AffiliateWP – External Referral Links

Allows affiliates to promote external landing pages by including the affiliate's ID or username in any outbound links to your e-commerce store.

v1.2.2Syed BalkhiUpdated Added 800 installs60% rating
77
Score
30
Errors
11
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security66
Repo89
Performance100
Maintainability86

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

41 findings

I18n

23

4 issue groups

Maintainability

11

6 issue groups

Security

5

2 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'affiliatewp-external-referral-links' but got 'affiliate-wp'.13
Category
I18n
Occurrences
13
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'affiliatewp-external-referral-links' but got 'affiliate-wp'.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$text'.4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$text'.

ERRORI18nMissing Translators CommentA function call to esc_html__() 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 esc_html__() 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.

ERRORI18nUnordered Placeholders TextMultiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in 'Requires %s (%s), but it appears to be missing.'.4
Category
I18n
Occurrences
4
Severity
error

Sample message

Multiple placeholders in translatable strings should be ordered. Expected "%1$s, %2$s", but got "%s, %s" in 'Requires %s (%s), but it appears to be missing.'.

WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked termThe plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "AffiliateWP - External Referral Links" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "AffiliateWP - External Referral Links" - contains the restricted term "wp" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.

WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loadingload_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.2
Category
I18n
Occurrences
2
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 hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->base . '_languages_directory'".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$this->base . '_languages_directory'".

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "plugin_locale".2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$requirements".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

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

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ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing function1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 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.

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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

4 domains

Outbound calls

10

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

0

Notable Domains

affiliatewp.com3 · outbound

Platform / Reference Domains

opensource.org4 · platform/reference
github.com2 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

No public endpoints detected.

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.2.2

77

Latest

Findings
41
Errors
30
Warnings
11
Check
2.0.0

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