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.
31
Score
105
Errors
153
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability33
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
Not analyzed yet.
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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