Spam Protect for Contact-Form7 protects from spam and bots. Customize defense strategies and monitor blocked attempts. Protect your time effectively!
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
63
7 issue groups
Maintainability
7
5 issue groups
I18n
5
3 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['post'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar19
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 19
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['post'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['post']. Check that the array index exists before using it.17
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['post']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.15
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 15
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$name]6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST[$name]
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$log_file_size_str'.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$log_file_size_str'.
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-contact-form-7-spam-blocker' but got "contact-form-7-spam-blocker".3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-contact-form-7-spam-blocker' but got "contact-form-7-spam-blocker".
ERRORSecurityUnsafe Printing FunctionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- 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 fcloseFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fclose().
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fopenFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fopen().
WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Foundload_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.1
- 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.
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ERRORMaintainabilitydate date1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGSecurityRecommended1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations fwrite1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: fwrite().
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 6.8 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.
ERRORRepo Compliancereadme invalid donate link1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The "Donate link" header in the readme file must be a valid URL.
WARNINGI18ntextdomain mismatch1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Text Domain" header in the plugin file does not match the slug. Found "spam-protect-for-contact-form7", expected "wp-contact-form-7-spam-blocker".
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin slug includes a restricted term. Your plugin slug - "wp-contact-form-7-spam-blocker" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin slug.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.2.10
41
Latest
- Findings
- 77
- Errors
- 16
- Warnings
- 61
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 41 | 77 | 16 | 61 | v1.2.10 | 2.0.0 |