A lightweight Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. Paste your Measurement ID, choose head or footer — done.
54
Score
34
Errors
7
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security25
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability84
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
24
3 issue groups
Maintainability
12
7 issue groups
I18n
3
2 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 '$gc'.19
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 19
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$gc'.
ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORMaintainabilityNon Enqueued ScriptScripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Scripts must be registered/enqueued via wp_enqueue_script()
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.2
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 2
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityShort PHP open tag foundShort PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo PLUGIN_NAME ..." but found "<?= PLUGIN_NAME ..."1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo PLUGIN_NAME ..." but found "<?= PLUGIN_NAME ..."
ERRORMaintainabilitydate datedate() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
date() is affected by runtime timezone changes which can cause date/time to be incorrectly displayed. Use gmdate() instead.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$options".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$options".
ERRORI18nSingle Underscore Get Text FunctionFound single-underscore "_()" function when double-underscore expected.1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Found single-underscore "_()" function when double-underscore expected.
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WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Plugin name "Analytics Head" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Google Analytics Head".
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.
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 - "Google Analytics Head" - contains the restricted term "google" and cannot be used to begin your plugin name. We disallow the use of certain terms in ways that are abused, or potentially infringe on and/or are misleading with regards to trademarks. You may use the term "google" elsewhere in your plugin name, such as "... for google".
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
12
External assets
1
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
Platform / Reference Domains
core.trac.wordpress.org3 · platform/reference
developer.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
googletagmanager.com3 · asset + outbound
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.7.0
54
Latest
- Findings
- 41
- Errors
- 34
- Warnings
- 7
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 54 | 41 | 34 | 7 | v1.7.0 | 2.0.0 |
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