Discussion Board is a simple, effective way to add a forum or discussion board to your site, helping you build and engage an active community.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
167
9 issue groups
Maintainability
56
12 issue groups
I18n
20
4 issue groups
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['activate_code'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar39
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 39
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['activate_code'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['activate_code']31
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 31
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['activate_code']
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<p>$notice</p>"'.30
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 30
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<p>$notice</p>"'.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['confirm']. Check that the array index exists before using it.24
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['confirm']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.17
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 17
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.10
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.10
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-discussion-board' but got 'discussion-board-pro'.9
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-discussion-board' but got 'discussion-board-pro'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "comment_form_submit_button".8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "comment_form_submit_button".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$admin_components".8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$admin_components".
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ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection8
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORMaintainabilityShort PHP open tag found6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $recaptcha ..." but found "<?= $recaptcha ..."
ERRORMaintainabilitydate date6
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment6
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 6
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilitycurl curl setopt4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Using cURL functions is highly discouraged. Use wp_remote_get() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callback3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Sanitization missing for register_setting().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constant3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "DB_PLUGIN_DIR".
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirect3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Script3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()
ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders Text3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in '%sFuseWP%s Automatically Sync WordPress Users, customers, and members in ecommerce and membership plugins with your CRM and Email Marketing software.'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
wp_reset_query() is discouraged. Use wp_reset_postdata() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($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.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Discussion Board - WordPress Forum Plugin" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
External Connections
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Score History
First score snapshot
v2.5.9
31
Latest
- Findings
- 258
- Errors
- 105
- Warnings
- 153
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 31 | 258 | 105 | 153 | v2.5.9 | 2.0.0 |
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