Anonymous Restricted Content

Simple but yet effective plugin to hide selected posts and pages from anonymous users.

v1.6.6taras.sychUpdated Added 1k+ installs86% rating
43
Score
22
Errors
24
Warnings
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Change

Category Scores

Security0
Repo94
Performance96
Maintainability94

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

46 findings

Security

35

8 issue groups

Maintainability

4

2 issue groups

I18n

4

4 issue groups

Performance

2

2 issue groups

ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.10
Category
Security
Occurrences
10
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.9
Category
Security
Occurrences
9
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$restricted_count'.5
Category
Security
Occurrences
5
Severity
error

Sample message

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

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['password'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar4
Category
Security
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_POST['password'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityslow db query meta queryDetected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of meta_query, possible slow query.

WARNINGSecuritywp redirect wp redirectwp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

wp_redirect() found. Using wp_safe_redirect(), along with the "allowed_redirect_hosts" filter if needed, can help avoid any chances of malicious redirects within code. It is also important to remember to call exit() after a redirect so that no other unwanted code is executed.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['password']2
Category
Security
Occurrences
2
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['password']

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['password']. 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['password']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

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;

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.1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
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.

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ERRORSecuritySetting is missing a sanitization callback1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Sanitization missing for register_setting().

ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

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

ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

A function call to _n() 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.

ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
Category
I18n
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched text domain. Expected 'anonymous-restricted-content' but got 'arc_posts_restricted'.

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In exclude1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like exclude, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

WARNINGPerformancePost Not In post not in1
Category
Performance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Using exclusionary parameters, like post__not_in, in calls to get_posts() should be done with caution, see https://wpvip.com/documentation/performance-improvements-by-removing-usage-of-post__not_in/ for more information.

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

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.7 < 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.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

3 domains

Outbound calls

15

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

1

Notable Domains

No notable third-party domains detected.

Platform / Reference Domains

wordpress.org13 · platform/reference
github.com1 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

wp_ajax_nopriv_arcajaxloginpublic

wp_ajax

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.6.6

43

Latest

Findings
46
Errors
22
Warnings
24
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2.0.0

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