Gives you total control over external links on your website.
Category Scores
Issues to Review
Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan
I18n
86
6 issue groups
Security
62
7 issue groups
Maintainability
15
7 issue groups
Repo Compliance
2
2 issue groups
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal DomainThe $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->domain70
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 70
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $domain parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $this->domain
ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$bwp_option_page'.22
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 22
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$bwp_option_page'.
ERRORSecurityUnsafe printing functionAll output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.14
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 14
- Severity
- error
Sample message
All output should be run through an escaping function (like esc_html_e() or esc_attr_e()), found '_e'.
ERRORI18nNon Singular String Literal TextThe $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $value10
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 10
- Severity
- error
Sample message
The $text parameter must be a single text string literal. Found: $value
WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['page']6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['page']
WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['page'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar6
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 6
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
$_GET['page'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar
WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['page']. Check that the array index exists before using it.5
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_GET['page']. 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;5
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 5
- Severity
- error
Sample message
PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
WARNINGSecurityMissing nonce verificationProcessing form data without nonce verification.4
- Category
- Security
- Occurrences
- 4
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Processing form data without nonce verification.
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ERRORI18nMissing Arg Domain3
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Missing $domain parameter in function call to __().
WARNINGMaintainabilitytrademarked term3
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 3
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The plugin name includes a restricted term. Your chosen plugin name - "Better WordPress External Links" - contains the restricted term "wordpress" which cannot be used at all in your plugin name.
WARNINGMaintainabilityDiscouraged PHP function2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The use of function ini_set() is discouraged
ERRORMaintainabilitystrip tags strip tags2
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 2
- Severity
- error
Sample message
strip_tags() is discouraged. Use the more comprehensive wp_strip_all_tags() instead.
ERRORMaintainabilityOffloaded Content1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Offloading images, js, css, and other scripts to your servers or any remote service is disallowed.
WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing Version1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.
WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In Footer1
- Category
- Maintainability
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
In footer ($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.
ERRORI18nMissing Translators Comment1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- 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.
ERRORI18nText Domain Mismatch1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Mismatched text domain. Expected 'bwp-external-links' but got 'bwp-option-page'.
ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
- Category
- Repo Compliance
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- error
Sample message
Tested up to: 3.9 < 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.
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.
WARNINGI18ntextdomain mismatch1
- Category
- I18n
- Occurrences
- 1
- Severity
- warning
Sample message
The "Text Domain" header in the plugin file does not match the slug. Found "bwp-ext", expected "bwp-external-links".
External Connections
Potential connections found in static code analysis.
Outbound calls
19
External assets
1
Incoming endpoints
0
Notable Domains
Platform / Reference Domains
External Asset Domains
Incoming Endpoints
No public endpoints detected.
Score History
First score snapshot
v1.1.3
39
Latest
- Findings
- 165
- Errors
- 130
- Warnings
- 35
- Check
- 2.0.0
| Scan | Score | Findings | Errors | Warnings | Plugin | Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | 39 | 165 | 130 | 35 | v1.1.3 | 2.0.0 |
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