Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar

Add customizable WordPress notification bar to display announcements, promotions, coupons, or news at the top or bottom of your website.

v6.3vaakashUpdated Added 10k+ installs96% rating0% support resolved
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Errors
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Category Scores

Security0
Repo89
Performance100
Maintainability89

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

137 findings

Security

114

4 issue groups

I18n

12

4 issue groups

Maintainability

9

5 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 '$announcements[$id]'.95
Category
Security
Occurrences
95
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nText Domain MismatchMismatched text domain. Expected 'announcer' but got 'no'.9
Category
I18n
Occurrences
9
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'announcer' but got 'no'.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['rule_id']8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['rule_id']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['rule_id'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar8
Category
Security
Occurrences
8
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['rule_id'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn 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.4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
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.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['rule_id']. Check that the array index exists before using it.3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['rule_id']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

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

Sample message

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

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed classClasses declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Announcer".1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Classes declared by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "Announcer".

ERRORI18nDeprecated parameter: load_plugin_textdomain parameter 2The parameter "FALSE" at position #2 of load_plugin_textdomain() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.7.0. Use "" instead.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

The parameter "FALSE" at position #2 of load_plugin_textdomain() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.7.0. Use "" instead.

ERRORI18nMissing Arg DomainMissing $domain parameter in function call to __().1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

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ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
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.

WARNINGMaintainabilitymismatched plugin name1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin name "Announcer - Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar" is different from the name declared in plugin header "Announcer".

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: 6.9 < 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.

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Warnings
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