Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

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

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Unescaped parameter $advancedBlocksTable used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$advancedBlocksTable assigned unsafely at line 829.

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

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

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All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"Failed to acquire lock {$this->key}"'.

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

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Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;DONOTCACHEDB&quot;.

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

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

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Unescaped parameter $attackDataCountQuery used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$attackDataCountQuery assigned unsafely at line 8110.

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Attempting a database schema change is discouraged.

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

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

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parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

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In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.