Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields (ACF, Pods, MetaBox), Posts, CPT and Woo Products anywhere in Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver…

Display content with full control over selection and layout. Lightweight and compatible with any theme or page builder.

v3.8.9WPLakeUpdated Added 3k+ installs96% rating67% support resolved
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Errors
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Warnings
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Category Scores

Security100
Repo91
Performance98
Maintainability73

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

71 findings

Maintainability

50

9 issue groups

I18n

18

3 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

Performance

1

1 issue group

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Variable FoundGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$class".28
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
28
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nNo Empty StringsThe $text text string should have translatable content. Found: ""14
Category
I18n
Occurrences
14
Severity
error

Sample message

The $text text string should have translatable content. Found: ""

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "excerpt_remove_footnotes()" requires WordPress 6.3.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.5.0.8
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
8
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "excerpt_remove_footnotes()" requires WordPress 6.3.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.5.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "acf/fields/google_map/api".6
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "acf/fields/google_map/api".

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().3
Category
I18n
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNo Code FoundNo PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

No PHP code was found in this file and short open tags are not allowed by this install of PHP. This file may be using short open tags but PHP does not allow them.

WARNINGI18nload plugin textdomain Foundload_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

load_plugin_textdomain() has been discouraged since WordPress version 4.6. When your plugin is hosted on WordPress.org, you no longer need to manually include this function call for translations under your plugin slug. WordPress will automatically load the translations for you as needed.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDynamic Hookname FoundHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$hook_name".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Constant FoundGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ACF_VIEWS_INNER_ACF".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not in1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Advanced Views - Display Custom Fields (ACF, Pods, MetaBox), Posts, CPT and Woo Products anywhere in Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver..." is different from the name declared in plugin header "Advanced Views Lite".

ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header no license1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tags1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Advanced Views - Display Custom Fields (ACF, Pods, MetaBox), Posts, CPT and Woo Products anywhere in Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver..." - contains the restricted term "gutenberg" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

Score History

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v3.8.9

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Findings
71
Errors
29
Warnings
42
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