Advanced Automatic Updates

Adds extra options to WordPress' built-in Automatic Updates feature.

v1.0.2Gary PendergastUpdated Added 20k+ installs94% rating
49
Score
26
Errors
25
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security15
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability86

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

51 findings

Security

34

4 issue groups

Maintainability

9

7 issue groups

I18n

6

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 '"<input type='checkbox' name='svn-plugins[]' id='$id' value='$id'$checked /> <label for='$id'$class>{$plugin['plugin']['Name']} ($id)</label><br/>"'.14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '"<input type='checkbox' name='svn-plugins[]' id='$id' value='$id'$checked /> <label for='$id'$class>{$plugin['plugin']['Name']} ($id)</label><br/>"'.

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.14
Category
Security
Occurrences
14
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

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.5
Category
I18n
Occurrences
5
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.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_REQUEST[$option]3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_REQUEST[$option]

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_REQUEST[$option] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar3
Category
Security
Occurrences
3
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_REQUEST[$option] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

ERRORMaintainabilityfile system operations is writableFile operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

File operations should use WP_Filesystem methods instead of direct PHP filesystem calls. Found: is_writable().

WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$basename&quot;.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: &quot;$basename&quot;.

WARNINGMaintainabilityDeprecated function: screen_iconscreen_icon() has been deprecated since WordPress version 3.8.0.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

screen_icon() has been deprecated since WordPress version 3.8.0.

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_style(). This means new versions of the style may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

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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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: 5.0 < 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.

ERRORMaintainabilitystable tag mismatch1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Mismatched Stable Tag: 1.0.1 != 1.0.2. Your Stable Tag is meant to be the stable version of your plugin and it needs to be exactly the same with the Version in your main plugin file's header. Any mismatch can prevent users from downloading the correct plugin files from WordPress.org.

WARNINGMaintainabilityupdate modification detected1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Plugin Updater detected. Detected code which may be altering WordPress update routines. Detected: auto_update_plugin

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Score History

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v1.0.2

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51
Errors
26
Warnings
25
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