Comments – wpDiscuz

Advanced AJAX-powered WordPress comments plugin with live commenting, comment voting, inline feedback, social login, custom comment forms, and engagem …

v7.6.58AdvancedCodingUpdated 2026-06-10Added Nov 30, 201470k+ installs94% rating17% support resolved
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Security0
Repo88
Performance98
Maintainability0

Top Issues by Category

security915
maintainability556
i18n295

Issues Details

1,800 issues found in latest scan

WARNING400
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

WARNING327
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.MissingUnslash

$_COOKIE["comment_author_email_" . COOKIEHASH] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERROR223
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING213
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotValidated

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

ERROR127
WordPress.WP.I18n.NonSingularStringLiteralText

The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: !empty($currentUser->ID) ? "wpdiscuz-comment-message-auth" : "wpdiscuz-comment-message-unauth"

ERROR81
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

WARNING59
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERROR53
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.

WARNING50
WordPress.Security.ValidatedSanitizedInput.InputNotSanitized

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_COOKIE["comment_author_email_" . COOKIEHASH]

WARNING39
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Missing

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING36
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

ERROR30
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'wpdiscuz' but got "default".

ERROR29
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.strip_tags_strip_tags

strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.

ERROR21
Generic.Files.ByteOrderMark.Found

File contains UTF-8 byte order mark, which may corrupt your application

ERROR15
WordPress.DateTime.RestrictedFunctions.date_date

date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.

WARNING11
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.MissingVersion

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERROR10
WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.parse_url_parse_url

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

WARNING8
WordPress.DB.SlowDBQuery.slow_db_query_meta_query

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNING7
WordPress.WP.EnqueuedResourceParameters.NotInFooter

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.

WARNING6
Internal.LineEndings.Mixed

File has mixed line endings; this may cause incorrect results

ERROR5
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR4
WordPress.DB.PreparedSQL.NotPrepared

Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql

ERROR4
WordPress.WP.I18n.UnorderedPlaceholdersText

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1\$s, %2\$s", but got "%s, %s" in "<strong>%s</strong> in these <strong>%s</strong> accept reviews.".

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620

Warnings

1,180

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v7.6.58 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 20, 2026

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Warnings
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