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35
Score
170
Errors
19
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security0
Repo77
Performance96
Maintainability70
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
127
7 issue groups
Maintainability
46
7 issue groups
I18n
6
5 issue groups
Repo Compliance
5
5 issue groups
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.87
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 87
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$after_title'.
ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "__()" requires WordPress 2.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.0.2.38
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 38
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Function "__()" requires WordPress 2.1.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 2.0.2.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.25
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 25
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORSecurityDeprecated function: attribute_escapeattribute_escape() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.8.0. Use esc_attr() instead.5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
attribute_escape() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.8.0. Use esc_attr() instead.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGPerformancePost Not In excludeUsing 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.4
- Category
- Performance
- Occurrences
- 4
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tagsstrip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['sidebar']2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['sidebar']
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_POST['widget-authors']. 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: $_POST['widget-authors']. Check that the array index exists before using it.
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_POST['sidebar'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar2
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['sidebar'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
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ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment2
- 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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityShort PHP open tag found1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Possible use of short open tags detected; found: <?_e('Donate')?>" style="vertical-align:mi...
ERRORMaintainabilityForbidden PHP function found1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The use of function wp_get_sidebars_widgets() is forbidden
WARNINGI18nDiscouraged text-domain loading1
- 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.
ERRORMaintainabilityrand rand1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
rand() is discouraged. Use the far less predictable wp_rand() instead.
ERRORI18nDeprecated parameter: load_plugin_textdomain parameter 21
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The parameter "PLUGINDIR.'/'.dirname(plugin_basename(__FILE__)).'/lang'" at position #2 of load_plugin_textdomain() has been deprecated since WordPress version 2.7.0. Use "" instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityDiscouraged WordPress constant usage: PLUGINDIR1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Found usage of constant "PLUGINDIR". Use WP_PLUGIN_DIR instead.
WARNINGI18nLow Level Translation Function1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Use of the "translate()" function is reserved for low-level API usage.
ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
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 Complianceno license1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing "License". Please update your readme with a valid GPLv2 (or later) compatible license.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 4.9 < 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.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings ignored tags1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
One or more tags were ignored. The following tags are not permitted: "plugin", "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.
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
5
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
blog.fleischer.hu3 · outbound
paypal.com1 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
codex.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v2.4.8
35
Latest
- Findings
- 189
- Errors
- 170
- Warnings
- 19
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 35 | 189 | 170 | 19 | v2.4.8 | 2.0.0 |
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