[HumanSlop] Code Quality Audit: 24574 findings in BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin

HumanSlop Automated Code Quality Audit

We've completed an automated audit of BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin v5.6.9 as part of
HumanSlop.org — an open accountability project for the WordPress ecosystem.

Full audit report: https://humanslop.org/audits/backwpup/

Summary: 24574 code quality issues found

PHP_CodeSniffer (24572 issues)

We found 24572 PHP_CodeSniffer violations against the WordPress Coding Standards. To reproduce:

composer require --dev squizlabs/php_codesniffer wp-coding-standards/wpcs
./vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=WordPress backwpup/

Full details are on the audit report page.

Other Code Quality Issues

Note: Security-related findings are reported privately via GitHub Security Advisory.
This issue only contains non-security code quality findings.

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Start by reviewing the audit report and reproducing the findings with the provided PHP_CodeSniffer commands against backwpup/. Inspect components/table-row-backups.php:339 and inc/class-page-editjob.php:872 for the two additional findings. The scope is not bounded: completion would require deciding which of 24,574 findings are valid and resolving the applicable issues.