diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child-back-up-buddy.php b/class/class-mainwp-child-back-up-buddy.php
index 580c5e4..96ddb5c 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child-back-up-buddy.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child-back-up-buddy.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Back_Up_Buddy {
 		remove_menu_page( 'pb_backupbuddy_backup' );
 
 		if ( false !== stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'admin.php?page=pb_backupbuddy_' ) ) {
-			wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+			wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 			exit();
 		}
 	}
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Back_Up_Buddy {
 			if ( isset( $getOverview['lastBackupStats']['finish'] ) ) {
 				$finish_time             = $getOverview['lastBackupStats']['finish'];
 				$time                    = $this->localize_time( $finish_time );
-				$data['lastBackupStats'] = date( 'M j - g:i A', $time );
+				$data['lastBackupStats'] = date( 'M j - g:i A', $time ); // phpcs:ignore -- local time
 				$data['lasttime_backup'] = $finish_time;
 				MainWP_Helper::update_lasttime_backup( 'backupbuddy', $finish_time ); // support Require Backup Before Update feature.
 			} else {
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child-back-up-wordpress.php b/class/class-mainwp-child-back-up-wordpress.php
index 558f6e0..70ef252 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child-back-up-wordpress.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child-back-up-wordpress.php
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Back_Up_Wordpress {
 
 		$pos = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'tools.php?page=backupwordpress' );
 		if ( false !== $pos ) {
-			wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+			wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 			exit();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child-back-wp-up.php b/class/class-mainwp-child-back-wp-up.php
index 3c73e62..a1dabdd 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child-back-wp-up.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child-back-wp-up.php
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Back_WP_Up {
 
 		$pos = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'admin.php?page=backwpup' );
 		if ( false !== $pos ) {
-			wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+			wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 			exit();
 		}
 	}
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Back_WP_Up {
 				if ( ! is_object( $phpmailer ) || ! $phpmailer instanceof PHPMailer ) {
 					require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-phpmailer.php';
 					require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-smtp.php';
-					$phpmailer = new PHPMailer( true );
+					$phpmailer = new PHPMailer( true ); // phpcs:ignore -- to custom init PHP mailer
 				}
 				if ( is_object( $phpmailer ) ) {
 					do_action_ref_array( 'phpmailer_init', array( &$phpmailer ) );
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child-branding.php b/class/class-mainwp-child-branding.php
index ba61d48..54a4d55 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child-branding.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child-branding.php
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Branding {
 		$pos1 = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'update-core.php' );
 		$pos2 = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'plugins.php' );
 		if ( false !== $pos1 || false !== $pos2 ) {
-			wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+			wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 			exit();
 		}
 	}
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Branding {
 						$generator = '<!-- generator="' . $extra_setting['site_generator'] . '" -->';
 						break;
 					case 'export':
-						$generator = '<!-- generator="' . $extra_setting['site_generator'] . '" created="' . date( 'Y-m-d H:i' ) . '" -->';
+						$generator = '<!-- generator="' . $extra_setting['site_generator'] . '" created="' . date( 'Y-m-d H:i' ) . '" -->'; //phpcs:ignore -- current local time
 						break;
 				endswitch;
 
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child-ithemes-security.php b/class/class-mainwp-child-ithemes-security.php
index 8fcbf4d..c689c48 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child-ithemes-security.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child-ithemes-security.php
@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@
  * Extension URL: https://mainwp.com/extension/ithemes-security/
  */
 
-class MainWP_Child_iThemes_Security {
+class MainWP_Child_IThemes_Security {
 	public static $instance     = null;
 	public $is_plugin_installed = false;
 
 	public static function Instance() {
 		if ( null === self::$instance ) {
-			self::$instance = new MainWP_Child_iThemes_Security();
+			self::$instance = new self();
 		}
-
 		return self::$instance;
 	}
 
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_iThemes_Security {
 			add_action( 'admin_init', array( $this, 'admin_init' ) );
 			add_action( 'admin_head', array( &$this, 'custom_admin_css' ) );
 			if ( isset( $_GET['page'] ) && ( 'itsec' == $_GET['page'] || 'itsec-security-check' == $_GET['page'] ) ) {
-				wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+				wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 				exit();
 			}
 		}
@@ -992,7 +991,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_iThemes_Security {
 				$and = '';
 			}
 
-			$active = $and . " `lockout_active`=1 AND `lockout_expire_gmt` > '" . date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $itsec_globals['current_time_gmt'] ) . "'";
+			$active = $and . " `lockout_active`=1 AND `lockout_expire_gmt` > '" . gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $itsec_globals['current_time_gmt'] ) . "'"; 
 
 		} else {
 
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child-staging.php b/class/class-mainwp-child-staging.php
index ed5e43f..9dfc1e2 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child-staging.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child-staging.php
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Staging {
 		remove_menu_page( 'wpstg_clone' );
 		$pos = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'admin.php?page=wpstg_clone' );
 		if ( false !== $pos ) {
-			wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+			wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 			exit();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child-timecapsule.php b/class/class-mainwp-child-timecapsule.php
index 4ecf066..f080260 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child-timecapsule.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child-timecapsule.php
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Timecapsule {
 
 	protected function getBackups( $last_time = false ) {
 		if ( empty( $last_time ) ) {
-			$last_time = strtotime( date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( date( 'Y-m-01' ) ) ) );
+			$last_time = strtotime( date( 'Y-m-d', strtotime( date( 'Y-m-01' ) ) ) ); // phpcs:ignore -- local time
 		}
 		global $wpdb;
 		$all_backups = $wpdb->get_results(
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Timecapsule {
 
 		$now = localtime( time(), true );
 		echo '<tr title=""><td>' . __( 'Server Time', 'wp-time-capsule' ) . '</td><td>' . esc_html( $now['tm_hour'] . ':' . $now['tm_min'] ) . '</td></tr>';
-		echo '<tr title=""><td>' . __( 'Blog Time', 'wp-time-capsule' ) . '</td><td>' . date( 'H:i', current_time( 'timestamp' ) ) . '</td></tr>';
+		echo '<tr title=""><td>' . __( 'Blog Time', 'wp-time-capsule' ) . '</td><td>' . date( 'H:i', current_time( 'timestamp' ) ) . '</td></tr>'; // phpcs:ignore -- local time
 		echo '<tr title="WPLANG"><td>' . __( 'Blog language', 'wp-time-capsule' ) . '</td><td>' . get_bloginfo( 'language' ) . '</td></tr>';
 		echo '<tr title="utf8"><td>' . __( 'MySQL Client encoding', 'wp-time-capsule' ) . '</td><td>';
 		echo defined( 'DB_CHARSET' ) ? DB_CHARSET : '';
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_Timecapsule {
 		remove_menu_page( 'wp-time-capsule-monitor' );
 		$pos = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'admin.php?page=wp-time-capsule-monitor' );
 		if ( false !== $pos ) {
-			wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+			wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 			exit();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child-updraft-plus-backups.php b/class/class-mainwp-child-updraft-plus-backups.php
index 351ec7b..8039c5e 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child-updraft-plus-backups.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child-updraft-plus-backups.php
@@ -3975,7 +3975,7 @@ ENDHERE;
 
 		$pos = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'options-general.php?page=updraftplus' );
 		if ( false !== $pos ) {
-			wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+			wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 			exit();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child-wp-rocket.php b/class/class-mainwp-child-wp-rocket.php
index 6a3da08..1f36588 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child-wp-rocket.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child-wp-rocket.php
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class MainWP_Child_WP_Rocket {
 		}
 		$pos = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'options-general.php?page=wprocket' );
 		if ( false !== $pos ) {
-			wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+			wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 			exit();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-child.php b/class/class-mainwp-child.php
index 744b7a1..9b89fb0 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-child.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-child.php
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 			remove_menu_page( 'tools.php' );
 			$pos = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'tools.php' ) || stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'import.php' ) || stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'export.php' );
 			if ( false !== $pos ) {
-				wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+				wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 			}
 		}
 		// if preserve branding and do not remove menus.
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 			remove_menu_page( 'options-general.php' );
 			$pos = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'options-general.php' ) || stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'options-writing.php' ) || stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'options-reading.php' ) || stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'options-discussion.php' ) || stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'options-media.php' ) || stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'options-permalink.php' );
 			if ( false !== $pos ) {
-				wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+				wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 				exit();
 			}
 		}
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 			remove_submenu_page( 'options-general.php', 'options-permalink.php' );
 			$pos = stripos( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'options-permalink.php' );
 			if ( false !== $pos ) {
-				wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
+				wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/index.php' );
 				exit();
 			}
 		}
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 
 			// Redirect to the admin part if needed.
 			if ( isset( $_POST['admin'] ) && '1' === $_POST['admin'] ) {
-				wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/' );
+				wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/' );
 				die();
 			}
 		}
@@ -1403,11 +1403,11 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 						$open_location = str_replace( 'nonce=child_temp_nonce', 'nonce=' . wp_create_nonce( 'wp-ajax' ), $open_location );
 					}
 				}
-				wp_redirect( site_url() . $open_location );
+				wp_safe_redirect( site_url() . $open_location );
 				exit();
 			}
 
-			wp_redirect( admin_url( $where ) );
+			wp_safe_redirect( admin_url( $where ) );
 			exit();
 		}
 
@@ -1480,14 +1480,14 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 
 			// Redirect to the admin part if needed.
 			if ( isset( $_POST['admin'] ) && '1' === $_POST['admin'] ) {
-				wp_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/' );
+				wp_safe_redirect( get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/' );
 				die();
 			}
 		}
 
 		// Init extensions.
 		// Handle fatal errors for those init if needed.
-		MainWP_Child_iThemes_Security::Instance()->ithemes_init();
+		MainWP_Child_IThemes_Security::Instance()->ithemes_init();
 		MainWP_Child_Updraft_Plus_Backups::Instance()->updraftplus_init();
 		MainWP_Child_Back_Up_Wordpress::Instance()->init();
 		MainWP_Child_WP_Rocket::Instance()->init();
@@ -1501,9 +1501,10 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 		MainWP_Child_Pagespeed::Instance()->init();
 		MainWP_Child_Links_Checker::Instance()->init();
 		MainWP_Child_WPvivid_BackupRestore::Instance()->init();
+		
 		global $_wp_submenu_nopriv;
 		if ( null === $_wp_submenu_nopriv ) {
-			$_wp_submenu_nopriv = array();
+			$_wp_submenu_nopriv = array(); // phpcs:ignore -- to fix warning.
 		}
 
 		// Call the function required.
@@ -1959,7 +1960,7 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 			}
 
 			global $wp_current_filter;
-			$wp_current_filter[] = 'load-plugins.php';
+			$wp_current_filter[] = 'load-plugins.php'; // phpcs:ignore -- to custom plugin installation.
 			wp_update_plugins();
 
 			// trick to prevent some premium plugins re-create update info.
@@ -3614,7 +3615,7 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 		}
 
 		global $wp_current_filter;
-		$wp_current_filter[] = 'load-plugins.php';
+		$wp_current_filter[] = 'load-plugins.php'; // phpcs:ignore -- to custom plugin installation.
 
 		wp_update_plugins();
 		include_once ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/plugin.php';
@@ -5468,7 +5469,7 @@ class MainWP_Child {
 	}
 
 	public function ithemes() {
-		MainWP_Child_iThemes_Security::Instance()->action();
+		MainWP_Child_IThemes_Security::Instance()->action();
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/class/class-mainwp-keyword-links.php b/class/class-mainwp-keyword-links.php
index 859fe6c..4b421a1 100644
--- a/class/class-mainwp-keyword-links.php
+++ b/class/class-mainwp-keyword-links.php
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ class MainWP_Keyword_Links {
 			if ( get_option( 'mainwp_kwl_enable_statistic' ) ) {
 				$this->add_statistic( $link_id, $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] );
 			}
-			wp_redirect( $destination_url );
+			wp_safe_redirect( $destination_url );
 			die();
 		}
 	}