wpdb

No, you shouldn’t prepare or escape the data, this is done for you by the wpdb class. From the wpdb class reference: data: (array) Data to insert (in column => value pairs). Both $data columns and $data values should be “raw” (neither should be SQL escaped). If, however, you were writing your own SQL rather … Read more

Indeed, use get_row() only when you expect to get one result, else you can use get_results()