Black Bar is an unobtrusive Debug Bar for WordPress developers that attaches itself to the bottom of the browser window.
69
Score
78
Errors
39
Warnings
+0
Change
Category Scores
Security56
Repo94
Performance100
Maintainability68
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
Maintainability
104
8 issue groups
Security
10
3 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
I18n
1
1 issue group
ERRORMaintainabilityShort PHP open tag foundShort PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $entry ..." but found "<?= $entry ..."70
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 70
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Short PHP opening tag used with echo; expected "<?php echo $entry ..." but found "<?= $entry ..."
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed global variableGlobal variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$callback".18
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 18
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global variables defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "$callback".
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed hook nameHook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "blackbar/enabled".10
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Hook names invoked by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "blackbar/enabled".
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$entry['errname']'.8
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 8
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$entry['errname']'.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log var exportvar_export() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
var_export() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
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.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNon-prefixed constantGlobal constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "SAVEQUERIES".1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Global constants defined by a theme/plugin should start with the theme/plugin prefix. Found: "SAVEQUERIES".
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log debug backtracedebug_backtrace() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
debug_backtrace() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGMaintainabilityerror log set error handlerset_error_handler() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
set_error_handler() found. Debug code should not normally be used in production.
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
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WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommended1
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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.
WARNINGRepo Complianceplugin header invalid domain path1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Domain Path" header in the plugin file must start with forward slash.
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
8
External assets
0
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
docs.gravityforms.com2 · outbound
Platform / Reference Domains
github.com2 · platform/reference
wordpress.org2 · platform/reference
gnu.org1 · platform/reference
profiles.wordpress.org1 · platform/reference
External Asset Domains
No external asset domains detected.
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v4.2.0
69
Latest
- Findings
- 117
- Errors
- 78
- Warnings
- 39
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 69 | 117 | 78 | 39 | v4.2.0 | 2.0.0 |
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