WP Job Manager

Create a careers page for your company website, or build a public job board for your community.

v2.4.2AutomatticUpdated 2026-05-12Added Jul 11, 201380k+ installs88% rating81% support resolved
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Repo89
Performance96
Maintainability22

Top Issues by Category

maintainability591
security62
i18n10
performance4
repo_compliance2

Issues Details

670 issues found in latest scan

WARNING261
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "'job_manager_action_' . $action".

WARNING210
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$account_required".

WARNING87
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR27
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

ERROR14
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.HeredocOutputNotEscaped

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found interpolation in unescaped heredoc.

ERROR12
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR11
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.ExceptionNotEscaped

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

ERROR7
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNING6
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

ERROR5
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in ' <a href="%s"> %s</a>'.

ERROR4
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.Heredoc.NotAllowed

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

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment

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.

WARNING4
WordPressVIPMinimum.Performance.WPQueryParams.PostNotIn_exclude

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

WARNING3
trademarked_term

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Job Manager" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR2
WordPress.WP.DeprecatedParameters.Wp_count_termsParam2Found

The parameter "[ 'hide_empty' => false ]" at position #2 of wp_count_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 5.6.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

WARNING2
update_modification_detected

Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: _site_transient_update_plugins

WARNING1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.DiscouragedFunctions.load_plugin_textdomainFound

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.

ERROR1
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.EnqueuedResourceOffloading.OffloadedContent

Found call to wp_register_style() with external resource. Offloading styles to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.

WARNING1
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $query used in $wpdb-&gt;get_results()\n$query assigned unsafely at line 284.

ERROR1
WordPress.WP.DeprecatedFunctions.wp_no_robotsFound

wp_no_robots() has been deprecated since WordPress version 5.7.0. Use wp_robots_no_robots() instead.

ERROR1
badly_named_files

File and folder names must not contain spaces or special characters.

ERROR1
license_mismatch

Your plugin has a different license declared in the readme file and plugin header. Please update your readme with a valid GPL license identifier.

WARNING1
missing_composer_json_file

The &quot;/vendor&quot; directory using composer exists, but &quot;composer.json&quot; file is missing.

ERROR1
outdated_tested_upto_header

Tested up to: 6.9 < 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.

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92

Warnings

578

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First scan completed Jun 20, 2026

v2.4.2 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

v2.4.2

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670
Errors
92
Warnings
578
Plugin Check
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