespaces declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "BSF_UTM_Analytics".

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen2
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2
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error

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website Builder for the Block Editor" - contains the restricted term "gutenberg" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNINGMaintainabilityABSPATHDetected1
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Maintainability
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1
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warning

Sample message

Writing files using ABSPATH may be problematic. Consider using wp_upload_dir() instead if storing user data or generated files.

ERRORSecurityOutput Not Escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing Function1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations readfile1
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Maintainability
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1
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error

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

ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand1
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1
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error

Sample message

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

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan
Jun 19, 2026, 09:38 PM UTC
Plugin version
v2.19.28
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Scoring model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2
Scan records1

v2.19.28

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Findings
3,480
Errors
253
Warnings
3,227
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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