A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions.
39
Score
170
Errors
41
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability76
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
143
2 issue groups
Maintainability
43
9 issue groups
I18n
23
4 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$_term'.116
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 116
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$_term'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$_excerpt_fields".30
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 30
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$_excerpt_fields".
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.27
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 27
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().14
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Advanced_Categories_Widget_Fields".5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Advanced_Categories_Widget_Fields".
ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.4
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
A function call to __() with texts containing placeholders was found, but was not accompanied by a "translators:" comment on the line above to clarify the meaning of the placeholders.
ERRORI18nNo Empty StringsThe $text text string should have translatable content. Found: '%s'4
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text text string should have translatable content. Found: '%s'
WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated parameter: get_terms parameter 2The parameter "$args" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The parameter "$args" at position #2 of get_terms() has been deprecated since WordPress version 4.5.0. Instead do not pass the parameter.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ADVANCED_CATS_WIDGET_FILE".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "ADVANCED_CATS_WIDGET_FILE".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed functionFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_advanced_categories_widget_init".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "_advanced_categories_widget_init".
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WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
ERRORMaintainabilityNo Explicit Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Version parameter is not explicitly set or has been set to an equivalent of "false" for wp_enqueue_script; This means that the WordPress core version will be used which is not recommended for plugin or theme development.
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued Stylesheet1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Stylesheets must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_style()
ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'advanced-categories-widget' but got 'easy-shuffle-widget'.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protection1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 4.5 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.
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.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
6
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
darrinb.com3 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
gnu.org2 · platform/reference
wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.2
39
Latest
- Findings
- 211
- Errors
- 170
- Warnings
- 41
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 39 | 211 | 170 | 41 | v1.2 | 2.0.0 |
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