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Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
288
12 issue groups
Maintainability
266
11 issue groups
Performance
4
1 issue group
I18n
1
1 issue group
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$add_to_cart_option".159
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 159
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$add_to_cart_option".
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$backdrop'.106
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 106
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$backdrop'.
WARNINGSecurityRecommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.48
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 48
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_POST[$value] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar43
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 43
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST[$value] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "postmeta_form_limit".38
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 38
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "postmeta_form_limit".
WARNINGSecurityMissingProcessing form data without nonce verification.28
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 28
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.24
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 24
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['import_file']['name']23
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 23
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_FILES['import_file']['name']
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().20
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 20
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirectwp_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.14
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 14
- 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.
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ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wp10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "wp_get_ability_category()" requires WordPress 6.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 6.5.0.
ERRORSecurityNot Prepared9
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 9
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $post_types
ERRORSecurityUnescaped DBParameter6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $post_types used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$post_types assigned unsafely at line 31.
WARNINGSecurityInterpolated Not Prepared5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found interpolated variable $blog_id at "SELECT * FROM $table_name WHERE blog_id = $blog_id"
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function Found5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "add_bulk_action_filters".
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta query4
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.
WARNINGSecurityInput Not Validated4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_FILES['import_file']['name']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude4
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query tax query2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of tax_query, possible slow query.
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "SEOPress - AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO" - contains the restricted term "plugin" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Found1
- 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.
WARNINGSecurityUnescaped DBParameter1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $table_name used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$table_name assigned unsafely at line 23.
ERRORSecurityLike Wildcards In Query1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
SQL wildcards for a LIKE query should be passed in through a replacement parameter. Found: LIKE '\_%%'.
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname Found1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$value['filter']".
Score History
First score snapshot
v10.0
32
Latest
- Findings
- 567
- Errors
- 138
- Warnings
- 429
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 32 | 567 | 138 | 429 | v10.0 | 2.0.0 |
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