WP Popups – WordPress Popup builder

WP Popups is the best popup maker for WordPress. Easy but powerful plugin with display filters, scroll-triggered popups, and Gutenberg block editor.

v2.2.0.7DamianUpdated Added 30k+ installs98% rating0% support resolved
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Score
440
Errors
342
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability12

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

782 findings

Security

498

7 issue groups

Maintainability

135

15 issue groups

I18n

125

3 issue groups

ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$active'.225
Category
Security
Occurrences
225
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-popups-lite' but got 'easy-digital-downloads'.105
Category
I18n
Occurrences
105
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wp-popups-lite' but got 'easy-digital-downloads'.

WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.82
Category
Security
Occurrences
82
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_GET['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar70
Category
Security
Occurrences
70
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['_wpnonce'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['file']['name']55
Category
Security
Occurrences
55
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['file']['name']

WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.45
Category
Security
Occurrences
45
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;45
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
45
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "_sanitize_text_fields()" requires WordPress 4.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.6.0.22
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
22
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "_sanitize_text_fields()" requires WordPress 4.7.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 3.6.0.

WARNINGSecurityInput Not ValidatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['file']['name']. Check that the array index exists before using it.19
Category
Security
Occurrences
19
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn 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.15
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
15
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.

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WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname Found14
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "edd_sl_api_request_verify_ssl".

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment14
Category
I18n
Occurrences
14
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.

ERRORMaintainabilityEcho Found10
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo esc_attr ..." but found "<?= esc_attr ..."

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable Found6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$edd_plugin_data&quot;.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain6
Category
I18n
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;_wppopups_get_hierarchical_object_flatten&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "WP Popups - WordPress Popup builder" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

The use of function set_time_limit() is discouraged

WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect Query2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Caching2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().

WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log print r2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated Not Sanitized2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized, non-validated input variable _SERVER: &quot;://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]&quot;

WARNINGMaintainabilityGet terms Param2Found2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

The parameter &quot;[ &#039;get&#039; =&gt; &#039;all&#039;, &#039;fields&#039; =&gt; &#039;id=&gt;name&#039; ]&quot; at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.

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Errors
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Warnings
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