Visual Form Builder

Build beautiful, fully functional contact forms in only a few minutes without writing PHP, CSS, or HTML.

v3.1Matthew MuroUpdated Added 20k+ installs82% rating
34
Score
82
Errors
329
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability56

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

411 findings

Security

215

10 issue groups

Maintainability

174

11 issue groups

I18n

18

4 issue groups

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.71
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
71
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.71
Category
Security
Occurrences
71
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().62
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
62
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found VFB_WP_ENTRIES_TABLE_NAME46
Category
Security
Occurrences
46
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.30
Category
Security
Occurrences
30
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityInterpolated SQL is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $entries_table at "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS $entries_table"28
Category
Security
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $entries_table at "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS $entries_table"

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "plugin_locale".24
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
24
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$field'.11
Category
Security
Occurrences
11
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $entries_table used in $wpdb->query()\n$entries_table assigned unsafely at line 56.10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
warning

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $entries_table used in $wpdb->query()\n$entries_table assigned unsafely at line 56.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['entry']. Check that the array index exists before using it.9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment8
Category
I18n
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

A function call to _n_noop() 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.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitized7
Category
Security
Occurrences
7
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['vfb-' . $field->field_id]

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain7
Category
I18n
Occurrences
7
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilitySchema Change3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
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.

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'visual-form-builder' but got 'vfb-pro'.

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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.

ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escaped1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Unescaped parameter $field_where used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$field_where assigned unsafely at line 17.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed function1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fclose1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopen1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations readfile1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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Score History

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Errors
82
Warnings
329
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