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v5.7.7Rolf Allard van HagenUpdated 2026-06-10Added Sep 26, 2009100k+ installs88% rating71% support resolved
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Score
270
Errors
224
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security36
Repo89
Performance100
Maintainability19

Top Issues by Category

maintainability310
i18n168
security14
repo_compliance2

Issues Details

494 issues found in latest scan

WARNING140
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedVariableFound

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

ERROR99
WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingArgDomain

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

ERROR75
missing_direct_file_access_protection

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

ERROR45
wp_function_not_compatible_with_requires_wp

Function "esc_xml()" requires WordPress 5.5.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 4.4.0.

WARNING35
WordPress.WP.I18n.LowLevelTranslationFunction

Use of the "translate()" function is reserved for low-level API usage.

ERROR34
WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'xml-sitemap-feed' but got 'all-in-one-seo-pack'.

WARNING20
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedHooknameFound

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

WARNING7
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_error_log

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

WARNING6
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedFunctionFound

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

ERROR6
WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped

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

WARNING4
PluginCheck.Security.DirectDB.UnescapedDBParameter

Unescaped parameter $field used in $wpdb->get_var()\n$field used without escaping.

WARNING4
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.DirectQuery

Use of a direct database call is discouraged.

ERROR4
five_star_reviews_detected

Linking directly to 5 stars reviews is not allowed.

ERROR3
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.

ERROR2
PluginCheck.CodeAnalysis.SettingSanitization.register_settingMissing

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

WARNING2
WordPress.NamingConventions.PrefixAllGlobals.NonPrefixedConstantFound

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

WARNING2
WordPress.PHP.DevelopmentFunctions.error_log_print_r

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

WARNING2
WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended

Processing form data without nonce verification.

WARNING1
Squiz.PHP.DiscouragedFunctions.Discouraged

The use of function ini_set() is discouraged

WARNING1
WordPress.DB.DirectDatabaseQuery.NoCaching

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

ERROR1
plugin_header_no_license

Missing "License" in Plugin Header. Please update your Plugin Header with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.

ERROR1
readme_mismatched_header_requires

Mismatched Requires at least: 4.6 != 4.4. "Requires at least" needs to be exactly the same with that in your main plugin file's header.

Latest Snapshot

Findings

494

Errors

270

Warnings

224

Score History

First score snapshot

First scan completed Jun 19, 2026

v5.7.7 · Plugin Check 2.0.0 · Model 2026.06-mvp-static-v2

Jun 19, 2026

v5.7.7

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Findings
494
Errors
270
Warnings
224
Plugin Check
2.0.0
Model
2026.06-mvp-static-v2

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