The Better Font Awesome plugin for WordPress. Shortcodes, HTML, TinyMCE, various Font Awesome versions, backwards compatibility, CDN speeds, and more.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Security
7
3 issue groups
Maintainability
5
4 issue groups
Repo Compliance
3
3 issue groups
WARNINGSecurityInput Not SanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['hide_admin_notices']3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_POST['hide_admin_notices']
WARNINGSecurityMissing Unslash$_POST['hide_admin_notices'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar3
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_POST['hide_admin_notices'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
ERRORMaintainabilityapplication detectedApplication files are not permitted.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Application files are not permitted.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon Prefixed Function FoundFunctions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bfa_start".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Functions declared in the global namespace by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "bfa_start".
ERRORSecurityOutput Not EscapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '__'.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '__'.
ERRORMaintainabilitymissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;1
- 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 headerTested 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.1
- 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.
ERRORRepo Complianceplugin header invalid author uriThe "Author URI" header in the plugin file is not valid.1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The "Author URI" header in the plugin file is not valid.
WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tagsOne or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.
WARNINGMaintainabilityupgrade notice limitThe upgrade notice for "2.0.0" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The upgrade notice for "2.0.0" exceeds the limit of 300 characters.
Score History
First score snapshot
Scan records1
v2.0.4
79
Latest
- Findings
- 15
- Errors
- 6
- Warnings
- 9
- Plugin Check
- 2.0.0
- Model
- 2026.06-mvp-static-v2
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Plugin Check | Model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 79 | 15 | 6 | 9 | v2.0.4 | 2.0.0 | 2026.06-mvp-static-v2 |
