Age Gator is a Wordpress plugin specifically designed to guard sensitive content (alcohol, gambling, x-rated, etc) from underage users.
59
Score
9
Errors
15
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security33
Repo83
Performance100
Maintainability91
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
11
6 issue groups
Maintainability
9
5 issue groups
Repo Compliance
4
4 issue groups
WARNINGMaintainabilityDirect QueryUse of a direct database call is discouraged.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of a direct database call is discouraged.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo CachingDirect database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Direct database call without caching detected. Consider using wp_cache_get() / wp_cache_set() or wp_cache_delete().
ERRORSecuritySQL query is not preparedUse placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Use placeholders and $wpdb->prepare(); found $sql
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['payload']2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['payload']
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['payload']. Check that the array index exists before using it.2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['payload']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['payload'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['payload'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORMaintainabilityShort PHP open tag foundShort PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo esc_attr ..." but found "<?= esc_attr ..."1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo esc_attr ..." but found "<?= esc_attr ..."
WARNINGMaintainabilityNo PHP 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.
ERRORSecurityDatabase parameter is not escapedUnescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 155.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Unescaped parameter $sql used in $wpdb->get_results()\n$sql assigned unsafely at line 155.
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found 'wp_mail'.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found 'wp_mail'.
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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: 5.3 < 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.
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.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings trimmed short description1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Short Description" section is too long and was truncated. A maximum of 150 characters is supported.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
13
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
1
Notable Domains
gist.github.com2 · outbound
age-gator.com1 · outbound
joshuadnelson.com1 · outbound
local.agegator.com1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
w3.org6 · platform/reference
codex.wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Admin AJAX endpoints1
wp_ajax_postFeedbackauthenticated
wp_ajax
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.06
59
Latest
- Findings
- 24
- Errors
- 9
- Warnings
- 15
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 59 | 24 | 9 | 15 | v1.06 | 2.0.0 |
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